Coaching Notes
How to Run Fair Youth Football Trials for a New Season
Every summer, grassroots coaches end up with 40 children on a field and 16 shirts to hand out, and every decision they make...
Your first away game can feel like walking into someone else's house party where everyone already knows the rules.
Recent
Coaching Notes
Every summer, grassroots coaches end up with 40 children on a field and 16 shirts to hand out, and every decision they make...
Club Heritage
You have stood under the same badge for twenty years, sung the songs and bought the shirts, and you still could not tell a...
Youth Football
A parent asks why their daughter has played left back for six straight weeks when she wants to score goals.
Player Development
A 13 year old who was the sharpest dribbler in your squad in September suddenly looks clumsy by February, misses simple passes...
Fan Culture
Most homemade flags look brilliant on the living room floor and terrible from the far side of the ground.
Coaching Notes
Most grassroots coaches book pre-season friendlies the same way: whoever replies first on the league WhatsApp group gets a...
Sections
Archive
Three writers who come at football from different angles: one breaks down match tactics and substitutions, one writes about player and youth development from time spent on training grounds, and one covers fan culture and club history. Every article carries a byline, and every byline links to everything else that person has written.