Tag: football
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Updated! 6 tips to find the right football net for your goal
There’s an enormous variety of football goals available on the market today. Between the numerous sizes of goal that cater for all of the various formats of the game and the many types of each size goal, choosing a replacement football net is surprisingly confusing! Today, we’ll share some tips that’ll help you select the…
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Updated! Buying Guide: Football Goal Posts
Over the last two decades, there has been a surprising amount of innovation both in the design and manufacture of goal posts that has drastically expanded the range available for the UK’s most popular sport. From the material each goal is constructed from, to its size, shape and type, there’s now a bewildering array of…
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Football Goal Packs Now Available
Buying football goals can be a confusing process. Firstly, there’s a range of sizes available, suitable for different levels of play (senior, junior, 9v9, 7-a-side, 5-a-side etc). Secondly, you need to decide between socketed, freestanding or wheelaway football goals, either manufactured from steel or aluminium. Finally, once you have found your desired goal, you may then need…
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Get your football pitch ready with sportsequip.co.uk
With the new football season under way and attracting attention from the media and the school holidays coming to a close, now is the time to make sure your football pitch is ready for the winter season. Today, we’ll run through a quick checklist of what needs checking and updating…
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sportsequip.co.uk help Vodafone kick off their next gen roll-out
Last week, Vodafone launched their fourth generation phone network in London. Their 4G service, offering download speeds up to six times faster than 3G, will now roll out to around 98% of the UK over the next couple of years. To help mark this very special occasion, Vodafone put in a call to sportsequip.co.uk requesting…
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Useful Football Association Line Marking / Pitch Layout Resource
May is a busy month for a groundsman. Pitch preparations for different sports and line marking will be well underway. With this in mind, in today’s blog post, we’d like to highlight a useful and topical resource provided by The FA. Aimed at those running a football club, “The FA Guide to Pitch and Goalpost…
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FA Changes to Small Sided Football Goals and Pitch Dimensions
We’ve posted previously about the new 9v9 football goals that are part of the Football Assocation’s Youth Development Review. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the other upcoming changes, including the recommended pitch dimensions and goal sizes for youth football. The aim of the FA’s Youth Development Review was to create a clearer pathway for…
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Harrod UK Football Goals at the National Football Centre
The FA’s National Football Centre at St. George’s Park officially opens today. The project may have cost over £100m and be opening later than originally hoped, but we have to admit that the facilities look fantastic. The new National Football Centre offers 12 full size pitches with a variety of surfaces, an altitude chamber, training…
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New Edwards Sports 9 v 9 Football Goals Now Available
In the 2012 Football Association Youth Development Review, proposals were made aimed at improving the game at every level of the sport. Part of this review made changes to the progression of younger players through the game – enabling younger players to use more appropriately sized pitches and goals that are better suited to their…