Building bridges at the grassroots
Let’s talk football! As I write this article I can hear the familiar shouts and cries of football mad children drifting through my window from the middle and primary schools opposite, reassuringly familiar from my own countless years of watching impromptu matches while on duty in secondary school break and lunch times. Both schools have large artificial astroturf pitches where teams of enthusiastic youngsters kick footballs around in training sessions every evening and weekend. It brings back happy memories for me. From age 10 to 16 my son followed a youth football dream in England, training dutifully twice a week […]