THE HISTORY MAKERS: CLAPTON CFC

As backup goalkeeper and general secretary of the Clapton Community FC Women’s Teams, Sophia Axelsson was at the heart of an historic FA Cup...

GURU NANAK: A FOOTBALL FAMILY

Tradition, inclusivity and last-minute equalisers. Tayyiba Yunus went to visit Guru Nanak Ladies, to see grassroots football represented perfectly in Gravesend. Guru Nanak Football Club...

FIVE TECHY BITS YOUR CLUB NEEDS

Steve Piggott’s been running teams for nearly twenty years, so he knows a thing or two about the grassroots tech you should be using...

SHOULD THE GRASSROOTS CALENDAR BE MOVED?

One of the historic issues of grassroots football has been the deluge of postponements over the winter months and the effect that winter has...

GRASSROOTS TOURS: WESTMINSTER WANDERING

There’s nothing quite like grassroots football tours. Despite the pandemic making distant travel a tricky business, Westminster Wanderers found their hosts in Belfast to...

MY GREATEST GAME #2

THE MATCH: WIZARDS FC v HARINGEY ATHLETIC, 2008 WORDS: EWAN FLYNN ILLUSTRATION: MILLIE CHESTERS Matthew Berou was a Wizards FC institution. We had played alongside each other...