by GRF Admin | Oct 9, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
Educational charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) are inviting the public to support their 20th anniversary by wearing red on Friday 21 October. ‘Wear Red Day’ will see supporters from across the United Kingdom show their backing by wearing red items of clothing,...
by GRF Admin | Oct 8, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
A Sheffield woman with terminal cancer who continues to attend her grandson’s football games while she battles against the destructive disease has been hailed as a Parent in Sport hero. Pamela Mellars, 71, was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2012 and doctors told her...
by GRF Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
• Radwan Hamed collapsed on his first professional appearance for Spurs •Hamed was left severely brain damaged following the incident in 2006 •He played despite scans showing his heart was ‘unequivocally abnormal’ •High Court judge ruled Spurs ‘breached its...
by GRF Admin | Oct 2, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
The headline says it all. What has happened to our game? We see grassroots teams collapsing and facilities in a complete state of disrepair in the Grassroots world (the real world) Then at the other end of the game (fantasy land) we hear of wide scale corruption and...
by GRF Admin | Sep 27, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
The FA can confirm that Sam Allardyce has left his position as England manager. Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today, was inappropriate of the England manager. He accepts he made a significant error of judgement and has apologised. However, due to the serious...
by GRF Admin | Sep 24, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
“Shoot! Get rid of it! Kick it! Wide! Come on Billy; for God’s sake shoot! (The 10 year old who’s related to the voice nervously tries to pass the ball to his nearest teammate but instead, it awkwardly dribbles off the side of his foot out of bounds. The boy’s father...