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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Christopher Thomond

Grassroots football on Merseyside – in pictures

football: grass roots football
Kenny Saunders (pictured) of Woolton FC hopes for a radical change in grassroots football: "Down at grassroots level the outlook on Merseyside and throughout the country is bleak. The next Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard or Gareth Bale are going to be sitting at home because their parents can't afford to send them to football. We have to change that but it's hard and it's getting harder.”
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool..
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
football: grass roots football
Thomond. LIVERPOOL,11h January 2014 - A Saturday morning training session at Wooltoon FC with their inadequate facilities in public park at Camp Hill. Kenny Saunders campaigner for grassroots football and coach at Woolton FC in south Liverpool.. Carrying the goalposts onto a pitch.
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian
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