FORMER England star Emile Heskey has revealed racism in football was the "norm" in the 1980s and 90s.The ex-Liverpool and Leicester striker, 40, claimed he became "desensitized" to the abuse as a youngster growing up.Heskey revealed he was once even told his "kind is not welcome around here" while walking into Leicester's stadium as a teenager.The 62-cap England ace revealed: "If you got sour or upset about any of these things you generally wouldn't go anywhere in football."No black person controls anything within football so we had to fit in."[But] it has to come out to let people understand what we had to go through and how tough we had to be to make it within football."Heskey added: "You are in an environment where you've got to remember racism was considered the norm. I grew up in the late 1980s and 1990s."You desensitize. You grow up with that sort of stuff. I don't think anything was maliciously said to me as a player. LEAGUE OF NATIONS Klavan's strike means players from 97 … [Read more...] about Ex-England star Emile Heskey has revealed racism in football was the ‘norm’ in the 1990s
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Sheringham: My favourite time in football was at Millwall
PUBLISHED: 09:50 22 July 2015 | UPDATED: 09:57 22 July 2015 Damion Roberts Stevenage boss played for Manchester United and Spurs, but says the team Boro face this weekend gave him his ‘best time’ in the game Stevenage return to England in the next 24 hours following their Spanish training camp - and up next for Teddy Sheringham is a clash against one of his former sides. Millwall are Boro’s opponents this Saturday at the Lamex Stadium as Sheringham and his men hope to get a victory over League One opposition. So far this summer Boro have beaten both Wealdstone and St Neots Town, but last week they tripped up 3-0 at home to another one of Sheringham’s former teams, Nottingham Forest. And yet for a man who has won Premier League titles and the Champions League with Manchester United in 1999, Sheringham says that his eight years spent at Millwall at the start of his career were his ‘best’ in football. The former West Ham and Spurs striker said: … [Read more...] about Sheringham: My favourite time in football was at Millwall
Disability football sessions to launch in Milton Keynes
Woburn & Wavendon FC have announced the launch of their “Goalability Football Sessions” aimed at girls and boys of all ages and types of disability. They will be the first community-based disability football sessions in the West Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes area run by a local grassroots football club, and reflect the club’s commitment to delivering the fun, friendship and fulfillment that football can offer to all. Taking place between 10am-11am every Sunday (starting February 25th 2018) at Fulbrook Middle School in Woburn Sands, FA qualified WWFC coaches with full safeguarding and DBS certification will guide and control activities, placing the care and protection of children first. The aim is to offer youngsters a path to fun-filled progression and development where individual goals can be achieved and celebrated. “We’ve been working hard to put everything in place for over a year” commented Gary Towers, WWFC’s vice chair. … [Read more...] about Disability football sessions to launch in Milton Keynes
YOUTH FOOTBALL: Bottesford topple top-of-the-table Arnold
0 Have your say Notts Youth League Saturday Divison 2 Under-16Bottesford FC 2Arnold Town 0Having lost 3-0 to Arnold at the start of the season, Bottesford knew the encounter with the top-of-the-table Nottingham side was going to be another one.Nevertheless, Bottesford started with lots of energy and went ahead early on when Matt Cox raced through past a couple of Arnold defenders and slotted the ball beyond the visitors’ goalkeeper.Bottesford played some nice neat football and dealt with a couple of Arnold counter-attacks, before a great run down the left from Aidan Smith saw him reach the the byline and put in a telling cross for Declan Naylor to get on the end of and make it 2-0 just before the half time whistle.The second half proved a closer encounter, with Matt Cox going close for Bottesford and Arnold squandering a couple of chances towards the end, but the home side held on for a brilliant three points to send the league leaders home with their tails between their … [Read more...] about YOUTH FOOTBALL: Bottesford topple top-of-the-table Arnold
REMEMBER WHEN: Women’s football makes a comeback after 1966
Although it’s clearly been played for centuries, the exact origins of women’s football is a little murky. In the 16th century, Sir Philip Sidney mentioned the sport in his poem A Dialogue Between Two Shepherds, while a ball owned by Mary Queen of Scots is thought to be the oldest in existence. It became incredibly popular in the early 20th century, with charity matches being played regularly during the First World War. Spectator numbers at this time were frequently larger than those for the men’s teams. Many of the women’s teams disbanded in 1921 after the Football Association banned them from playing on grounds affiliated to the FA because “football damaged women’s bodies”. The future of women’s football looked uncertain. Following the surge in interest for football after England’s 1966 World Cup win, the FA reversed their decision in 1969. Slowly the sport increased in popularity, with England even hosting the … [Read more...] about REMEMBER WHEN: Women’s football makes a comeback after 1966