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The Football Association likes to boast of all its work in grassroots football and developing under-privileged sides of the game, but as we've seen in its continually disappointing treatment of women's football, there's an awful lot more talk than action.

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Football now spend $8 million per year on junior development/grassroots football. A long way from the AFL's $45 million but lightyears from the old days, and that figure will surely continue to grow in coming years.
Cottees announcing school football gala days, up to $20,000 for your club for up to three years from NAB/FFA and now this. Click to continue reading...

Now many people complain that grassroots football is too expensive. The FFA even say in their talented player document recently released that we have a (moral) responsibility to reduce the costs.
Clearly with targeted sponsorship and the Federations providing outstanding opportunities for sponsors through our participation rates this can be done. Click to continue reading...

The week's Ultimate 11's is total Mustard! It's our first all Mustard line up. Matt Quinn gives us his beloved Barcelona 11, and what a team. Just look at that bench!

Do you really know your clubs proud history or are you just a teenage glory hunter? (not mentioning any names from the Kings Road).

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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.

You wanna know why, get this: They can't afford the rent on the old Soho Square headquarters which has been sitting empty since last summer when they upped sticks and moved to the new £800 Million Pound Wembley, complete with crap transport links and the same 70's tiling along Wembley way and £200 million pound retractable roof that doesn't retract.

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Marceltipool – the fledgling club for London-based Olympique de Marseille, Celtic and Liverpool fans – is coming along very nicely. Disappointingly, still no Marseille fans are involved but our first training session should be taking place over the next week or so and ideas are being bounced around for next season.

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Football and religion

Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has criticised the Premier League for scheduling games on Easter Sunday, saying it should be a day to spend time with those we love. I like Dr Sentamu. He speaks a lot of sense, most recently suggesting that making St George's Day a national holiday could promote unity in England.

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I remember when I used to answer the phones for Danny Kelly (now talkSPORT) and we'd sit in the studio wondering what would take off that week. How could we get the phones buzzing? And the one that caused meltdown more than most? The best ways of getting into the ground for free. Click to continue reading...

I remember when I used to answer the phones for Danny Kelly (now talkSPORT) and we'd sit in the studio wondering what would take off that week. How could we get the phones buzzing? And the one that caused meltdown more than most? The best ways of getting into the ground for free. Click to continue reading...

Onwards and upwards Many moons ago when flicking through copy of the free Sport newspaper I stumbled upon a piece on a website that acted as a classifieds directory for football teams searching for players and vice versa. With the best of intentions (specifically: offering myself as a lazy inside-left with a shot outcome sequence of goal kick, trickled into keeper's arms, throw-in and goal) I vowed to sign up that evening. Click to continue reading...

Onwards and upwards Many moons ago when flicking through copy of the free Sport newspaper I stumbled upon a piece on a website that acted as a classifieds directory for football teams searching for players and vice versa. With the best of intentions (specifically: offering myself as a lazy inside-left with a shot outcome sequence of goal kick, trickled into keeper's arms, throw-in and goal) I vowed to sign up that evening. Click to continue reading...

There was a sickening moment last year when a well known celebrity died and the 24-hour rolling news networks couldn't make up their minds if he'd actually left this mortal coil or not. Reason being, they reported rumour before checking out the facts.

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What have these goals got in common? David Bentleys volley, Deco's over head kick, Van Persie's right footer against Liverpool. They are all truly great goals, which we will no doubt seen another 100 times before the season is over. But what about us? The real people, we play football too you know. So we thought [. Click to continue reading...

No win situation A minute's silence, please, for a dead profession; an imPOSSIBLE profession; a DREADFUL profession. A minute's silence, my friends, for the only white people who can truly know what it's like to be discriminated against based on the colour of their skin—or, in this case, the colour of their jersey: REFEREES. Click to continue reading...

Is she for real? I read an article yesterday that really got my goat up. Having just spent 3 amazing weeks in India it made me realize just how up tight us Brits really are. Click to continue reading...

The Irons 4 Lambeth 5 As it's early days and the Irons are a new team, we'll go easy on them for now, truth is, they do deserve a coating for the friendly defeat on Saturday, but on a positive note there's room for improvement, and thanks to UK Football Finder they have found a few gems. They also looked the dogs in their new UKFF sponsored kit! Click to continue reading...

Meet the official team of UKFF Well done to Battersea Ironsides GSA who won our brilliant comp to win a UKFF sponsored kit for the season, what a result! Click to continue reading...

Sven McClarens England impress England came through their toughest test with a superb 2-0 victory against the gardeners, plumbers, estate agents of Andorra. With Germany proving there are no easy games in International football with a very unconvincing 6-0 win in Liechtenstein this was a warning to the rest of the world that England are back! Click to continue reading...

Taxi for Berbatov Nobody died, no one got the sack, no one's house was repossessed and no one got turned down for a role in Hollyoaks, but this morning at 9am we held a minute's silence in the office. Not for love, for money, or for ambition, but for football. Why? For the moment Sir Alex decided to act as a chauffer for his one and only Dimi, football as we know it ceased to exist. Click to continue reading...

Grassroots football in England is captured in a new book looking at the trials and tribulations of sixty clubs across the county of Sussex over a season. Click to continue reading...

Grassroots Summer: UEFA remains fully focussed on grassroots football - healthy foundations mean a flourishing elite in the European body's view. The fifth... Click to continue reading...

It's girls week at UK Football Finder Just to prove it's not all about us guys here at UKFF we interviewed little cutie Kerry Oldham of Billericay Town Ladies and here's what she had to say. I always played sport as a child for as far back as I can remember. We were lucky to live in a cul-de-sac with a large green area in the middle for all the kids to congregate. Click to continue reading...