Thanks for coming to support me today. As my friends and l play, l want you to remember a few things: I am here to have fun, please encourage me and all the other players no matter which team we play for. You are representing me; please do not embarrass me by being negative, shouting […]
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Sheffield District Junior Sunday league have developed a youth conference for junior players and referees to shape the future of the league. A conference to help develop and shape the needs for its players is taking place this Summer. The League invites a youth member (current players in this league) from each Club to attend […]
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AFC Barwell involved in International Sporting Ethics Project Leicestershire Grassroots Football Club AFC Barwell have been chosen to take part in a European Union Funded Project surrounding ethics in sport. The project group consisting of grassroots sports clubs from Spain, Italy, Germany , AFC Barwell from the UK as well as academics from the University […]
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Police are heroes as they get the baddies. Teachers are heroes because they teach people stuff. Doctors and nurses are heroes as they make people better. Fireman are heroes because the put out fires. My Mam is a hero because she is nice and looks after me and my sister. My dad is a hero […]
I’m a coach and I love training the kids, seeing them smile, playing a game they love. .. week after week standing smart and proud in their kits .. preparing themselves ready for the game a head. . I enjoy arranging events where they can have fun and team build, bonding and creating friendships, memories […]
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Story courtesy of the Liverpool Echo. The family of a brave six-year-old Everton fan who defied the odds after he was born with a rare genetic disorder have started a campaign to get him to Goodison Park. Daire Flannagan’s parents were told by doctors that their son would not survive 48 hours after birth after […]
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Is the structure of grassroots football in England helping us to produce world class players, game changers, intelligent players who are comfortable in possession of the ball when under pressure? On the evidence of the past 20 years I have concluded that we are miles behind other many other nations despite our huge […]
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FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn has “commended the commitment” by London Mayor, Boris Johnson to get the capital behind The FA’s nationwide plan to create a network of grassroots football hubs across major cities. The hub programme is one of the findings of the FA Chairman Greg Dyke’s Independent Commission which revealed there was a […]
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The visit of Nick Robinson, who is FA Rules & Sanctions Committee Chairman, to Sporting 87 in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday morning coincided with the second Silent Weekend to take place in the county. Around 500 teams took part in the event which puts an emphasis on letting the players play and creating a […]
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The FA has launched an £8 million commitment to improve natural turf (grass) football pitches across the country. Over four years, The FA will implement the Pitch Improvement Programme (PIP) which will deliver improvements to more than 2,000 pitches – a central pillar of the organisation’s 2015-19 Strategy for Participation and Development. PIP will provide […]
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