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Andy Lowe

Andy Lowe, Chairman of the Harrow Youth Football League, devotes countless hours of his time to youth football. Whilst being in full-time employment he still manages to make around 40-50 hours of meetings and training sessions every week.

Today the league facilitates football for 574 teams, enabling over 9,300 boys and girls to play football. Andy registers each player personally each year and also fills out 570 match result cards every single week.

Andy’s continued dedication and commitment is unparalleled, providing guidance and assistance to colleagues, member clubs, managers, coaches and referees.

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Bob Mowlem

Bob Mowlem, 65, is the current Chairman of the Dorset Youth Football League and has completed almost 50 years of voluntary work in local football.

At 16, Bob began running teams in his local football league marking the start of his long and distinguished coaching career which still continues to this day.

Amongst other duties, in a typical week Bob will deliver community coaching to local schools and clubs as well as attend meetings in his role as acting League Secretary for the Dorset under 10 Mini-soccer League.

Bob has endless enthusiasm for youth football, and his wealth of knowledge and experience is readily shared with others. Without him young grassroots players simply wouldn’t get to enjoy grassroots football in Dorset.

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Enzo Valente

Thanks to his remarkable work providing grassroots football to the local community Enzo Valente is a figure head in Farley Hill, Luton.
Despite working full-time in his hair salon, Enzo has set-up two local sides that now compete in the Luton Beds South District League. Beyond this Enzo works tirelessly encouraging other local children to get active in free training sessions that he coaches throughout the week. Since the clubs formed six years ago the clubs have shown remarkable improvements, with a team currently on the brink of winning the Premier Division.

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Mic and Shirley Sharrod

Mic and Shirley Sharrod founded Lichfield Diamonds Ladies FC in 1991 after finding that there were no local girls teams for their daughters to safely play and enjoy the game. Since then, the club has grown into one of the largest in Staffordshire and the Midlands, featuring teams in age groups from under-8s to adults with more than 100 players, helping the club become the first all female club to achieve Charter Standard status in the county. Mic and Shirley have helped raise funds for the club to enjoy tours in Belgium, Netherlands and the USA to experience different footballing cultures and styles to help improve the club even further.

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Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor was instrumental in creating the Derbyshire club, New Mills Juniors FC which was the first junior club in the high peak area.
The club is now in its 40th year and provides grassroots football to over 150 children including two newly formed girls’ sides on a weekly basis. Mike is heavily involved in the club and undertakes the role of club secretary and combines this with running a mini football class every Friday to encourage local youngsters to take their first steps into football.

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Rob Houghton

Rob Houghton helped set up Leam Rangers Junior Football Club in Tyneside nearly 20 years ago and has been involved in the day to day running of the club ever since - from cutting the grass and marking out the pitches to helping with league arrangements and talking to the local FA. Rob’s dedication to community football for the past two decades has helped hundreds of young players and coaches enjoy the game.

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Shirley Johnson

Shirley Johnson has been the cornerstone of grassroots women’s football in Oxfordshire. She has been instrumental in the formation of Launton Ladies FC and has been associated with the club for 43 years. Shirley’s dedication to Launton has seen her give up thousands of hours volunteering in almost every role possible from club secretary, to providing catering for the team and their opponents. Still heavily involved in the club, Shirley has set up a full girls squad as well as a 5-a-side team to improve the opportunities for local girls to get involved in the sport at all age groups.

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Steve Frost

Steve Frost has built community football club Wilpshire Wanderers from nothing to a 200-strong team with their own home ground and facilities. As the club chairman, Steve is always striving to build and progress the club and is still heavily involved in the day to day running on match days, from putting out the parking cones to setting up the pitches for the matches.

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