As Christmas is almost here and you've all been such good boys and girls this year, we've got a cracker of a competition for you to round the year off!

We've teamed up with our friends at Lucozade to give you a chance to win some fantastic prizes for both you and your football team.

We've got a pair of VIP tickets to a Barclays Premier League match up for grabs, along with 15 Lucozade Sport Footballer's Training Packs to power your squad into the new year. Talk about a Christmas treat!

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Don't let Gareth Southgate's job title fool you. He may be the FA's Head of Elite Development but he's fully clued up about football at grassroots level.

Speaking to Club Website, Southgate praised the "hard work" of grassroots coaches everywhere, discussed the cost of coaching courses and outlined FA plans to support and develop coaches through their new Licensed Coaches Club.

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As the eyes of the footballing world turned to Kiev this month for the Euro 2012 draw, the man in charge of English football was looking further down the line.

FA Chairman David Bernstein wants success in Poland and Ukraine like any England fan, but he believes that the FA’s "crucial" work in grassroots football over the coming years is arguably more important.

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Club Website are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Football Foundation. The UK's largest sports charity has chosen Club Website to develop and power a new fundraising platform to help not only Club Website teams, but any football team in England, to increase their fundraising potential.

This excellent news comes hot on the heels of the extension of our partnership with the Football Association of Wales (FAW). This partnership is central to the FAW’s ongoing support for football in Wales and enables all affiliated leagues and clubs to host their very own website completely free of charge.

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Whether you're rushing through some last minute Christmas shopping or you hope to pick up some bargains in the January sales, don't forget to use your club website to earn cash for your football club while you shop.

Visit your website and click on Club Cashback to browse over 2,000 retailers before shopping from their website as normal. Each purchase you make is tracked, earning your club a cashback reward of 1 - 15%. Simple as that!

We've got some fabulous Christmas presents to give away here in The Clubhouse! Five lucky punters have won a copy of FIFA World Football Records 2012 and 10 winners will be getting their hands on a copy of PES 2012. Find out if you're one of lucky boys and girls this Christmas!

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It's been a busy last month of the year at Club Website HQ. December kicked off with the FA's £200m refresh of the National Game Strategy, which saw them outline their plans and targets for grassroots football for 2011 - 2015.

We spoke to Stuart Pearce about the importance of good grassroots football coaches and we heard from World Cup referee Howard Webb on how investing in grassroots football facilities can help bring communities together.

One such community can be found in Sutton Coldfield, where Club Website team Boldmere Falcons opened a brand new 3G artificial pitch and changing pavilion this month in a £850,000 project supported by the Football Foundation.

A Club Website poll asked if all players should be given the same amount of game time during a youth football match, with 57% of you saying no. 43% said yes.

In our latest poll, we want to know how hard you'll be trying to stay match fit over the Christmas break, so cast your vote on your club/league website now or, alternatively, visit our demo site over at Parkside FC and have your say.

Finally, don't forget to come and join in the fun on Facebook and Twitter!

Finally, from everyone here at Club Website HQ we would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

It's been another fantastic year in grassroots football and we've been delighted to have you with us at Club Website for it. We hope you get a well-earned rest this Christmas and we'll see you in 2o12 for our biggest and best year yet.

We have loads of exciting stuff in the pipeline, as we keep working hard to provide innovative products to support our clubs and leagues, so keep it Club Website for another wonderful year of grassroots football in 2012!