Year: 2026
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One Week Out: The Grassroots Football Update Every Sunday League Club Needs Right Now
Pre-season is almost over. For most adult grassroots clubs across the country, competitive league football returns within days, not weeks.…
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Walking Football: The Grassroots Sport Quietly Taking Over the UK
Ask most people to picture adult grassroots football, and they’ll think of muddy Sunday league pitches full of players in…
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Hackney Marshes: The 82-Pitch Battlefield That Built England’s Sunday League Culture
Every Sunday morning in East London, something happens that has no real equivalent anywhere else in world football. Across 82…
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The Money Problem Every Grassroots Club Knows About:
Ask almost any club secretary in adult grassroots football what keeps them up at night, and the answer rarely has…
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Reigning Champions Made to Sweat
The FA Trophy and FA Vase both opened their 2026/27 campaigns on Saturday 15 August, and the round threw up…
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Wythenshawe’s Cup Run Continues:
The FA Cup preliminary round played out on Saturday 22 August, with 136 ties across steps 5 to 8 of…
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Penalties, Drama, and Giant-Killing Dreams
Today marked the start of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup for the 2026/27 season. Across the country, nearly 300 adult…
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Two Games on Tonight: Monday Night Non-League Football
While most of the football world takes Mondays off, a small pocket of adult grassroots and semi-professional football carries on…
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Grassroots Football Awards Ceremony Takes Place
The England Football Grassroots Football Awards, presented by Howdens, held its 2026 presentation ceremony on Sunday 16 August, bringing together…
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Tonight’s the Night
Tonight, England Football’s Grassroots Football Awards ceremony takes place, bringing together volunteers, coaches, referees, and club officials from across the…