James Geddes

𝟯𝘃𝟯 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 The Northamptonshire Women’s & Girls’ Football League were chosen as one of the FA’s Early Adopter Leagues for the new 3v3 format as part of ‘FutureFit’ - the changes being introduced to youth formats from next season. The 3v3 Festivals have been running fortnightly since the end of September and have proved to be hugely popular with players, coaches, parents and spectators with up to 50 girls playing multiple matches at each Festival and developing their skills in this exciting new format. Players use Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who gets kick-off; there are no subs, so every player plays as much as they want, and there are no referees, so players self-officiate their games with support from a Pitch Facilitator if needed. Feedback from players and coaches has been amazing. Willow told us ‘I had really fun today, I made new friends, and I loved saving goals!’ Thea added ‘We did play with someone from a different team on our team, so I made a new friend’. One of the 3v3 coaches, Rhonda, said ‘All the girls enjoyed themselves. Beforehand I thought it might be chaos, but the girls took to it really well and ran their own games. I would say to other coaches, just let your players have a go, the girls here have all had the same amount of playing time and the same opportunity as everyone else and they’ve loved it.’ If you have, or know someone who has, a daughter in Year 2 or 3 who might want to try playing 3v3 then please contact James.Geddes@NorthamptonshireFA.com or Jodie.Stinchcombe@NorthamptonshireFA.com

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Bugbrooke St Michaels had an extra special occasion within the club at the weekend, not only a win for the team but seasoned veteran Ryan Nash took to the field alongside his son Jake. Moments like this show exactly what our club is all about — developing players from youth into adult football and celebrating the family spirit that makes grassroots football so special. Jake even grabbed a goal to show up his old man! 💙⚽️ #grassrootsfootball #GRF #TeamGrassroots

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