by GRF Admin | Oct 17, 2022 | Coaching, headline news, News
Futsal is a skilful and high-intensity game played by ten players on an indoor court with a heavy ball. Here, FA youth coach developer, Ian Bateman, explains why Futsal is the perfect game for indoor training over the winter period. 1) If you are taking your team...
by GRF Admin | Oct 14, 2022 | headline news, Manager of the Month, News
After believing you’re destined never to win a match Whitley Bay U12s finally win a match after 2 years of trying!!!!! “Our team has the players other teams turned away, I couldn’t, I just wanted them to have somewhere to play, honestly it kind of just became the...
by GRF Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | headline news, News
We have all been there as parents on many occasions. We have stood in glorious weather and horrific weather, seen many great performances and seen plenty of forgettable ones. Sometimes we are in great spirits ourselves, have had a good week at work and have not been...
by GRF Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | headline news, News
Glenn Murray and Fara Williams MBE joined over 100 young aspiring footballers at Milton Keynes Dons yesterday to officially kick-off the 2022/23 season of the Utilita Kids and Girls Cup, two of the country’s biggest national football tournaments for junior...
by GRF Admin | Oct 10, 2022 | headline news, News, Parents
The Merseyside Youth Football League have cancelled ALL fixtures for next weekend due to a rise in abusive and aggressive behaviour and called all member clubs in for a compulsory meeting. Whilst we understand this will be disappointing for some, we are acutely aware...
by GRF Admin | Oct 6, 2022 | headline news, News
Is your Manager/Coach the Utilita Grassroots Manager of the Month? This season, we continue to recognise the achievements of grassroots coaches through a manager of the Month award. The Utilita Grassroots manager of the Month Award is announced every month with the...
by GRF Admin | Sep 26, 2022 | headline news
Play Safe is football’s national campaign to focus attention on the vital importance of safeguarding in our national game. Thank you for all of your collective efforts regarding the planned Play Safe Weekend on Saturday and Sunday 1 and 2 October 2022, helping...
by GRF Admin | Sep 14, 2022 | Coaching, headline news, News, Parents
The FA want to hear the opinions of everyone involved in Youth football, whether that is directly (e.g. as a coach, a manager, a parent of a youth player, a match official, a club or league admin role, etc) or indirectly (e.g. a spectator, in a previous role, etc)....
by GRF Admin | Sep 5, 2022 | Featured, News
The University of Essex and Birmingham City University have joined eight existing universities, which are partnered with England Football Learning, to offer support for women’s and girls’ football coaches at specialist Women’s High Performance Football Centres [WHPFC]...
