{"id":7388,"date":"2024-09-10T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:20:27","slug":"maidstone-united-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/uncategorized\/maidstone-united-football-club\/","title":{"rendered":"MAIDSTONE UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002-891x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7389\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002-891x1024.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002-768x883.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/LOGO-MUFC-Amber-on-Black-002.jpg 1307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SITC-Activity-Report-YE-30-09-24-FINAL-VERSION.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SITC-Activity-Report-YE-30-09-24-FINAL-VERSION.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STONES IN THE COMMUNITY REPORT YEAR ENDING 2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE TOURNAMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7442\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0015-002.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Maidstone United Football Club is the first Kent club to twin with Flanders Field Peace Pitch, Mesen, Belgium, site of the First World War Christmas truces.  The Gallagher Stadium&#8217;s Peace Pitch celebrated International Day of Peace  with 34 schools from across Kent playing for the U11s boys Peace Trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0009-002-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Left to right: Mayor of Maidstone, Councillor, John Perry, Lorraine Humm, Stones in the Community, Helen Grant, OBE, Member of Parliament for Maidstone and Malling and Ernie Brennan, CEO, Children&#8217;s Football Alliance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of the Children&#8217;s Football Alliance, Helen Grant, MP, presented MUFC&#8217;s Lorraine Hum and Tori Campbell, The Peace Field Project Plaque.  A duplicate plaque is displayed in Flanders Peace Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FLANDER-PEACE-PITCH-WS.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"517\" data-id=\"7447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FLANDER-PEACE-PITCH-WS.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FLANDER-PEACE-PITCH-WS.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FLANDER-PEACE-PITCH-WS-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FLANDER-PEACE-PITCH-WS-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_131758_831-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240915_133346_860-003-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Maidstone United Football Club&#8217;s Peace Field Project Plaque is displayed in Flanders.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7450\" style=\"width:259px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240923-WA0014-002-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Helen Grant, MP and Bob Goulston, MUFC, sign the Peace Field Project&#8217;s Declaration of Peace Certificate.  There are currently 70 Peace Pitchs in 6 continents: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/international\/international-peace-field-projects\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/international\/international-peace-field-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN&#8217;S FOOTBALL ALLIANCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stones in the Community is the charitable arm of Maidstone United Football Club, founded on the principles of hard work, determination, passion and integrity. Opening for business in October 2018 we work alongside the club to deliver the best programmes for the community we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726064176792-87e75724-94a9-44f3-92a6-6a13c333fafd_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726064176792-87e75724-94a9-44f3-92a6-6a13c333fafd_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726064176792-87e75724-94a9-44f3-92a6-6a13c333fafd_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726064176792-87e75724-94a9-44f3-92a6-6a13c333fafd_1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726064176792-87e75724-94a9-44f3-92a6-6a13c333fafd_1-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STONES IN THE COMMUNITY REPORT YEAR ENDING 2024 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE TOURNAMENT Maidstone United Football Club is the first Kent club to twin with Flanders Field Peace Pitch, Mesen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7388"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7891,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7388\/revisions\/7891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}