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Shrewsbury Town Win the Kinder+Sport Football League Girls Cup

Shrewsbury Town win the Kinder+Sport Football League Girls Cup at Wembley Stadium after a 1-0 victory over Cambridge United. A powerful first-half effort from Anna Bebb was the difference in a closely-fought game, which eventually saw the Shrews, who were represented by Thomas Telford School, prevail. Shrewsbury controlled proceedings in the first half and deservedly […]

Crawley COGS compete in FA People’s Cup Final in Sheffield

On Sunday 20th March, the Crawley COGS descended on Sheffield for the FA People’s Cup final. With two teams entered under the female veterans category, the COGS were placed in a group with four other vets teams from across the country. The first match of the day saw the two COGS teams pitched against each […]

Local MP Andrew Griffiths Backs Project!

Burton MP Andrew Griffiths dropped into a Burton school to take a first-hand look at The Kinder +Sport Move and Learn project which is now into its second year of delivery and aims at encouraging youngsters to adopt a healthier lifestyles. Burton Town Community Trust are one of 13 clubs that deliver the project alongside […]

Football League Trust Celebrates International Women’s Day!

International Women’s Day last week, gave us a fantastic opportunity to promote gender equality and celebrate the achievements of women in sport.  Our Female Football Development programme has thousands of Girls involved and is going from strength to strength, so Women’s day was a great way for Community Trusts to share their success and recognise […]

The Rise of Female Football

In the past two years, over 30,000 women were recruited onto our Female Football Development programme, and last year a record number of girls were recorded to be participating in our Girl’s Cup. There is no doubt that female football is on the rise. To capitalise on this success, this year’s FA Girls’ Football Week […]

Even More Girls On the Road to Wembley

For the second successive year, a record number of girls have taken part in The Football League’s Girls Cup Competition. There are subsequently more girls on the road to Wembley. The tournament culminates in a once in a lifetime opportunity to play at Wembley before the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final in April. This year 6,288 […]