by GRF Admin | Oct 23, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
The FA’s role in safeguarding and dealing with abuse Let’s make football safe, not sorry As the governing body of football in this country, The FA wants to do everything it can to create a sustainable safe and enjoyable framework around the game we all...
by GRF Admin | Oct 19, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
It felt like watching Neville and Carragher discussing a Premier league game……. Yes that’s right. On my travels yesterday I was invited to a training session in Leeds to observe the kids, what I observed were a great bunch of coaches with excellent rapport and a...
by GRF Admin | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
A young U7 referee asking for your feedback… Every week I try to strike a balance between enforcement and development, I realise a more relaxed approach may be warranted at this level with respect to the laws of the game but what is the general consensus to the...
by GRF Admin | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
Police are appealing for information after an incident at a football match in Thornaby on Sunday 16th October. A cup game between Thornaby Village and Wrekenton Blue Star (Gateshead) was taking place from 2pm at Teesdale Park on Acklam Road. At around 3pm an...
by GRF Admin | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
A record 130,000 girls and women have taken part in FA Girls’ Football Week in 2016. More than 80,000 people have taken part in this week’s activity, almost four times the original target, while 50,000 people participated in April’s Girls’ Football...
by GRF Admin | Oct 16, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
The parents of boys at the Ajax academy De Toekomst in Amsterdam received letters last week to reassure them that from now on, not only would their children not be playing on any of the club’s 3G pitches with rubber crumb infill, but those pitches were being removed....
