by GRF Admin | Mar 5, 2018 | News
Cup Final Day – its Sunday, 6.15 am and I’m wide awake still thinking about team selection. If I’ve learnt anything this season, it is that you can bend over backwards for the kids’ parents and you’ll still never make some happy. My father-in-law died a week ago....
by GRF Admin | Feb 25, 2018 | News
I can’t believe it, I’m walking across the quagmire that is to be the pitch for my youngest son Alfie’s first ever cup match for his Under 9’s team. It’s windy and cold, the parents are putting a brave face on it, but it’s one of those blow your umbrella inside out...
by GRF Admin | Feb 22, 2018 | News
High quality football kit and equipment is being made available to primary schools across England and Wales, as the Premier League Primary Stars Kit and Equipment Scheme is opening for applications on Monday 19 February. Delivered by the Football Foundation and run in...
by GRF Admin | Feb 21, 2018 | News
National Lottery Awards for All offers funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities. You can apply if your organisation is a: voluntary or community organisation registered charity constituted group or club not-for-profit company or...
by GRF Admin | Feb 20, 2018 | News
Ex-football coach Barry Bennell has been jailed for 31 years at Liverpool Crown Court for 50 counts of child sexual abuse. Bennell, described as the “devil incarnate” by the judge, was convicted of abusing 12 boys aged eight to 15 between 1979 and 1991....