23. Let there be light! 💡Our Wall of Thanks is up and first match is on there next week!⚽️💙
The final pieces are all coming together and next week The Athletic will host its first competetive match since 2016!! As usual we have...
22. The pitch is ready! ✅ We can see the light! 🎉 And Thank you to Chris Rees (Step-Up) 💙⚽️
We've turned a massive corner this weekend and are so close to playing on The Athletic now!! 🥳 Since the last blog we had another leak...
21. So close, but yet so far!😬 Frustrations 🤯, good people ❤️ and keeping positive 🤞🏻!
We've come crashing back down to earth since taking our delivery last month with not much going our way at all. We were hoping to open...
20. 🚨The BIG arrival!🚨 A huge step forward for the home of kids football! And a few Thank Yous💙⚽️
We've been banging on about it long enough, but on Monday the changing rooms finally got delivered!! Thanks to those that did move their...
19. Changing Rooms Eve 😬
With our new arrival finally coming tomorrow we had a few things that needed to be done in readiness this weekend. Install the remaining...
18. We have power ⚡️ (sort of!), final prep for our delivery, more brambles!🤦🏻♂️
It's the penultimate weekend before the big delivery! This is what we've been up to the past couple weeks:- More trenches:- In order for...
17. Foundations are in, electric almost live and benches on order 🥳⚽️
We had another productive weekend at the ground... Foundations:- Johnny Williams (of Will-Mor Groundworks and our under 15s Coach) &...
16. We passed a test 🥳 Cutting, digging, Comic Relief grant and a few thank yous 👌🏼⚽️🍻
6 weekends left until the changing rooms arrive!! We were busy over the weekend so this is just a quick update to document it! Testing...
15. The Business End!
There are now only 7 weekends left until the changing rooms are being delivered, so we have entered the business end at The Athletic!!...
14. Changing rooms on order, and pitch is nearly ready! 👊🏻⚽️💙
You may (or may not!) have noticed that not too much has been going on over the ground recently. With that in mind I thought I’d just...
13. 🚨HUGE NEWS!!🚨🥳
We have been sitting on some very big news for some time, but had to wait for a few things to fall into place before being able to share...
12. The Pitch Revival! 👌🏼
The time has finally come for the pitch works to start!! We raised enough money through Crowdfunding at the end of last year (almost...
11. Building foundations for the kids
Since the last blog there has been A LOT going on in the background with grant applications, planning permission applications, liaising...
10. The Athletic WILL be back in action next season! Thank You to our supporters and Amco!!
We haven't done a blog for some time, mainly because we hit a bit of wall with progress at The Athletic due to needing funds to continue....
9. Cutting, spiking, and Smerdon to the rescue!
We’ve had a busy month! We are now maintaining the pitch ourselves which means cutting the pitch weekly (until the grass growing season...
8. Fun Day=Stressful weekend! Team work, hard work, a new sign, rain and community spirit ❤️⚽️
Well it’s been a LOT of hard work and caused quite a few sleepless nights but we managed to plan, arrange and pull off our Fun Day Sunday...
7. The fun day countdown, helpers, mini digger, strimmer (again) and plenty of rubbish!
We’ve had another busy weekend over the ground trying to get it ready for next Sundays Funday! Thanks to the under 6 coaches (Rhys, Aaron...
6. Strimming hell! Positive news and permission (finally)!
We actually have some news in this blog, and it’s all positive thankfully! We finally had the go-ahead for the family fun day which is...
5. Frustrating times, kind people and we have a sign!
This last month has been a very frustrating one, but hopefully things will change dramatically in the month ahead! Not too much to report...


