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Welcome to The Clubhouse - August 2010
Hello all and welcome to The Clubhouse, the monthly newsletter from Club Website. No doubt you're as excited about the start to the new season as we are.
It promises to be a great year ahead with loads of exciting changes in store for your website services, along with fantastic developments in the pipeline such as our new partnership with Konami - outlined below - with whom we are bringing you the chance to win a place at the famous Manchester United Soccer Schools.
We've also got the fascinating stories of Nathan and David, who turned their lives around through the Homeless World Cup, plus an assessment of where things stand for the Football Foundation 10 years on from their formation. On top of all that, we also have details of our recent competition winners and all the latest Club Website news, so go get stuck in!

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Win a place at Man United Soccer Schools!
Club Website has teamed up with PES2011 to give away a fantastic prize for any budding young footballer: a place at the famous Manchester United Soccer School!
We’re offering one lucky reader the chance to live, train and play the United way at a residential football course in Staffordshire later this month so, if this sounds like the sort of thing you, or someone you know would love to experience, then read on and get involved.
Deadline for entries is midday on 16 August. Terms and conditions apply.
Enter here
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From 'Homeless to Hero' with the World Cup
The countdown to the 2010 Homeless World Cup - which takes place in Rio, Brazil next month - is well and truly underway and right at the heart of the build-up are four people who have used this tournament to help turn their lives around.
Club Website dropped in on filming of the new 'Homeless to Hero' promotional video and caught up with two of the stars - England's Nathan Bowen and Scotland's David Duke - to find out how they used their experience of the Homeless World Cup to get back on their feet and change their life for the better.
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Get ready for some Pro Evolution Soccer!
Club Website is pleased to announce a new partnership with Konami Digital Entertainment, the producers of the award-winning football video game, Pro Evolution Soccer!
We'll bring you loads of great events, competitions and PES fun over the season, so to find out more about this exciting new partnership...
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10 years of the Football Foundation
Since its formation 10 years ago this summer, the Football Foundation has proved to be one of the most important things to happen to football in this country, particularly at grassroots level. Here FC Business editor Ryan McKnight assesses the impact the Foundation has had over the last decade and considers the future of the organisation as purse strings are tightened across the game.
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Send your reffing questions to Graham Poll
Graham's currently off on his summer holidays but he'll be back next month to answer the best of your questions on all things refereeing.
If you've seen an incident in your game that has left you scratching your head or you just have a query on the Laws of the Game, email it to grahampoll@clubwebsite.co.uk.
The best questions are answered by Graham right here in The Clubhouse, while his Question of the Month will win one lucky person a signed copy of Graham's latest book, Geoff Hurst and the Hand of God.
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Are you a Club Website competition winner?
With the new amateur football season hurtling towards us at a rate of knots, our recent competition giving away 10 Club Website footballs proved very popular indeed! Congratulations to Chris Moody who will be the toast of his team mates at Bishop Middleham FC by walking off with the prize.
Well done also to Chris Dickson, Joanne Bell, Lee Manning, Leigh Westbrook and Steven Share, each of whom have won Monopoly: FIFA World Cup Edition. Thanks for all of your entries - please keep them coming!
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Come and join us on Facebook and Twitter!
Club Website hit the 3,000 fan mark on our Facebook page this month so, if you've not yet taken a look, check out facebook.com/clubwebsite. It's a great way to keep up with everything going on at Club Website, plus there's lots of amusing videos, light hearted banter and the odd exclusive competition for our Facebook audience. So if you're on Facebook come and join us!
If you're more of a tweeter than a Facebook fan, then you can follow us on Twitter
at @clubwebsite. It's always short, sweet and to the point, but it's still a great way to keep in touch and contact us. You can also keep up to date with our editor Dan Pope's musings at @mrdjpope. So come on over and get involved!
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And another thing...
So much for a quiet summer! When you could be forgiven for heading to the beach and leaving your computer behind for a few days, we found that July's edition of The Clubhouse prompted the biggest response we've ever had.
Since then we've asked you what you would do to improve the next generation of British footballers and the response has been great.
You've come up with some fantastic suggestions that have kicked on the debate, including one to move youth football to a summer game, a change that 52 percent of you agreed would help improve the development of young players.
In our other opinion polls, 40 percent of you told us that professional clubs should not be allowed to take kids into their academies until the age of 13, while 61 percent of you gave penalty goals the thumbs up, despite a FIFA thumbs down.
In other news, we brought you details of the FA's 'Volunteer of the Year' award, which was presented to Bill Taylor of Lenham Wanderers FC and the Maidstone Boys Primary League at Wembley last weekend.
And finally... we've also kept you up to date with all things Homeless World Cup as we build up to Rio 2010, including an early screening of the 'Homeless to Hero' promotional video and news of the football launched to tackle homelessness.
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If you have any comments on The Clubhouse or any aspect of our service, please email clubnews@clubwebsite.co.uk
Yours in football,
The Club Website Team
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