Children playing both football and cricket wasn’t just unheard of, it was the norm for many years, with one season starting as one ends. Has that changed and are children being forced to choose between the two sports? Traditionally, the cricket season begins in mid-April, around the time that grassroots football ends, and runs through […]
Red House Farm Junior Football Club will be represented by both teams contesting the final of the Northumberland FA Under-13 Shiremoor Press Boys Trophy. Friends become foes as Red House Farm Under-13s Kites and Falcons meet in a cup final with each side bidding to win silverware and, arguably most importantly, club bragging rights. It […]
The simple answer is yes. The long answer is that it depends on the type of studs that your boots have and, even then, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Are Football and Rugby Boots the Same? Football and rugby boots are different. Football boots are designed to be lightweight, offering more speed […]
With clubs such as Manchester United and Sunderland on his CV, the Fulford Ebors Under-12s certainly have a manager that can call upon a wealth of experience in Stuart Wormleighton. The grassroots coach has seen both sides of football, having been at one of the biggest clubs in the world as a youngster. From his […]
The England C team are back in action following an enforced two-year hiatus as Paul Fairclough takes a side, made up of the finest talent in non-league football, to Wales. Founded in 1979 as the England Semi-Professional Team, it wouldn’t be until 2007 that the C team (which was also called the England National Game […]
This Saturday (26 March 2022) is one of the most important days in the football calendar, with fans encouraged to get out and take in a game of non-league football. Non-League Day has become an annual event that celebrates all that is great and good about the beautiful game below the professional ranks. The day […]
World Book Day is here, and the Fen Regis Trophies team are combining our passion for reading along with our passion for sports. While children up and down the country are going to school dressed up as their favourite literary character, we are getting lost in sporting stories – in between supplying and engraving trophies […]
Walking football is a relatively new form of the game, first created by John Croot in 2011, designed to provide a platform for men and women whose playing days would normally have been behind them. The game is traditionally played by those who are aged 50 and older, however, for competitive games, there is an […]
The English football pyramid is special and what makes it so special isn’t what sits atop the pyramid, but it’s what makes its foundations. Non-league and grassroots football differs from what you see on the television – and it’s beautiful. Away from the bright lights of the Premier League, you will find the honest dedication […]
In the UK, 2021 was a record year for women’s sport as 32.9 million people watched from home, according to the Women’s Sport Trust (WST). The report cited football’s FA Women’s Super League (5.9 million) and cricket’s The Hundred (4.9 million) as the biggest driving factors to the record-breaking year, with almost 11 million viewers […]
