TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football Forum - Blogs - TeamSport90 News and Updates Blog by Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?u=350 This is a community forum for the grass roots football scene in the UK. You can share tips and gain knowledge from our grass roots football links and knowledge base. Grass roots football is here to stay. en Thu, 17 May 2012 02:31:02 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.teamsport90.com/images/misc/rss.jpg TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football Forum - Blogs - TeamSport90 News and Updates Blog by Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?u=350 <![CDATA[Reality Football is having an exhibition - and you're all invited!]]> http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=93 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:23:11 GMT Those of you that read the blogs posts here will remember we featured Alan Powdrill's work at Reality Football a little while ago. Now Alan and theprintspace Gallery are running an exhibition of Alan's work.

Taken from theprintspace website is the invitation for a sneak preview and drinks;
Reality Football opens with a private view (with free drinks!) to which you’re all invited at theprintspace gallery from 7pm on June 17th and continues 9am-7pm Monday-Friday until July 13th, the perfect way to kick-off the World Cup!
Worth mentioning also is that all profits from the exhibition will be donated to the Willow Foundation, a very, very worthwhile charity.

So go enjoy having a look around at these amazing photos first hand!
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]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=93 TeamSport90 Team Performance of the Month Round Up http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=92 Wed, 05 May 2010 11:48:21 GMT January winners were Waltham Reserves. They won the award for beating league rivals and previous winners of our award... January winners were Waltham Reserves. They won the award for beating league rivals and previous winners of our award, Ingoldmells FC 3-0 away.

Previous winners of this award, Waltham Tea Gardens FC have been awarded the prize for February for getting to the final of the Lincs County Cup.

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Pictured is Waltham Tea Gardens FC's secretary Mark Carlton (left) being presented the award by the ELFCL's secretary, John Bryant.

Congratulations to both teams and best of luck for the remainder of the season! ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=92 Win an Uhlsport TCPS Stadium Training Football! http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=91 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:15:29 GMT Our latest competition has been announced in the Competitions forum... Our latest competition has been announced in the Competitions forum. Details are below but please visit the forum to enter the competition. Registration required.

Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
We have some Uhlsport TCPS Stadium Training footballs to give away to 8 lucky people! These Uhlsport footballs are perfect for getting the best out of your football team's training sessions and normally retail at £9.99 ea.

This is what Uhlsport have to say about them; The STADIUM Football is a classic for training sessions, enhanced by the TRI CONCEPT design. Its good flight and rebound characteristics make it a proven training and individual skills ball. Our last remaining PVC ball: NON-toxic and REACH compliant.

All you have to do to win one of these footballs is to email forum-admin@teamsport90.com with your forum username and answer to the following question;
  • In date order can you name all previous winners of the FIFA World Cup starting with the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
After you have emailed your answer please post a reply in this topic (do not include the competition answer) stating that your email has been sent. This is very important - competition entries that do not consist of a reply here in this topic as well as an email (as above) will be disqualified. Email addresses will only be kept for the purpose of notifying the winners and not for marketing purposes.

The closing date for this competition is 30th April 2010 and winners will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries received up to and including that date. Winners will be announced after that date as a reply in this topic.

Good luck!
]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=91 The Reality of Grass Roots Football http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=90 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:38 GMT
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Showcasing the unsung heroes of the beautiful game. That is the concept behind this fantastic project thought up and photographed by Alan Powdrill of Realityfootball.org.

I asked Alan if he could tell our members here at TeamSport90 grass roots football forum his ideas and thoughts behind starting this photographic project;

As a Hackney resident in East London, I was always aware of the amazing Hackney Marshes, home to one of the largest collection of Sunday League pitches in Europe. I began photographing there in 2005 and realised that my project Reality Football should be carried on nation wide. 3 or 4 seasons and seven cities later, the results of my efforts can be found at Realityfootball.org

Reality Football is a celebration of the grass roots game in the uk where week in week out players of all skill levels wear their passion and pride for the game on their sleeves in all weathers and conditions for nothing but love. Football at a professional level has changed beyond all recognition in recent years and this project aims to provide an artistic contrast to that untouchable world.

