Match abandoned when spectators turn up with weapons following a row on the sidelines.

Police are appealing for information after an incident at a football match in Thornaby on Sunday 16th October. A cup game between Thornaby Village and Wrekenton Blue Star (Gateshead) was taking place from 2pm at Teesdale Park on Acklam Road. At around 3pm an altercation took place between several spectators and a local man left […]

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Record number of participants in 2016 Girls’ Football Weeks

A record 130,000 girls and women have taken part in FA Girls’ Football Week in 2016. More than 80,000 people have taken part in this week’s activity, almost four times the original target, while 50,000 people participated in April’s Girls’ Football Week. The total was announced at an event in Birmingham, organised by Aston University and Walsall […]

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3G pitches in Holland ripped up after Cancer link safety fears

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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FA Girls’ Football Week attracts over 100,000 players

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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SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH ‘WEAR RED DAY’

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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Cancer suffering Nana seeks solace in football watching Grandson Ben @ Aston Swallownest JFC

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, […]

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Teen footballer who suffered Fabrice Muamba-style heart attack playing for Tottenham Hotspur awarded £7 MILLION payout

• 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 […]

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While Grassroots dies of poverty, the pro game gorges on greed. 

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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FA statement – FA and Allardyce mutually agree to terminate contract

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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