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The story of Sherwood Colliery Ability Counts FC

“I used to be a support worker & would support two young men to participate for a Team in which we traveled an hour on a bus, each time they only got 5 mins gametime as preference was given to local lads. On the long journey back one of the young men wished their was […]

The story Aden Steelers FC

“Aden Steelers is a local Sheffield and Rotherham BME football club for young children between the ages of 7 and 18, which has just recently entered the Sunday junior district league, which is the biggest junior football league in Europe. We were formed in 2015, by a group of middle aged men who would take […]

The story of Roseacre Raiders

History The Club started life as Roseacre Saturday Club, on the Green and then at Roseacre Junior School, its declared objective was “to promote enjoyment of and participation in football and other sports activities by children”. At this time club membership included both boys and girls and activities extended beyond the football season to summer […]

The story of Red Star Bangor FC

“Where do I start? We were formed around June last year. In Bangor there are already 3 massive clubs and around 3 or 4 smaller team so getting players was a seriously hard task. We had to make do with kids that had never played before and kids that weren’t happy at their own clubs. […]

The story of Bedworth WF

“Established in November 2016 with 14 members our walking football group has seen an increase in membership to a healthy 78 people, we currently run two sessions on Mondays and Fridays at Bedworth United AFC, the group ranges in age from 51 years to 76 years (M/F). In 2017 we were delighted to be awarded […]

The story of FC Rigmar

“I have been at many companies over the last few years but none had enough players to make up a team for a regular game of football. Since joining Rigmar I have been constantly trying to encourage people at my new job to come along for a game of fives, come out for jog, join […]

The story of Arbroath Walking Football Club

“Arbroath Walking Football is for over 50’s but can take younger ones if injury or health as made them stop the sport. The club was started by two guys after they realised that in later years there were many players who would like to continue playing football but could not be energtic like in younger […]

The story of Hartley Wintney Hawks U16’s

“In 2013 my son was changing clubs from Cove to Fleet but whilst on holiday the team folded. The then manager Steve Mathews messaged me to say not to worry as he was going to try and manage another club before the start of the forthcoming season. A position became available at Hartley Wintney Hawks […]