Faruk Adam

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…

Every footballer, whether they went on to play for England or just their local Sunday side, started somewhere. A specific…

A prolonged dry spell has done something remarkable this summer: delayed the start of organised football across multiple counties, for…

A heated moment on a Sunday league pitch used to leave a referee with two options: let it play out,…

Most players never see the paperwork behind their Sunday league season. But right now, English football is operating under a…