Football Archives - Team Grassroots

SIN BINS TO CONTINUE FOR 2018-19 SEASON

GRF Admin 23/01/2019

The Football Association has announced that select trials of Temporary Dismissals – more commonly known as ‘sin bins’ – will continue during the 2018/19 season before becoming mandatory for all leagues at Step 7 and below from the 2019/20 season. The scheme…

Are you ready for Grassroots 2019!!!!!

GRF Admin 03/01/2019

Wow!!!! Coach receives this text from a parent. It will melt your heart.

GRF Admin 21/11/2018

I want to thank you coach for all that you do, I know that my child looks up to you, Not only are you helping him develop his sport, I am aware of how much consideration and thought.. Goes into your sessions…

Then I realised how much these kids had changed my life – Diary of a Grassroots Coach

GRF Admin 14/11/2018

This weekend I was so lucky, so lucky in fact not only did I get to meet my heroes. I also got to watch them play!!!! Because you see I wasn’t watching Chelsea or Man Utd, not even Barcelona….. I watched them…

Diary of a Grassroots Coach – I ask myself is all of this worth it?

GRF Admin 09/11/2018

I’ve just sat down to dinner with the family. My phone is pinging messages constantly, and although I know I shouldn’t, I cannot help but sneak a peak. My messages are almost all concerning the football team I volunteer to coach. The…

Wait wheres the keeper?…….Ah right. The most grassroots video you’ll ever see

GRF Admin 08/11/2018

Do you want to star in a NEW CBBC show? Apply HERE

GRF Admin 04/04/2018

Can you kick it? Can YOU Kick It? CBBC is searching for the UK’s best young technical footballers. If you’re aged between 10 and 14 years old and think you have got the necessary tekkers, we’d love to hear from you! Download…

Top scouts offer invaluable tips to grassroots players

GRF Admin 08/03/2018

It takes a certain amount of dedication to get out of bed on a cold and rainy weekend morning to kick a ball around a waterlogged pitch. Faced with typical grassroots conditions, football is often anything but a beautiful game, so what…

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AROUND U6S PLAYING FOOTBALL.

GRF Admin 12/02/2018

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AROUND U6S PLAYING FOOTBALL. After being made aware of a number of posts on social media, we believe it is a good time to remind everyone about the rule concerning the youngest age that children can play in organised matches.…

Breaking News – FA & PFA Commission Dementia Link with Football

GRF Admin 23/11/2017

The Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association have appointed Dr William Stewart and colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Hampden Sports Clinic to lead an independent research study into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease in ex-professional footballers. Following…

WE WELCOME NEW LAW REGARDING DISPLAY OF THE POPPY AHEAD OF NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS

GRF Admin 01/11/2017

The four football associations of the home nations (The FA, FA Wales, Scottish FA and Irish FA) welcome the new clarification on Law 4, issued on 26 September 2017 by The International Football Association Board (The IFAB), in close cooperation and agreement…

“WHEN ARE WE HAVING A GAME?”

GRF Admin 17/10/2017

“When are we having a game?” – I’d be willing to bet that this is the question that coaches up and down the country probably get asked most often. Why is this? Don’t these kids realise how much time and effort we’ve…