The players of Ightham FC got to live the footballing dream at Stamford Bridge recently after winning a Club Website competition.

Their prize - a place at the first ever Lucozade Sport Performance Day - gave them 90 minutes on the pitch with full Prozone analysis, plus expert coaching and hydration advice on a day they will never forget!

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Street League is a charity using football to help some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people get into employment, education or training. Club Website editor Dan Pope paid them a visit.

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Every footballer needs to try new things on the pitch to improve, but some young players may lack the confidence to do so. Kids Coach Naomi Richards takes a look at how we can help.

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The Scottish Football Association's flagship participation programme, the Tesco Bank Football Challenge, has been recognised by UEFA with the governing body's Grassroots Award.

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Take a look through our pick of the grassroots football photos you've sent in over the last month and then vote for your favourite. Plus find out which happy snapper won May's competition!

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Are you sitting comfortably? Then Jeff will begin... We're giving away ten copies of Jeffanory - the fantastic new book from the king of Saturday telly, Soccer Saturday anchorman Jeff Stelling.

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Up for grabs this month: the official UEFA Euro 2012™ Sticker Collection and official replica ball - the adidas Tango 12 - plus a signed England shirt. Are you one of our lucky Euro-tastic winners?

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There was significant news for young female footballers in England at the start of the month when the Football Association raised the age of mixed-football to under 14s for the 2012/13 season.

More good news for the FA as the new National Football Centre nears completion. We brought you the latest news of progress from St George's Park ahead of this summer's grand opening.

There was good news for any amateur club in need of ground improvements with the announcement of increased financial support from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund.

Meanwhile, as the Premier League clinched a new £3bn TV deal (up 70%), we asked if you expected to see a similar increase in money feeding through to grassroots football? Four out of five of you (80%) don't think it's going to happen.

Football lead the way at the Beyond Sport Awards as Street League - featured above - won the P&G UK Impact Award. The Football Foundation was highly commended for its Extra Time project, as were Everton in the Community for their Tackling Inequality, Empowering Ability programme.

We gave you the chance to vote for your favourite grassroots photos of the month for May, which joins a load of other great content on our Facebook page - now 35,000 fans and counting!

So come and join us on Facebook and don't forget we're on Twitter too: @clubwebsite. #byefornow