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Sue Ravenlaw, The FA’s head of equality and safeguarding, said:- “Reading Andy Woodward’s story in The Guardian was heartbreaking and we applaud his immense courage in coming forward to speak about the horrific abuse he suffered. “Barry Bennell remains permanently suspended from football, in line with our procedures. “The FA takes all matters of safeguarding […]
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I was wondering what people’s thoughts were on where the priority for investment should be. Recently I’ve seen many few posts about mini soccer being played indoors in the winter or even converting to Futsal. I’ve seen some good points made, and some points I don’t agree with on this debate. A few years ago […]
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Veterans groups are outraged and believe the two Football Associations should stand up to football’s governing body for the World Cup qualifier on Armistace Day FIFA has banned poppies from being worn by England and Scotland players at next week’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley. Football’s governing body said the symbol of memorial is a political statement and […]
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Why referee? Refereeing is a great way to be involved in football. There are opportunities for everyone, whether you only want to referee at your local club or progress to the international stage. It gives you the opportunity to remain active in the game following injury or retirement, to make new and lasting friends […]
Grassroots hub programme has lift off The FA and partners use official opening of first community football hub in Sheffield to launch the £200m Parklife Programme across English towns and cities Programme is example of The FA’s commitment to football for all – through significant investment in pitches, facilities and participation programmes The FA seeks […]
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The FA Board has ratified a ‘hugely significant’ overseas broadcast rights deal that will ensure The Emirates FA Cup’s status as the world’s original and greatest domestic cup competition. After an extremely competitive bidding process for the international rights to televise The Emirates FA Cup for the six seasons from the 2018-19 campaign through to […]
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The FA’s role in safeguarding and dealing with abuse Let’s make football safe, not sorry As the governing body of football in this country, The FA wants to do everything it can to create a sustainable safe and enjoyable framework around the game we all love. We want you to feel confident in football and […]
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A young U7 referee asking for your feedback… Every week I try to strike a balance between enforcement and development, I realise a more relaxed approach may be warranted at this level with respect to the laws of the game but what is the general consensus to the following issues. Today I was the referee […]
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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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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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