SPORT Women in football scheme kicks off
The Football Association (FA) and Sport England have joined forces with the Premier League and The Football League to increase the num- ber of women and girls taking part in football sessions. A £2.4m investment over
the next two years from Sport England will see the Premier League and Football League clubs deliver season- long coaching programmes allowing more than 40,000 new female players to try the sport out. Te initiative is the first
time The FA, Premier League and The Football League have worked together to deliver a grassroots women’s football programme, with a total of 88 clubs trusts across the country working in tandem with county FAs, schools, colleges and universities to deliver the sessions through Level 2 qualified coaches. Helen Grant, minister for sport, said: “Tis is great news for women’s football at
Te £2.4m investment is aiming to get more women playing football
the grassroots level and shows what can be achieved by football working together. “The Premier League and Football
League clubs pull in the community com- bined with qualified coaches from Te FA will make this a great success and get many more young women playing the game.” Details:
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Aberdeen stadium plans back on agenda
Te chair of Aberdeen Football Club (AFC) has
Loirston Loch is still the preferred venue for the club’s new £50m stadium. M aki n g
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announcement at the club’s AGM on 25 November, Stewart Milne confirmed that talks have been ongo- ing with Aberdeen City Council about con- structing a new stadium on the site. Speaking to RedTV
he said: “We still see Loirston as the best location for the new stadium and in recent months have reopened discussions with the Council. “We have looked at other sites and there are
other venues out there but we have invested a lot of money into the Loirston site and still firmly believe it is the best option.” Plans originally put forward by AFC to build a 21,000-seat stadium at Loirston Loch close to a
© CYBERTREK 2013 Loirston Loch in the far south of Aberdeen is the preferred site for the new ground
proposed community sports centre at Calder Park came to nothing when Aberdeen City Council rejected plans for the latter in August 2012. Milne added that while Calder Park is now
not an option for training purposes, negotia- tions regarding alternative sites were ongoing and he fully expected training facilities to be in place before the club relocated to a new stadium. Details:
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Twitter: @leisureopps Grimsby Town wants to move from Blundell Park revealed that
Grimsby Town supporters launch petition over stadium
Local media has reported that support- ers of Grimsby Town Football Club have launched a petition in support of the club’s plans to build a new stadium on land off Peaks Parkway. Te move follows the approval by North
East Lincolnshire Council of a 12-month period of exclusivity in which the club will look at how land between Peaks Parkway and Weelsby Avenue could be redeveloped into a new 14,000-seat stadium and retail facility. However, a council meeting on 25
November was presented with a 450-signa- ture document opposing the plans, and this led to the launch of an online petition and Twitter campaign by a supporters group called ‘GTFCsayYES’. Te club has been seeking a new stadium
site for some time and, aſter losing a bid to use land in Great Coates, is now focusing on the Peaks Parkway site, currently home to allotments and a former council depot. Details:
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Time running out for Brazil’s World Cup stadia
The organising committee for next year’s football world cup in Brazil is coming under increased pressure to come up with a ‘plan B’ for some of the intended tournament venues. A number of stadium construction proj-
ects are badly behind schedule and the flagship project – Arena Corinthians in Sao Paolo, due to host the first game of the World Cup – suffered a tragic blow when a large crane collapsed and crashed through the structure. Two construction workers were killed in the incident. For venues to adhere to FIFA’s World Cup
guidelines, a number of test events need to be undertaken. A ‘plan B’ to solve the issues could see games
being rescheduled to other stadiums - and some venues being taken off the list stadiums completely. Details:
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