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. It was a swift response to the […]
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I am a Child and I like to play, I like to step onto the pitch and do it my way, I like to hear you call out my name, When your encouraging me to play my game. It fills me with confidence and pride, When I know you support me and you […]
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 FA can confirm that Sam Allardyce has left his position as England manager. Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today, was inappropriate of the England manager. He accepts he made a significant error of judgement and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, The FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate […]
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“Shoot! Get rid of it! Kick it! Wide! Come on Billy; for God’s sake shoot! (The 10 year old who’s related to the voice nervously tries to pass the ball to his nearest teammate but instead, it awkwardly dribbles off the side of his foot out of bounds. The boy’s father is now yelling.) “Billy what the hell’s wrong […]
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