Youth Football
Coaching Under 7s Football Without Losing Their Attention
You planned a tidy hour of drills, and ten minutes in, two children are lying in the goal, one is crying about a lost shin pad...
Your club announces that the ground your grandfather called by one name will now carry the name of an energy drink, a bank or an airline, and the statement says it is "essential for long term competitiveness." Stadium naming rights deals...
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Youth Football
You planned a tidy hour of drills, and ten minutes in, two children are lying in the goal, one is crying about a lost shin pad...
Player Development
Your 15 year old is technically sharp, but every time a ball is played into the channel, someone else gets there first.
Fan Culture
You love football, your own club's fixtures leave half your weekends empty, and you keep hearing people talk about the "92" or...
Coaching Notes
Every November the same thing happens: the council closes the grass pitches after one wet weekend, your Tuesday session gets...
Club Heritage
Ask supporters why their club plays in a certain shade and most will give you a story that sounds certain and turns out to be...
Club Heritage
Ask ten supporters why their club is called what it is and you will often get ten slightly different stories, some of them...
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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.