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More than 1,000 organisations have signed up to run female-specific football sessions throughout the week, which takes place from Monday 10 October. It means that in 2016 at least 110,000 will play football as part the weeks, after 50,000 women and girls took park in April. The weeks were created to encourage more women and […]
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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, with the aim of raising vital funds for their work. Established […]
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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 that the disease was incurable. In the face of her illness, […]
• 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 duties’ to Radwan, then 17 •He has been awarded £7million in damages after a 10-year battle […]
As I write this, I know maybe it’s my last diary entry, hopefully my feelings will Change but right now maybe my last before I walk away from something I’ve done for 3-4 years now. I’m a Coach who has just had enough of too many parents doing everything but being happy there kid loves […]
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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 greed at the very top of the […]
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The days of kids 10 years old or younger heading the ball in a football game or practice are over in the USA or OVER!! In resolving a class-action lawsuit regarding the large number of concussions in the sport, the U.S. Soccer Federation has issued new guidelines either banning or limiting players heading the ball depending on […]
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A new era started with a buzz of excitement and expectation, maybe this time, a talented hungry young squad, but what if like in years go by it goes wrong, we wonder on who’s doorstep the blame will fall, who will be the scapegoat? Just blame Grassroots, it must be their fault as always England’s […]
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New Kits Dished Out by McDonald’s! FA Charter Standard Clubs who have completed their Annual Health Check are being rewarded with their own unique code to login by Thursday 30th June and order a free kit through the FA McDonald’s Community Kit Scheme. The four-year programme is providing thousands of kits each season, demonstrating […]
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At a time of year we all hear of clubs/coaches dropping kids, due to ability, moving them across teams to keep the ‘A’ team winning, and generally writing certain kids off, for their own egos. I actually enjoy, get more reward, and probably get a bigger ego to be fair, coaching the lesser ability kids. […]
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