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Goals Newcastle U10’s Xmas Mini Soccer Festival

GRF Admin 30/12/2018

Tournament Name: U10’s Xmas Mini Soccer Festival Tournament Date: 30/12/2018 Tournament Organiser: Goals Newcastle Tournament Web Address: https://www.goalsfootball.co.uk/play/tournaments/book/ Team Age Groups: Under 10’s Entry Fee per team: 25.00 Tournament Email Address: newcastle@goalsfootball.co.uk Address 1: Goals Newcastle Address 2: High Gosforth Park Town:…

Goals Newcastle U9’s Xmas Mini Soccer Festival

GRF Admin 29/12/2018

Tournament Name: U9’s Xmas Mini Soccer Festival Tournament Date: 29/12/2018 Tournament Organiser: Goals Newcastle Tournament Web Address: https://www.goalsfootball.co.uk/play/tournaments/book/ Team Age Groups: Under 9’s Entry Fee per team: 25.00 Tournament Email Address: newcastle@goalsfootball.co.uk Address 1: Goals Newcastle Address 2: High Gosforth Park Town:…

5 REASONS WHY YOUNG PLAYERS SHOULD TRY FUTSAL DURING THE WINTER MONTHS

GRF Admin 03/12/2018

Mike Skubala, FA futsal elite performance manager and head coach of the England team, outlines five reasons why grassroots coaches should take their players indoors to play futsal this winter. 1) Do you want better players? There is lots of anecdotal evidence about…

Are the Professional clubs getting scouting wrong with kids?

GRF Admin 28/11/2018

“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to 11-year-old age group and one of several FA appointments encouraging clubs to improve…

Alex gave me a look I will never ever forget, in fact it gave me goosebumps.

GRF Admin 27/11/2018

A real moment of grassroots magic happened at the weekend that restored my faith in the sport, a child I’ve coached for about a year who came from a team who said he “wasn’t good enough” In all the games he’s ever…

Isn’t it great when the keeper gets to be the hero and Save the game. (See what we did there😂) #SafeHands

GRF Admin 23/11/2018

A very honest message from a parent coach, if only I had asked first….

GRF Admin 22/11/2018

So my boy finally reached the magical age of 7 last spring and all the football training, school clubs could now pay off and I could get him on a team. It turned out the local FA affiliated club were looking for…

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…

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

GRF Admin 08/11/2018

Warning – Scammers targeting Grassroots Clubs again!!!

GRF Admin 29/10/2018

News has reached Grassroots that another club has had money stolen from online scammers. The scammers targeted Montpellier Villas FC youth division and scammed them of £4500 via a fruadulent scheme. The money had been meant to fund the seven youth sides…

Choose Grassroots

GRF Admin 28/10/2018

Junior tournaments in Premier League Stadiums

GRF Admin 21/10/2018

Inspire young footballers by playing at a Premier League or Football League stadium Play on the Pitch gives young players the opportunity to do just that and the chance to dream of one day becoming a professional footballer. Open to teams and…