scouts and agents can put pressure on kids as young as six to commit to a club. At the end of the road for some, Hansen explains in Football's Dream Factory, is a lucrative place in the Premiership.

Football dominates many children’s evenings and weekends every season, but lots of disabled young people are left on the sidelines with less chances than their non-disabled peers to play an ...

Should children be allowed to play ... who says that if he had a young son, he wouldn't let him play football. "That's sad — and my whole life was football," Ditka says, but "I think the ...

For other reasons, I don't know that I would want my son to play professional football. It's just there is all kinds of other challenges. But young kids, well coached, protected, proper attention ...

Some children leave the pitch in tears due to abuse, said the BAME Football Forum Footballers as young as seven have experienced racist abuse at matches, a new anti-discrimination group has said.

The report demonstrates how the UEFA Foundation for Children supported disadvantaged communities and young people in Europe and beyond in 2023/24.