Over the years grassroots football has faced many battles.
There have been financial crashes, economic peaks and troughs, policy changes of local councils, reductions in provisions and facilities, different government policies and most recently a pandemic that brought the game to a complete stop.
All of these challenges had one thing in common; they made the life of a grassroots volunteer that little bit harder. They created obstacles, some of which we had never seen before and weren’t prepared for.
