Grassroots Football

A remarkable day in the Premiership

October 23, 2011

QPR versus Chelsea; Manchester United against Man City. When down at the bookies, you would think that the first scoreline would be in favour of Chelsea with maybe a draw at best for the Manchester derby. But, as the final whistle blew there were many gasps of shock at what had just happened. The 6-1 [...]

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Arsene has to go. Doesn’t he?

October 20, 2011

With their last minute winner against Marseille in the Champions League, the Arsenal manager said that his team had “taken a little step forward”. Wenger also commented that “we’re a team that has to continue to grow and have lost only once in six matches. We are slowly getting there.” Come on Wenger; enough of [...]

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Take your game to a new level

October 11, 2011

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Footballnutra. Footballnutra brings quality, cutting edge nutrition products to football players of all levels. Footballnutra offers better nutrition which can help players improve performance, recover quicker and play more football. The range of drinks, capsules and daily health have been specifi [...]

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The grass roots revolution is here

September 6, 2011

Jamie Lawrence Academy 4 – UKFF 3 An extremely proud and historic day for UK Football Finder occurred on Saturday 3rd September 2011. At one of the oldest senior clubs in the country, Colliers Wood FC, a new  era began as  members from UK Football Finder came together to form a side to compete against [...]

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50% of men no longer play football with their mates – Here’s the solution

September 3, 2011

1st September: As football fans across the country enjoy the start of the season, a new survey by The FA has revealed a staggering 54% of guys aren’t enjoying regular kick-abouts with their friends. On average, men feel compelled to hang up their boots due to a wide range of reasons including work commitments (37%), [...]

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Do you want to play semi pro or pro? Now’s your chance

August 26, 2011

We are proud to announce the first of many UKFF Pro Trial Challenge Matches. You’ll be representing the UK Football Finder brand, against the best players from the  Jamie Lawrence Academy, so don’t embarrass yourself. Exceptional players only. Please bring £10 for the pitch, no pay, no play, and that is final.     [...]

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The secret to winning the 2026 World Cup bid…

December 6, 2010

It’s clear the best bid on paper will never win. And nor should it. But why did England do so badly and how can they guarantee they host the World Cup in 2026? England’s one additional vote is the embarrassing equivalent of ‘Nil Point’ at Eurovision. Yes, our bid was reduced to the level of Jemini. [...]

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National football centre – too little too late?

November 21, 2010

The FA have announced that building on the National Football Centre in Burton will begin in January, to be completed in 2012. Building started way back in 2001, but due to the development of Wembley Stadium, which cost over 750m, it looked like the project would be scrapped altogether. The football association finally gave the [...]

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Can the Youngsters rescue English football? Probably not.

August 25, 2010

After scanning the under 21 squad list for the upcoming fixtures against Portugal and Lithuania, I realised that we have a fantastic group of young players. Look at them: Wiltshire! Smalling! Albrighton! Rodwell! Carroll! All these youngsters have shone in the Premier League for their respective clubs, so why can’t they make the step up [...]

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Five reasons to join the Five Pound Football Club

July 17, 2010

Thousands of football fans have pledged their support to a Five Pound Football Club aiming to pool their expertise, passion and resources to help establish Britain’s next loved club. [...]

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Petition for grassroots overhaul for the FA

July 12, 2010

Let’s stop this England failure from happening again

As another World Cup comes and goes, it’s another disappointment for the ever passionate and loyal England fans.

We’ve heard the excuses from the FA and Fabio Capello. “The players were tired” the manager said. Funny that, because against Germany, England players ran further on av [...]

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Sack the FA!

June 18, 2009

I hate that I do!

Those toffs at the FA had me in a bloody head boiling rage when I read this the other day. They have sent out a warning to their Football Foundation stakeholders of a proposal to cut 20% from their £15m-a-year contribution to the grassroots sport charity. [...]

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