With assaults on amateur referees in England up by a reported 27% on last year, the issue of Respect is firmly back on the agenda and we want to hear from you. Just who is responsible for ensuring that referees get the respect they deserve?

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Top flight footballers paid £12 a week playing three times in four days, female fans a rarity, the first player worth his weight in gold and Huddersfield Town versus Derby County in the First Division. Welcome to football in March 1951.

Club Website editor Dan Pope takes a look at a football newspaper from 60 years ago this month and reflects on how different the game was - in most instances at least - to the one we know today.

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After defeat last Saturday Wales' Euro 2012 prospects look gloomy but grassroots youth development plans offer hope for a brighter future for Welsh football.

We hear from the Welsh Football Trust on how they are ahead of the game in their plans to develop the next generation of Welsh internationals.

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Last month in The Clubhouse we outlined the FA's proposals for youth football in England, which will increase small-sided football for under 13s and ban league tables for under 11s. We knew it would get people going, but what a stir it caused!

The debate has been raging on our website ever since with some strong views expressed on both sides, but now the results of a Club Website poll can reveal that the majority of the grassroots football community support the FA's plans.

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Britain’s number one international football tournament - the Keele Cup - is on track for yet another record breaking year. More than 120 teams from the UK and beyond are already confirmed, including more than 50 overseas teams from 14 countries from the USA to Spain, Nigeria to Norway and France to Cameroon.

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The Welsh Football Trust is on the hunt for grassroots football heroes. If you know someone who goes above and beyond the call of duty for football in their local community, then nominate them for the Welsh Community Football Awards.

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Think you know better than the referee? Our latest competition lets you test yourself with You are the Ref - the cult classic comic strip illustrated by Roy of the Rovers artist Paul Trevillion and written by former ref Keith Hackett that puts you in the spotlight and asks the question: what would you decide?

We've got 10 signed copies of You are the Ref to give away, plus three £15 iTunes vouchers so that you can download the You are the Ref iPod/iPhone app and more. All you have to do is answer a refereeing poser, so over to you... You are the Ref!

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We'd like to say a big thank you to all of our club website administrators who have so far provided feedback on our new beta website. It's been great to get such a positive response, so thanks for all of your input and feedback.

We've fixed the majority of bugs that people have reported and the remainder will all be ironed out before the site goes live. We really appreciate your feedback - it forms a vital part of the beta testing process and will help us provide you with the best possible website for your football club.

Last month we gave away three signed copies of the fantastic collection of football photography The Cradle of the Game along with 10 classic FA Cup DVDs courtesy of tikabooson.com. Thanks for all of your entries and congrats to our winners:

The Cradle of the Game: Darren Petrie (Tayside Boys FC), Mathew Harvey, Leon Prynn (Mawnan AFC) / Classic FA Cup DVDs: Michelle Williams, Paddy McQuillan (Peterlee Town Ladies FC), Chris Ashley (Ravens Youth FC), Tomasz Blumowski, Kristian Snooks, Liam Kenealy (Ecclesia Phoenix FC), Annelien Mes, Andrew Morley (Horwich St Marys FC), Paul Witney, Tony Ball (Cobras FC)

Club Website hit the national press last week when an article in The Independent on the FA's proposals for youth football quoted the results of our 9v9 survey. It's always good to see grassroots football getting coverage in the mainstream media, but even better when the voice of our Club Website members gets heard!

On Club Website we announced the beta launch of our new club website design - more details above - and we marked 150 days to go to the Homeless World Cup.

We also brought you news of the FA's Big Grassroots Survey which will direct how England's governing body invest their all-important grassroots funds over the next few years. The survey closes today so make sure you have your say!

As usual, there has been lots happening on our Facebook and Twitter pages, with plenty of debate, comment, banter and a few entertaining videos along the way. If you're not following us via social media already, get involved today!