Faruk Adam

Some football grounds are famous for who’s played there. These are famous for how many people have. From London’s sprawling…

Most Sunday league players know the FA Cup. Fewer know that Sunday league football has its own genuine, nationally sanctioned…

Football fans throw these three words around constantly, often interchangeably, and it genuinely confuses people trying to understand where their…

Standing on the touchline of a grassroots match and not quite understanding why the whistle just went is a genuinely…

Grassroots football needs referees more than almost anything else right now. If you’ve ever watched a match and thought you…

Deciding you want to play football again is the easy part. Actually finding a team that has a spot for…

New season, new kit bag, and somehow always something missing. This is the equipment checklist worth saving to your club’s…

Most people assume grassroots football only needs a patch of grass and a set of goalposts. The real numbers tell…

Every grassroots club that exists today started with the same problem you might have right now. Not enough teams for…

For most five- and six-year-olds, grassroots football is supposed to be simple. Put on the kit, meet your friends, chase…