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THE FA LAUNCH NEW LONG-TERM GRASSROOTS STRATEGY AS FOOTBALL SET FOR RETURN

The FA announces new blueprint for grassroots football as millions return to play post-lockdown from Monday A commitment to equal access for girls in schools and clubs and 5,000 new pitches amongst a number of ambitious FA targets FA to invest over £180m into grassroots football to serve and lead the game over the next […]

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An alternative approach to talent identification

The most interesting aspect to talent spotting are those players that are continually left behind. The forgotten ones are almost always the youngest and smallest in a year group. In England, where age-groups begin in September few players born in the second half of the year from March onwards make it into teams. Those unfortunate […]

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