Hi there,

My son & his friend who are both coming up for 8 have expressed interest in starting to do some regular football training and possibly join a local team. How would I go about finding what teams they could join (not sure if they are up to match standard quite yet, it's more for fitness / social at this stage).

Had a look on the JunLeague website but can't see any contact details for any local sides. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there,

My son & his friend who are both coming up for 8 have expressed interest in starting to do some regular football training and possibly join a local team. How would I go about finding what teams they could join (not sure if they are up to match standard quite yet, it's more for fitness / social at this stage).

Had a look on the JunLeague website but can't see any contact details for any local sides. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

sheffield wednesday young owls have sessions for 7 and 8 year olds, if you go on their website youngowls.com their is info on there. contact john bradley

Thanks for that Ow do, much appreciated, I'll look into that one.

hillsborough arena used to do a saturday morning footie training for young kids,give them a ring im sure its still on

Try asking through their schools too. They often have a team, or know of the local youth teams. Our local youth team (Junior Fox FC) advertise for new members in the local free paper, so try looking in those sorts of places too.

Good Luck :-)

Its part way through the season now so you would probably struggle to find a team.

The kids Sunday leagues only run to about February / March so I would look in the Star or local free papers in the early summer months when they will be all advertising for new teams.


In the meantime you could look at leisure/sports centres for training or just friendly kick about session .

http://www.sheffieldfa.com/

The FA's website is the best place to start.

thanks to your replies everyone, much appreciated.

Hi there,

My son & his friend who are both coming up for 8 have expressed interest in starting to do some regular football training and possibly join a local team. How would I go about finding what teams they could join (not sure if they are up to match standard quite yet, it's more for fitness / social at this stage).

Had a look on the JunLeague website but can't see any contact details for any local sides. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

hi try wisewood sports center , its got football coaching for all levels , my little goes there, and as they get better the coach will put them up for a team its very good !!!!wisewood sports center off ben lane sheff 6

Hi There i am a coach for ashleigh spires we have a under 9's team in the gleadless area. We have a training session on saturday morning if this is any good please let me know and i will give you the details