Those are the stark words of former Women’s Football Association chair Patricia Gregory MBE as she recalls the financial troubles which hit the organisation so badly that The Football Association’s ...

Following our recent announcements of this season's round dates and lists of accepted and exempted clubs, the early-round draws for each competition have been finalised, setting the road ahead for ...

With warmer weather and the increased likelihood of high temperatures during the summer months, we are reminding everyone involved in grassroots and recreational football – players, coaches, ...

Meanwhile getting relegated from the National Division at the end of the 1996-97 season were Southampton Saints and bottom club Ilkeston Town. Ilkeston had been in the top flight since the League’s ...

The FA Vase effectively replaced The FA Amateur Cup in 1974. In that year The FA Council had decided to abolish the official distinction between amateur and professional footballers and this meant the ...

At the FA our approach to safeguarding – and our responsibility to keep children safe – applies to the online environment as much as to the offline world. We know that teams, clubs, and leagues really ...

UNBEATEN CROYDON CRUISE TO THEIR SECOND TITLE The 1998-99 National Division, like the previous campaign, saw a four team race for the title – but this time it was Croydon who claimed the crown, edging ...

As baptisms of fire go, there could surely be few more daunting than the one that 15-year-old goalkeeper Rachel Brown had to endure as she faced the mighty Arsenal on her Liverpool debut at the Reds’ ...

EcAL Fixtures, results and round dates All the information you will need on the FA Trophy, the premier knockout competition for Step 1-4 clubs in the National League System ...

Kelly Simmons OBE was a key figure in the Football Association and the development of women’s football in England during the three decades of her career. Joining the national body as a regional ...

The Division One South’s second season was a triumph for District Line, promoted from the Greater London League and in their debut National League season totally dominant after a slow start in their ...

Hope Powell will be best remembered as the England women’s team Head Coach, a position she held from 1998 to 2013. Her total of 162 games in charge is the highest number ever for the national team ...