AS A Trump rally at Madison Square Garden took centre stage in a typically awkward but nevertheless concerning manner in New York City in the build-up to the 2024 United States presidential election, the city’s grassroots soccer scene is providing an antidote. Throughout the city, people from all walks of life come together to play…
The Football Association has launched a new four-year strategy which aims to “transform the landscape” of the grassroots level. The ambition of the latest plan is to get a further 220,000 people playing across England by forming an additional 15,000 teams. Entitled “A Thriving Grassroots Game”, the strategy has a number of key pillars, with…
The magnificent facility – which took, from conception to completion, 25 years to build, cost nearly £2m and comprises four changing rooms, a multi-purpose hall, a fully-equipped kitchen and synthetic and grass pitches – provides an impressive base for their 16 age-group teams and hundreds of players to train and host matches at. A couple…
By Luke Power Published: 19:00 EDT, 11 September 2024 | Updated: 19:00 EDT, 11 September 2024 Grassroots sports teams and charities can now apply for a slice of £400,000 as Cash4Clubs, led by Flutter UKI, is back for 2024. The flagship funding programme will help 200 community sports organisations in the UK and Ireland with…
