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Ernie Brennan

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There is no gender or race in children’s football only mixed ability and anyone who tells you different is an adult’.

Ernie Brennan (Founder)
‘Children’s Football Alliance’



Rick Fenoglio

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'The Power of football to be an influential and dominant force for good in the daily lives of millions of children, and in society as a whole, is enormous.'

Rick Fenoglio
Sports Science Lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University



Frank Furedi

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'Our lives and emotions are so heavily invested in our children, we all find it difficult to be practical’.

Frank Furedi
Professor of Sociology at University of Kent