Grass Roots Football Show 2011

 

Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June

Adult - £15, Child (under 16) - £7.50
Senior Citizen - £7.50, Family (2+3 ) - £37.50 

(+ transaction fee)
Tickets: The Ticket Factory or 0844 338 0338

"This year we have more coaches, more experts, more players and greater participation and we aim to reinforce the Grass Roots Football Show as the must attend event for coach education and development in the UK.” Joanna Burns, Grass Roots Football Director 

The Grass Roots Football Show is the premier destination for the grass roots football family with leading sports brands, governing bodies, coaches and youngsters attending - click here for further information...To discuss the hottest Grass Roots Football topics, 365 days a year, head to the dedicated Facebook page or follow Grass Roots Football on twitter.

Grass Roots Football LIVE - Launch event

If you can make it, an event organised by Marketing Birmingham and Grass Roots Live will take place this Wednesday, 14 April, at Brindleyplace from 1-2.30pm. The Grass Roots Football Live launch event will include activities such as a soccerena with skills coaching by Coerver Coaching and professional freestyle demonstrations. As well as launching The Grass Roots Football LIVE show which takes place on the 4–6 June at The NEC, the launch will aim to raise awareness of England’s 2018 World Cup bid. Find out more

Teams, individuals wanted for new co-ed football league

Feb. 26, 2010The department is starting a new co-ed adult sports league and kicking it off with football.“The department has focused primarily on giving children in the city the opportunity to play sports, but the addition of this new league will give adults the opportunity to get out and have some fun playing sports too,” said department Director J.R. Pope.Adults age 21 and older and teams of

Sports News

FC Business is a market-specific magazine aimed at the football industry; the website includes various items of interest such as these articles on physiotherapy in football and ticket touts and interviews with prominent figures in football such as this with Arsene Wenger.

A seminar entitled 'Player & Coach Development' will take place on 21 May at the Banks's Stadium in Walsall, find out more

Enter a competition to design a logo for London 2012.

Joint Ventures: Blues & Villa

Birmingham has taken an historic step by becoming the first city to sponsor two of its local football clubs - Aston Villa and Birmingham City. Marketing Birmingham have signed a 3 year contract with the teams in a project which will promote the visitbirmingham.com brand, in order to boost tourism in the city. The Chief Executive of Marketing Birmingham Neil Rami commented, "Football has a global audience of 3.13bn and is a major influence on tourism, helping to shape people's perceptions of a city, particularly with international visitors...it's the first time that a city has supported its football clubs in this way and we're very excited about the project." more...

Key facts:

• 31.9m visitors to Birmingham in 2007, 1.5m more than 2006
• The campaign is to launch in September
• Visit Birmingham - the name of Marketing Birmingham's new leisure campaign
• Birmingham City Council is to fund Marketing Birmingham over 3 years