grassroots football news
27 Mar 2025
The UK government has announced £100 million of new funding to support grassroots sports and
16 Dec 2022
Construction work has begun on a £13m community sports hub in Barking, East London. The
02 Sep 2022
The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the
24 May 2021
A new campaign will look to help disabled footballers return to the sport and 'reclaim
03 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as
10 Dec 2019
The Conservative Party has promised to invest £550m in grassroots football – if it wins
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
04 Jul 2019
With the plaudits rolling in for the quality of football at the FIFA Women's World
17 Apr 2019
The Football Association (FA) invested a record £128m into English football during 2017-18. Reporting its
18 Oct 2018
US billionaire Shahid Khan has withdrawn his bid to buy Wembley, English football's national stadium.
26 Sep 2018
Manchester City FC (MCFC) has become the first international football organisation to open two offices
19 Apr 2018
A new funding scheme has been launched to aid the retention of adult male teams
07 Mar 2018
A fifth-tier Scottish football club has set its sight on reaching the Scottish Premiership by
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
12 Dec 2017
A grassroots football initiative is heading to Liverpool after its debut in Sheffield attracted more
06 Oct 2017
From secret music events for fitness to sports heatmaps and AI coaches, 16 innovative start-ups
01 Jun 2017
Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be
16 Feb 2017
Grassroots football received a £125m (US$156.1m, €146.4m) boost from the Football Association over the 2015/16
01 Feb 2017
Grassroots football clubs that want to develop more teams for girls and disabled people will
27 Dec 2016
A youth organisation has opened the “world’s first” train station football pitch at a site
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
07 Dec 2016
Developing the grassroots game in China and India – the two largest populations in the world
24 Oct 2016
A deal struck between the Football Association (FA) and overseas broadcasters for the FA Cup
30 Sep 2016
The Football Association (FA) is in talks to bring its ambitious grassroots Parklife project to
27 Sep 2016
The appointment of Fatma Samoura as secretary general of FIFA will create more opportunities for
26 Sep 2016
The new secretary general of FIFA and prospective mayor of Manchester have put grassroots football
13 Sep 2016
Kelly Simmons, the Football Association’s (FA) director of participation and development, will discuss the body’s
06 Sep 2016
Seventy-three instances of discriminatory behaviour occurred during grassroots football matches over the last 12 months,
02 Sep 2016
Almost £30m has been ploughed into grassroots football facilities over the last six months, courtesy
30 Aug 2016
The Football Association (FA) is awaiting the green light to build grassroots football hubs in
08 Aug 2016
The Football Association (FA) has partnered with more than 170 further and higher education institutions
02 Aug 2016
The Football Association has begun rolling out its new-look Level One and Level Two coaching
11 May 2016
The Football Association (FA) will lose all its government funding if it fails to undertake
18 Apr 2016
One thousand young people in Wales will be provided facilities, equipment and training in order
15 Apr 2016
Premier League football club Southampton is planning to launch grassroots football academies in the US
07 Apr 2016
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has called on the Football Association (FA) to embrace
17 Mar 2016
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) will revamp 300 Skills Centres across the country with the
15 Mar 2016
More than 2,000 grass pitches across the country will be improved as a result of
11 Mar 2016
A new AS$1bn (£524.9m, US$750m, €676.7m) stadium is being proposed for Melbourne, Australia by Eddie
24 Feb 2016
Populous – the architects behind the London 2012 Olympic Stadium – are consulting on the
16 Feb 2016
Football facilities specialist Dean Hogan has been named national contracts manager for Pulse and will
03 Feb 2016
Britain leaving the European Union would have “devastating consequences” for the Premier League according to
14 Jan 2016
Baroness Sue Campbell, the former UK Sport chair, has been appointed to oversee the development
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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