With over 140 divisions and around 7,000 teams, football is the most played sport in the UK. Amateur football is a favourite past time for millions all over the country and there are thousands of clubs in operation. Many of these however lack proper funding and facilities, meaning that sheds and portable modular buildings often double up as changing rooms. Building a proper clubhouse doesn’t have to be an expensive…

I remember reading an article some months back reporting on research that most hotel cleaners stay fit, healthy and slim because of the amount of exercise they get from their cleaning jobs. Being overweight myself or more on the obese side, unemployed and not feeling like having a mentally challenging job, I decided that hotel cleaning would be a healthy choice for me. So I applied to local hotels and…

The year is 1863 and the Football Association (FA) has just been founded. The rules have been set and the game settled. Fast forward to 2009 and this game is now played around the world by internationally renowned sports stars, representing their home countries in the World Cup every four years, as well as their own local teams. Back when the rules were decided it is hard to imagine that…