FF News Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 "One Woodley" football has received the highest Football Association backing. "One Woodley" is a football initiative, backed by Woodley Hammers, Woodley Town and Woodley United football clubs. It has the simple purpose to "offer everyone in our Community the opportunity to play, develop and grow through football, regardless of race, gender, age or ability" and in so doing provide "community based football that is the envy of the footballing world". The proposal is that these three clubs will dissolve and reform under the name Woodley United for the 2015-16 season. The new club will have over forty teams, making it one of the biggest clubs in Berkshire providing youth and adult football for all genders. National Clubs Service Manager Mick Baikie said: "The vision, ambition and purpose of the One Woodley project is an inspirational football model that places the players and its community at its core. "If football is to create comprehensive participation opportunities, clear player development pathways and maximise investment in to facilities within a community, it requires all parties to remove their individual rivalries and work collectively with one joint philosophy. "So frequently these rivalries create barriers to developing football, but the One Woodley Manifesto is an enlightening vision of how football can work together for the betterment of the community. "The FA Chairman's England Commission has recently identified this need across major urban cities, but the same theory can be applied at a smaller scale to smaller towns like Woodley. "The FA will look to support this Manifesto in partnership with the County FA in what is one of the most exciting grassroots plans for a community." Source: Mark Rozzier Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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