Click here to watch a video of the England Football Day activities.
With the excitement of the 2010 World Cup still fresh in people’s minds and the new football season just weeks away, there is no better time to get involved in football.
The England Football Day festivals that preceded the tournament in South Africa demonstrated the huge number of people who have been inspired to partake in our national game as players, coaches, referees or volunteers, and there is some great work already underway at grassroots level to develop the game in the best way possible.
The FA is committed to making the game as accessible, enjoyable and rewarding for all those involved and acknowledges that it is at youth level where the foundations for the future of the game must be laid.
Sir Trevor Brooking is the driving force behind The FA’s coaching vision, and passionately advocates the need for more coaches and coaching children in the right way.
“I am acutely aware that there are no quick fixes and no easy answers but I am convinced that, put simply, the key to securing this future is that we must have more and better coaches with access to more kids at an earlier age,” he says.
If you are already a level one coach, you may wish to progress to taking The FA’s new age appropriate course The FA Youth Award. This groundbreaking new course has been designed to help coaches understand young players.
Alternatively, you may have been inspired by Howard Webb’s progress to the pinnacle of his profession and the officiating of the FIFA World Cup Final in Johannesburg. Refereeing is a tremendously rewarding way to stay in the game and you can be involved.
Of course, you may simply want to get back playing again – this is easy, with over 100,000 teams ready to welcome you across the country, whatever your level.
So, to find out how you can get involved, and to see how the nation came together on England Football Day, click here.
