Everyone at UK Socca would today like to pay tribute to the thousands of our players who are frontline workers, in many cases doing dangerous jobs right now. We are living in unprecedented times, and sport has ground to a halt throughout the world, meaning that all our competitions are in cold storage at the moment.…
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Last week, we carried the story of Florian Potter, who as the Senior Match Official, for the ISF, had a unique perspective. Well now it’s the turn of Jorg Oppers, and for the Dutch Official, it was more than a chance to officiate at the World Cup – it was a chance to spend time…
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All footballers – small sided or 11 a side – love Easter, it is historically when things used to get sorted and there is something special about a Bank Holiday game – and there will be again, just not this year. We never thought we’d live through a time like this, where there is no…
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Yesterday, we wrote something about the incredible world cup, the tournament in Rethmyno that captured the imagination of the planet back in the Autumn of 2019. The tournament did more than just attract massive crowds to the purpose built stadium on the beach, with the Med lapping right up to the stands. Rather in many…
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As you’re sat at home on lockdown – wishing your 6 a side league was on at the moment, no doubt – we can at least brighten up your day in other ways. In these unprecedented times, Leisure Leagues are happy to introduce this brand new feature which will allow you and your team to…
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After the announcement on Monday that the UK was going into a partial lockdown for three weeks, and all of our affiliated leagues being forced to close as a consequence, we know it is ever more vital that players get exercise. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has suggested that everyone goes out to do an…
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UK Socca would like to inform all our members that our offices will be closed until further notice as we follow government guidelines to work from home where possible. Service will not be affected in this period, and all emails will be dealt with and the website updated. We are also aware that many 6…
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Following on from the announcements made on Tuesday 3rd March by the UK Government regarding the potential measures that will be implemented across the UK to control Coronavirus, the ISF Annual Meeting (scheduled to take place on 29th March 2020, in Birmingham) has been cancelled. An ISF spokesman said: “This has been an extremely difficult decision to make…
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Class On Grass are the latest team to realise that you can put your shirt on Leisure Leagues – as they received their Prize Draw award last night. The team from Cheshunt Monday were the lucky team picked out of the prize pot last month’s winners draw – and the wheel landed on six replica…
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The annual Easter Open is one of the most pre-eminent tournaments in youth football, and this year the it will have the honour of welcoming a very experienced ex professional match official and current referee coach in English Football Martin Cassidy as a guest. UK Socca’s Senior Refs Man, Martin is a former referee at…
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