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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sam Cunningham

Discrimination victims in English grassroots football offered free counselling by FA

Grassroots football At Hackney Marshes on Sunday
The FA aims to increase the number of people playing grassroots football by 200,000 by 2028. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images

The Football Association is offering free counselling and mental-health support to victims of hate and discrimination in grassroots football.

Discriminatory abuse is on the rise at grassroots level. In surveys 70% of participants including players, referees and spectators told the governing body that poor behaviour had a major impact.

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