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Squad Girls’ Football initiative to get £2million of funding from Sport England

A project focused on encouraging more teenage girls to play football will benefit from £2million of funding from Sport England. The grassroots funding body will make the investment into the project, called Squad Girls’ Football, which is being ...

17 Jul 2022 at 23:30

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Referee body cameras to be trialled by FA in four adult grassroots leagues

Referee body cameras will be trialled in four adult grassroots leagues in England, starting this weekend. The intention of the bodycam trial is to improve behaviour and respect from players and spectators towards officials. The Football ...

17 Feb 2023 at 12:03

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Trial to allow grassroots referees to wear body cameras set to start in 2023

A trial allowing referees to wear body cameras in the adult grassroots game in England is now expected to start in the first half of next year. The purpose of the trial is to act as a deterrent against physical and verbal abuse towards ...

11 Oct 2022 at 15:29

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FAI issues update on grassroots football return to play

THE Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has today informed affiliates that Leagues wishing to complete competitions from the 2020-21 season can do so between June 7 and July 18 inclusive. This decision was taken following a debate ...

21 May 2021 at 17:05

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FAI in €1.5 milllion boost to grassroots football

THE Football Association of Ireland is to inject an extra €1.5m into Grassroots football in 2022, in addition to the €2m in Covid-19 resilience funding from Government. The Board of the FAI has approved the additional €1.5m boost ...

08 Feb 2022 at 14:34

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FAI launch referee and compliance officer protocols ahead of return to football

THE Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have launched documents for 'Matchday Protocol for Grassroots Referees' and a 'Covid-19 Compliance Officer Role and Responsibilities'. Ahead of the return of competitive grassroots ...

17 Jul 2020 at 19:30

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Deliberate heading could be banned from football for children under 12

Deliberate heading could be completely banned from football for children under 12 in England in two seasons’ time. The Football Association announced on Monday it had been given approval by the game’s lawmakers, the ...

18 Jul 2022 at 16:05

Sport

Legal tackle height lowered in community rugby after RFU council approves change

The legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered to the base of the sternum from July 1 following a vote by the Rugby Football Union council on Friday. Attempts by the RFU to force through the change in ...

21 Apr 2023 at 19:09

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Exeter’s Rob Baxter urges football law-makers to be careful over sin-bins trial

Exeter rugby director Rob Baxter has urged football’s law-makers to be careful after they agreed that sin-bins should be trialled at higher levels of the sport. The International Football Association Board ...

29 Nov 2023 at 12:15

Sport

Anton Ferdinand backs campaign to tackle discrimination at grassroots level

Anton Ferdinand believes discrimination remains the biggest problem in football, but has backed a new campaign by London FA to tackle the issue at grassroots level to make a difference. The London FA ...

24 Apr 2025 at 06:00

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'The Game is On' sees Limerick’s Mungret Regional kick-off grassroots women’s season

CADBURY have unveiled a brand-new initiative, ‘The Game is On’, to help support Irish women’s grassroots football with the help of Arsenal legend Ian Wright and former Republic of Ireland Women’s ...

28 Aug 2022 at 18:30

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Community groups to get more than 16,000 pieces of Commonwealth Games equipment

More than 16,000 pieces of equipment used by athletes at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be given away to local community groups. It includes balls used during the hockey ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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