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  • Breathing Space

    Small note, Delighted to announce that the blog has linked up with the recently advertised Breathing Space which is a charity actively supporting those that perhaps are not feeling so great in their own mind. Breathing space offers an opportunity to speak to someone, have a conversation about how you are feeling at that time and maybe…

  • SSMAFL

    Took some existing text from the web site and made it better (i think) Naturally the idea was rejected of course. Welcome to the only official website for the Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League sponsored by STAX TRADE CENTERS Stax Trade Centres SSMAFL announce major project The league structure and cup competitions have had major…

  • The Last Confederations Cup

    So evolution has taken it’s toll, the scalp has been claimed, the fear factor lost. The Confederations Cup proved to be an impressive warm up to next years spectacle in Rio, the much feared tika taka was proven not to be so frightening if you turn up armed with nearly 80,000 fans singing their lungs…

  • Blochairn Match Report Again

    The Classic Match report, was never any good at it but I thought to keep hold of it anyways. The Glasgow wind was providing its typical spring bite as Blochairn hosted their final game against the soon to be folded Whitefield who will go through a restructuring including the scrapping of the name which has been…

  • The Racism Chat

    Unless you have spent the last few weeks on some remote island where there is no connection to the outside world, if so lucky you, you would more than likely learned of the frankly pain in the neck ferdinand terry lack of handshake affair. What we will do today though is examine as to what…

  • Womens Football

    Today we look at some history, more specifically the history of women’s football. In 1920 a decision made by the Scottish Football Association to place a ban on the possibility of women’s football being played in any official sanctioned game, the result meaning no official grounds by SFA affiliated clubs could be used, the ban lasted much…

  • Glasgow and District Youth Football League

    Today we pay a visit to the Glasgow and District Youth Football League, the seven year old league has three sections, 13, 14s and 19s, the league is designed in such a way to allow a substantial development phase throughout the two younger age groups to ready the potential to be showcased in the 19s…

  • Match Report

    The Glasgow wind was providing its typical spring bite as Blochairn hosted their final game against the soon to be folded Whitefield who will go through a restructuring including the scrapping of the name which has been in existence for the past 6 years, rising from bottom of the strathclyde saturday morning leagues to become…

  • Leith Athletic FC

    The origins of the Leith Athletic FC can be traced back all the way to 1887, where the club consisted in a variety of forms until 1955 where they met their unfortunate demise. Fast forward to 1996 and the name Leith Athletic was revived with more of a focus around boys football, with player development…

  • Football Blogging Awards

    I was really pleased to hear that the blog was accepted into the football blogging awards network, this consists of a network of blogs and fan sites writing about a variety of different things from football manager to barcelona. The Coaching Column is filed under non league and grassroots.