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We have all been there as parents on many occasions. We have stood in glorious weather and horrific weather, seen many great performances and seen plenty of forgettable ones. Sometimes we are in great spirits ourselves, have had a good week at work and have not been rushing around like maniacs trying to get our […]
Glenn Murray and Fara Williams MBE joined over 100 young aspiring footballers at Milton Keynes Dons yesterday to officially kick-off the 2022/23 season of the Utilita Kids and Girls Cup, two of the country’s biggest national football tournaments for junior schoolchildren. The finals of each competition take place at Wembley Stadium, giving players a once […]
Read More… from FARA WILLIAMS AND GLENN MURRAY HELP EFL AND UTILITA LAUNCH KIDS AND GIRLS CUP
The Merseyside Youth Football League have cancelled ALL fixtures for next weekend due to a rise in abusive and aggressive behaviour and called all member clubs in for a compulsory meeting. Whilst we understand this will be disappointing for some, we are acutely aware how difficult of a decision this must have been and we […]
Is your Manager/Coach the Utilita Grassroots Manager of the Month? This season, we continue to recognise the achievements of grassroots coaches through a manager of the Month award. The Utilita Grassroots manager of the Month Award is announced every month with the nominations going to a Teamgrassroots Panel voting for their manager of the Month […]
Read More… from GRASSROOTS MANAGER OF THE MONTH – POWERED BY FOOTBALL REBOOTED
The FA want to hear the opinions of everyone involved in Youth football, whether that is directly (e.g. as a coach, a manager, a parent of a youth player, a match official, a club or league admin role, etc) or indirectly (e.g. a spectator, in a previous role, etc). Take the Survey HERE […]
The University of Essex and Birmingham City University have joined eight existing universities, which are partnered with England Football Learning, to offer support for women’s and girls’ football coaches at specialist Women’s High Performance Football Centres [WHPFC] across the country. The centres provide an educational and community-based hub to recruit, develop and deploy coaches and […]
I heartfelt message from Matt to the grassroots community….. […]
I could not believe what I saw, my own child buzzing the day before after an amazing training session and less than 24 hours later, he was back in my lap saying he did not want to do this anymore. Was this I do not want to do football anymore? Surely not after the huge […]
Read More… from Your child does not want to play! What do you do?
An amber weather warning has been issued t and will remain in place across the UK through Sunday 17th and continue until Tuesday 19th July, as the nation’s heatwave continues and temperatures expected to exceed 30◦C. We are asking clubs to seriously consider and assess the safety of players in playing & training during this […]
Read More… from WARM WEATHER GUIDANCE – from Cumberland County FA
As a coach I have realised every coach is different and have both different temperaments and reasons for being involved in football. Some play for the win, striving for the precious 3 points a victory brings. Others do the job for the hope that their team and the individuals in the team will show improvement. […]
Read More… from Lessons I’ve learnt in my first year as a Grassroots Coach
