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HANDING PLAYERS THE START THEY NEED TO DELIVE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 May 2018

By Rory Carroll

“EVERY player, myself included, started at grassroots, so it is vital that we have the platform to nurture the next generation of talent.” So said former Aston Villa and Cambridge United striker, Dion Dublin, and he was spot on. That is exactly what the Football Foundation, of which Dion has been an Ambassador for many years now, has been quietly doing in the last 18 years.
Since 2000 we have developed over £1.3 billion worth of football facilities at the lower levels of our national game. On the ground this translates into over 2,500 natural grass pitch...

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