With the dust settled on England’s woeful World Cup campaign, Club Website editor Dan Pope looks at where the national game goes from here and asks what can be done at all levels of the game - from the Football Association down to parks and playing fields across the country - to help turn things around.

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In answering the question posed in our lead headline this month, the Football Association can point to their blueprint for the future of football in England - The Future Game - as one of the reasons to be optimistic. A technical document that outlines a philosophy and strategy for the development of young players, The Future Game is the work of Sir Trevor Brooking and his team.

Here, in an interview with FC Business, the FA's Head of Football Development talks about what he sees as a "vital document" that must act a "start point" for the development of world class players in England.

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Every month here in The Clubhouse, we give you the chance to put your questions to one of the UK's most successful ever referees, Graham Poll. Email grahampoll@clubwebsite.co.uk with your poser and, if you ask Graham's Question of the Month, you'll win a signed copy of his book that takes a look at some of the biggest World Cup controversies: Geoff Hurst & the Hand of God.

With two World Cups under his belt, Graham knows a thing or two about controversy on football's biggest stage and he draws on that experience in a book that cuts to the quick and has even proved to be quite prophetic! To find out which previous World Cup controversy Graham predicted could come back to haunt FIFA and the country concerned, then read on.

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The Glasgow City Cup is one of the biggest and best amateur football tournaments in the UK. This year’s Cup is the largest yet and will take place over two weekends of fantastic football action on 30 July - 1 August and 6-8 August.

This festival of football covers all ages from mini-soccer right up to under 21s and places are limited, so if you want to pit your team against the best teams from Scotland and beyond, make sure you get involved.

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Football Football is a new programme designed to get more kids playing the beautiful game. Launched this summer in 26 locations nationwide, Football Football is a celebration of the children's game where a 'no substitutes' rule means that every child is involved in the game, all of the time.

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Q: What do you get if you cross the nation's favourite board game with the greatest football tournament in the world? A: Another great Club Website competition!

We've got five copies of Monopoly: FIFA World Cup Edition to give away, so if you're already suffering World Cup withdrawal symptoms or you just fancy winning a great game for all the family, then this is the competition for you!

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It's been prize-tastic at Club Website since The Clubhouse last hit your inbox in June. We've given away five copies of One Night in Turin on DVD, a whole bunch of Umbro football gear for one winner and their team, plus three copies of Top Trumps Tournament along with packs of Top Trumps World Cup for 10 runners-up. Thanks for all of your entries and congratulations to our winners:

One Night in Turin: Kieran Newey (KN Football Development), Lee McCulloch (Lilley Rangers FC), Mark Snowden (Bletchley Shamrocks FC), Julian Cope, Frank Atkinson / Umbro football kit: Graham Wood (Coventry Amateurs FC) / Top Trumps Tournament: James Dagnall (Kenbury Boys FC), Neil Donaldson (Bradley Stoke FC), Simon Robinson (Poole Town YFC) / Top Trumps World Cup: Roy Stuart (Eastwood Juveniles FC), Keith Roberts (St Margarets FC), Alan Greenwood (Acrington & District JFL), Frank Shippam (South Walsham FC), Andrea Hughes (Foxhole AFC), Julie Kenny, Jake Gardner,Connor Jones, Trevor Turner,  David Clark

It's been non-stop at Club Website HQ since The Clubhouse last hit your inbox. Our first port of call was Grass Roots Football LIVE at the NEC, where it was great to catch up with so many of you and to get such positive feedback on your club and league websites. We also got to speak to a few of the professional coaches appearing at the event, so keep an eye on clubwebsite.co.uk over the coming weeks for details of what pearls of wisdom they had to share with us.

Of course we kept an eye on the World Cup and, whilst not a classic, there was plenty to keep us entertained. No surprise at Club Website HQ about the winner though, after you clever people had predicted Spain to become World Champions!

One of the big talking points of the World Cup was Luis Suarez's handball against Ghana. This led to calls for the introduction of penalty goals - led by our very own Graham Poll - a topic which got you all going! 61 percent of you agreed and, although the poll is now closed, you can still have your say on this big issue.

In our other polls, 62 percent of you believe the World Cup will encourage more people to take up football next season, while 74 percent think that 9-v-9 football should be used as a stepping stone between mini-soccer and the 11-a-side game.

We're always on the lookout for interesting questions to ask our Club Website members, so if you have a topical question that you'd like to gauge the public mood on, then find out how Club Website can help you put it to the masses!