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We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Barclays Community Football Fund, being delivered in partnership with Sported, to support the growth of our Women’s recreational football sessions. Women and girls are underrepresented in the local grassroots football scene, despite football being England’s fastest growing female team sport. This grant allows usContinue reading “NEW GRANT SUPPORTS GROWTH OF OUR WOMENS GAMES”

We’re adding another day to our weekly sessions, with a new 9pm game for Men Over 30 on Wednesday’s at the Focus Community Arena, Hemel Hempstead Town FC. The first game will be Wednesday 13th September 2023; booking opens this Weds, 6th Sept. The game will be in the “cage” at Hemel Hempstead Town FC,Continue reading “NEW DAY ADDED TO WEEKLY SESSIONS”

Tonight is our 150th session since we kicked off in October 2020, with the five games scheduled in the 8pm and 9pm slots taking us up to 364 games in total. It’s been quite a journey, from ten Men playing a 5-a-side game on a wet Monday night nearly three years ago to eight gamesContinue reading “£150 GIVEAWAYS FOR 150TH SESSION”

We organised a series of fundraising events arranged in May and June 2023, supporting Herts Mind Network, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, Mind’s services are available to all residents inContinue reading “OVER £1K RAISED FOR MIND”

We played our third 11-a-side game on Saturday (24th June 2023), against Lads Speak Out FC, a North Herts based team set up to support positive mental health. The game was part of our series of charity fundraising events for Mind; it was played at Adeyfield School and the match was sponsored by Stein Contractors.Continue reading “LATEST FRIENDLY ENDS IN DEFEAT”

Starting today, bookings will go live on the Spond app one week ahead of the games – so tonight at 9pm, next Monday’s 8pm games will open for booking; at 10pm, next Monday’s 9pm games will open for booking, etc. Make sure you have your debit card ready to complete the booking – once you’ve used itContinue reading “REMINDER, CHANGES TO BOOKING PROCESS STARTS TODAY”

A celebrity football team visited Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s Vauxhall Road ground on Sunday 21st May 2023, to play a squad made up of players from our community football project. It was an exciting clash; the Kickabout side compromised of passionate amateur players from within our community, while Celeb FC featured footballers, entertainers, and personalitiesContinue reading “WIN FOR CELEBS IN CHARITY GAME”

We’re going to be trialling a new way players book on to our sessions starting June 2023. The booking platform we currently use costs around £500 a year; aside from reducing coats, we’ve some feedback from players about the current system being unreliable. This wont affect players who block-book – only players who register on aContinue reading “CHANGES TO OUR BOOKING SYSTEM”

Click here to buy your tickets in advance for Community Kickabout v Celeb FC A celebrity football team is visiting Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s Vauxhall Road ground on Sunday 21st May 2023, to play a squad made up of players from community football project Community Kickabout. Both teams are preparing to showcase their skills onContinue reading “KICKABOUT TAKE ON CELEBRITY TEAM”

Click here to buy your tickets in advance for Community Kickabout v Celeb FC On Sunday 21st May 2023 we’re playing celebrity charity team Celeb FC. We’re very grateful the Celeb team have given us this opportunity to increase the interest in our charity games and it’ll be a fun match for players and spectators.Continue reading “CELEBRITY TEAM TO PLAY KICKABOUT IN FIRST OF TWO CHARITY GAMES”