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Alex gave me a look I will never ever forget, in fact it gave me goosebumps.

A real moment of grassroots magic happened at the weekend that restored my faith in the sport, a child I’ve coached for about a year who came from a team who said he “wasn’t good enough” In all the games he’s ever played (including training) he’s never ever scored, at the weekend we were getting […]

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Isn’t it great when the keeper gets to be the hero and Save the game. (See what we did there😂) #SafeHands

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A very honest message from a parent coach, if only I had asked first….

So my boy finally reached the magical age of 7 last spring and all the football training, school clubs could now pay off and I could get him on a team. It turned out the local FA affiliated club were looking for coaches to run an under 7 team. I jumped at the chance! I […]

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Then I realised how much these kids had changed my life – Diary of a Grassroots Coach

This weekend I was so lucky, so lucky in fact not only did I get to meet my heroes. I also got to watch them play!!!! Because you see I wasn’t watching Chelsea or Man Utd, not even Barcelona….. I watched them play with so much passion and energy I could feel the love of […]

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