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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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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, […]
The Duke of Cambridge has used his 10-year anniversary speech as President of the FA to call for it to reform its council to make it more diverse. Prince William said the FA was in danger of being “left behind” as he spoke during a recent lunch at Wembley to mark a decade in the […]
I sit on the sidelines waiting my turn. I can’t wait to get on and have energy to burn. I tried my best in training. I tried my best at school. I’ve behaved well for Mam and dad and always for coach. I ask coach if I can play and he says the game is […]
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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