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...

REFEREE ABUSE: THE STAIN ON THE GRASSROOTS GAME

Grassroots football has returned in 2021/22 for what will hopefully be the first full season in recent years. While there has been widespread positivity,...

THE LANGUAGE OF GRASSROOTS

By Andrew Martin. Illustrations By Millie Chesters. Learning a new language can be tough and intimidating. Grassroots football has its own glorious language which, if...

MARTIN KEOWN ON GRASSROOTS

This month, we spoke with former England and Arsenal defender Martin Keown – who is an ambassador for McDonald’s grassroots football programme – to...

A DERBY EVERY WEEK! WORLD’S SMALLEST LEAGUE

To take a boat from Penzance is not to leave Britain. To the west of mainland England is a small cluster of islands —...