The dream for the project is a photographic book and exhibition. Part of this process is to start collecting photographs by the grass roots stars themselves which will hopefully really add to the shots I've done. Any would be gratefully received at Realityfootball.org Blog
Maybe some of you are already in Alan's gallery? If not maybe you would like to be? Head over to Alan's blog to get in touch with him and ask how you can help him out.

TeamSport90.com wish Alan the best of luck for the success of his project! ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=90 Choice of themes here at TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football Forum http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=89 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:19:18 GMT Click image for larger version Name: &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109;&#101;&#95;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#111;&#115;&#101;&#114;&#46;.jpg Views: 627 Size: 15.8 KB ID: 212
Do you ever get bored of the same wallpaper day in, day out? Well simpler than changing your wallpaper we've given you a choice of colour themes here at TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football Forum down there right at the bottom left...yes that's it, next to the bit that tells us the forum language is in English (US)...erm...okay then...

To choose one of the imaginatively named themes just click on the list and select your fave colour. If you don't find your favourite or team colour let me know in the comments section below and I'll see what I can do. ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=89 <![CDATA[Waltham Tea Gardens FC - December's Team Performance of the month winner!]]> http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=88 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:57:59 GMT
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Waltham Tea Gardens FC first team won December's award for reaching the quarter finals of the County cup after beating Frieston at home 5-2. Collecting the award is WTG secretary Mark Carlton (right) from the chairman of the league, Mike Graves.

For more details on the TeamSport90 Team Performance of the Month award please check out the September award blog post.

TeamSport90 would like to say a very big 'well done' to Waltham Tea Gardens FC and we wish you all the best for the future! ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=88 Forum server upgrade today - 18/02/10 http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=86 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:24:58 GMT Click image for larger version Name: &#115;&#109;&#97;&#115;&#104;&#101;&#100;&#46;.jpg Views: 542 Size: 82.2 KB ID: 207

We're installing a new server to host the forums on. This will be newer, better and faster - that's the plan anyway! Forum downtime will be kept to a minimum but expect to get a holding page for a short while as we complete the move and as the DNS updates filter through.

Thank you for your patience. ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=86 <![CDATA[Chapel Swifts FC - Novembers' Team Performance of the month winner!]]> http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=85 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:08:00 GMT
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Pictured is Ben Drysdale, Captain of the Chapel Swifts first team. The team won the award for their great performance beating BBM FC in the Lincs County Cup.

For more details on the TeamSport90 Team Performance of the Month award please check out our previous months post.

I'd like to say 'congratulations' to Chapel Swifts FC for being our November winner and wish them the very best of luck for the remainder the of the season! ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=85 New article - How to clean and care for your football boots http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=84 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:11:48 GMT Thanks to wycliffewanderersfc (http://forum.teamsport90.com/members/353-wycliffewanderersfc) for providing the latest article on the TeamSport90... Thanks to wycliffewanderersfc for providing the latest article on the TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football knowledge base. This new article covers cleaning and caring for your football boots whether they are leather or man made. After all, spending up to and over £100 on a pair of football boots is quite an investment and as they say, look after you boots and they will look after you. Or did they? I might have made that up. :-\"

Anyhoo, check out the football boots care article here at the TeamSport90 Grass Roots Football forum.

Agree/disagree? Comments can be made on the article page. ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=84 <![CDATA[Scamblesby FC - October's Team Performance of the month winner!]]> http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=87 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:48:00 GMT
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Scamblesby won October's award for their 8-1 away win over Sutton in Division Two. Collecting the award from chairman Mike Graves is the secretary of Scamblesby FC, Mark Kelsey (right).

For more details on the TeamSport90 Team Performance of the Month award please check out the September award blog post.

Our congratulations go to Scamblesby FC and we wish them every success for the future! ]]> Neil http://forum.teamsport90.com/blog.php?b=87