by GRF Admin | Sep 18, 2025 | Latest News
As announced by the FA in February, from the 2026/27 season, changes will be introduced to Youth Football focused on maximising the experience of all young players. We appreciate that change can be challenging, so we want to highlight the support that will be put in...
by GRF Admin | Sep 11, 2025 | headline news, Latest News, News
Hello to anybody and everybody who will take the time to read this. If I bore you I apologise. If you take something from it, I’ll be delighted. Now every manager loves a good team talk. They are what motivates and inspires our players. They set instructions and...
by GRF Admin | Sep 10, 2025 | Latest News
A former youth football coach has today begun serving a 31-year sentence for nearly 60 sexual offences against children, spanning four decades. William Woods, 67, from Congleton, was convicted at Chester Crown Court of offences including attempted rape, inciting...
by GRF Admin | Sep 10, 2025 | Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
We’ve all seen the headlines: 15-0, 19-1, even 27-0. On paper, they look like dominant victories. But in grassroots and youth football, one question matters more than the scoreline: who actually benefits from a result like that? At this level, football should be about...
by GRF Admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Coaching, Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says former Talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to eleven age group. Yet, across English football, professional clubs are scouting children as young as...
by GRF Admin | Aug 21, 2025 | Health, Latest News
The Football Association [The FA] has today announced an updated set of measures for the 2025/26 season to help improve behaviour and combat misconduct in grassroots football. These interventions, introduced for the 2025/26 season, are aimed at driving a...
