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Follow my journey into the world of grassroots football coaching right from the beginning

Welcome to Grassroots Football Coach, a place where you can follow my journey into the world of grassroots football coaching right from the beginning. Find out what training courses I am doing and what is involved in training sessions and on match days. You can follow my progress in the Blog and see what resources I am using and plan to use in the Resources section.

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The Season has Started - September 2023

Just before the first game of the season, we lost one of our goalkeepers to Bradford City U16 Girls and two players have not re-registered, taking the total number of players we have lost to seven. This has severely impacted our plans for the season.

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New Season Approaches - September 2023

A week to go before the new season starts and we have just about got enough players. There are still a couple of girls who haven't decided if they are coming back, so hopefully they will.

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Pre-season 2023/2024 - August 2023

The dust has settled on the Women's World Cup and although it's dissapointing that the Lionesses lost to Spain in the final, we shouldn't forget what a massive achievement it was just to get there.

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End of Season 2022/2023 - July 2023

The season really ended with the tournament last month. Now with the end of season presenatation over, the season has well and truly ended. It was nice to see most of the girls attend the end of season presentation, a few were missing due to holidays.

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