Author: GRF Admin

A seriously ill nine-year-old boy, from Castle Vale, Birmingham, had his greatest wish granted when he had a football-themed garden makeover and met his football Idol Craig Gardner, thanks to Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity www.raysofsunshine.org.uk, and Phoenix Lawns http://phoenixlawns.co.uk. Oliver, from Castle Vale, is currently living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic condition that […]

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So today I got to watch a great little game of football between our Belmont Wanderers boys u7s and Pegasus u7 boys. However slightly annoyed that some people choose to ruin these things. Let me explain, we have lovely pitches here in Newton Farm, south Wye of Hereford, ideal for kids/adults to play on or […]

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Great to see Buffon has not forgot his roots as he relaxes on holiday with a kick around with some local youngsters. Playing old skool tips and skins, the skins had a work class addition  in goals. It’s always great to see footballers who haven’t forgot their roots, it’s rare to see images like this […]

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NEARLY 500 children and adults from sports clubs across Bradford on Avon flocked to Beehive Field on Saturday to show their fervent support for their proposed community sports hub. More than 300 youngsters from Bradford Town Youth Football Club (BTYFC) and netball clubs gathered in a ‘Hubbub’ to endorse their plans to create a purpose-built […]

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Dozens of young footballers and their parents are holding a demonstration on Saturday to campaign against the threatened sell-off of their home ground for housing development. The players from Whitburn & Cleadon Junior Football Club will march with referee’s whistles and red cards from both Whitburn and Cleadon Village to the playing fields at Cleadon […]

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VIOLENCE at children’s football matches reached a new low over the weekend when a man and a teenager were arrested, and a young boy needed medical treatment, after trouble erupted during an under-15s football tournament. Five minutes before the whistle in the final, held at Bishop Auckland on Saturday, a parent stormed the pitch and […]

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You will have seen the kick offs at the 2016 Euros, with players playing the ball backwards, this is one of the changes to the Laws of the Game for the 2016/17 season. Sending players off for pre-match fights. Permitting the ball to go in any direction at kick-off. Allowing more players to be treated […]

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“It is with profound sadness that our outstanding U14 player, Tom Bothamley has suddenly passed away. Len Curtis, Chairman  of Wickersley Youth JFC has this moving message to say……. Tom joined our club as a seven year old in 2011 and was one of the outstanding players, not only in our club but also one […]

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Grassroots Coach Graham “Jock” Campbell has one massive thing to say to fellow coach Chris Corrance, and that is…… “Thank you for saving my life”   Graham was coaching his Pickering Town side acting as a linesman when he fell ill. “I knew I was feeling unwell as I was hot and sweaty, but I […]

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Today we heard terrible news from club chairman Mike Fudge: It’s with great sadness I write this post but between the hours of 9:30pm and 6am Lytchett and Upton red triangle fc club house was broken into with trophies being smashed and stolen, the walls graffitied, tv smashed, glasses from the bar area broken and cans […]

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