SaveGrassRootsFooty

Grassroots football is not all about producing the next Premier League football player i can assure you it's a lot more important than that

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

Boyd is absolutely spot on , if you don’t have £40 per month you can’t pay for your child to join the local football team , it’s ridiculous, schools padlocking the Astro pitch to stop Wayne’s using it to

[Fair Share Football @FairShareFootie]

Every time a club withdraws from a league, the same things disappear. A rung on the ladder for young players trying to make their way up. A Saturday afternoon that held a community together. Volunteers who gave their weekends for free.

It keeps happening against a backdrop of a sport that has never had more wealth at the top. The broadcast deals get bigger. The wages get higher. The gap between the top of the pyramid and the bottom gets wider every season. The solidarity payments stop long before they reach where they are needed most: non-league and grassroots football.

This isn’t bad luck, and it isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice about how the game shares what it earns. Football needs to take a long, honest look at itself.

[Fair Share Football @FairShareFootie]

Desperately sad. @Cribbsfc have pulled their first team from the Hellenic League, while @FcStratford have gone from the United Counties, months after winning promotion.

Two communities lose something they can’t replace.

The game has never been richer. It needs to share more. #savegrassroots

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

The footballing pyramid is slowly beginning to crumble
@henrywinter

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

2 more gone in the last couple of days what’s happening to Our Game people ?

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

2 more gone in the last couple of days what’s happening to Our Game people ?

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

And another one gone, and again this won’t make @SkySportsNews

[FC Stratford @FcStratford]

Club Statement | https://t.co/2dKNg3aknm

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

@henrywinter @alancecil Does this include grassroots clubs/teams ? 😄

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

"Sadly today many kids opportunities to develop in grassroots football depends on what their families can afford" #savegrassrootsfooty #FreeFootball

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

@CribbsFC Sadly another team gone, but I bet this doesn’t warrant a mention on @SkySportsNews

[Coxon88 @Coxon88]

Sad reality really, go back to being a kid there was no academy’s you pay to play at where scouts turn up. It was just good old fashioned Sunday league with summer tourneys thrown in and you just got the odd scout turning up randomly with a level playing field. #grassroots

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

"Sadly today many kids opportunities to develop in grassroots football depends on what their families can afford" #savegrassrootsfooty #FreeFootball

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

Son to his Dad
Why can't I go and watch my favorite team play ?

Why can't you buy me my favorite team kit ?

Why don't we have Sky to watch my team play ?

Why can't I play in a team or go to training sessions ?

Dad "We just can't afford the costs anymore son"

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

It's about time the Independent football regulator investigated the Premier League for failure to pay 5% of their TV revenue to grassroots football, and parachute payment are not grassroots football just saying #savegrassrootsfooty please share

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

Do you agree

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

It's about time the Independent football regulator investigated the Premier League for failure to pay 5% of their TV revenue to grassroots football, and parachute payment are not grassroots football just saying #savegrassrootsfooty please share

[Turfscout UK @TurfScoutUK]

@savegrassroots The very reason I made turfscout. Sadly, after 2 years of digging through the data of pitches in the UK. There are VERY few options for kids to just turn up and play.

[nicolette 🫟 @Nico2lette]

@savegrassroots Mortlake raises grassroots footballers yet our sacred turf is being sold .

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

“Why are they selling off our playing fields and replacing them with privatized 4g Astro’s that many kids can’t afford to play/train on” #savegrassrootsfooty

[Kevin Middleton | FootballGPT @coach_kevin_m]

Good post @savegrassroots

The most heartbreaking photo in grassroots football is the kid sitting on the bench on his or her own.

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

Was this your child today, "I only played 5 minutes today because the coach said it was a important game"

Grassroots football is not the Premier League people

[SaveGrassRootsFooty @savegrassroots]

Over 96,000 signature across 2 petitions to help grassroots football get the investment it truly deserves #savegrassrootsfooty