The FA’s campaign to increase participation in grassroots football received a massive boost last month when Sheffield City Council granted planning permission for England’s first footballing hub - a decision that Greg Dyke described as ‘immense’. The FA has been under growing pressure to do more for football in local communities, and this latest success will undoubtedly be a relief...

Amid growing calls for increased investment in grassroots football, the FA has announced that Sheffield is to get the country’s first so-called football ‘hubs’. These facilities are aimed at increasing participation in the grassroots game, as well as improving standards amongst English youngsters. However, many critics still believe that the FA (along with the Premier League) is not doing enough...

Premier League keeper Kasper Schmeichel has signed an extension of his partnership agreement with Precision Goalkeeping. The Leicester City and Denmark goalkeeper will continue his long standing relationship with Britain’s fastest growing goalkeeping brand that includes his signature Schmeichology range of gloves. The latest version of the ever popular range, Schmeichology 5, includes a brand new Fusion Scholar glove for...

The new 2015 Mitre Impel balls are now available to buy from our store. The Mitre Impel is our most popular training ball and Mitre have given it a revamp for 2015. The graphics have been updated to give the ball a modern look and the ball colours have changed. The ball still retains all of its characteristics which have...

When Sheikh Mansour first started to plough millions of pounds into Manchester City, few would have believed that his long-term intention was to make the club a self-sufficient giant of world football - with a commitment to developing local talent. Yet just six years after taking control, his millions have done just that. The £200 million City Football Academy is...

2014 was the year that England, once again, failed miserably at a World Cup Finals. But there were signs that a major corner was turned at grassroots level. The fate of England’s national team will always be inextricably linked to the health of the game at local level. Thanks to a number of initiatives, 2014 has been a year of...

Following a calamitous 2014 World Cup campaign, the FA and those at the very top of English football realised that something needed to change. In all fairness to the game’s authorities, there have already been some major changes to the grassroots game and the developmental pathway in England, but the FA’s new DNA programme has been launched with the clear...

With Christmas on the horizon we are giving away a brand new Samba 8 x 4 Home Goal to one lucky Soccer Store fan. The Samba Goal range are really popular at this time of year as they make excellent Christmas presents for football mad boys and girls. This Samba 8 x 4ft goal is one of our most popular...

At a time when obesity levels in the UK are rising, and when the effects of sedentary lifestyles are costing the NHS millions of pounds every year, the FA is driving forward with its plan to get adults playing football in their local communities. Imagine you’ve just finished work, and you’re doing what you do every night of the week...

Young English footballers have been criticised for their lack of technical ability for decades now, and it’s clearly evident that a new approach to the way we coach our kids is required. For too long, kids have been placed under too much pressure to win at all costs, and that has been to the detriment of learning. Moreover, too much...