Results of a Club Website poll published today show that 29 percent of the grassroots football community have witnessed some kind of racism at a football match in the last 12 months.

With the official number of incidents reported to the home nation's Football Assocations significantly lower than this, Club Website editor Dan Pope looks into the possible reasons behind the shortfall.

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Grassroots football teams across England and Wales are being invited to apply for a brand new Nike kit as the Premier League Players’ Kit Scheme opens for a new application window.

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Football provides fun for millions of kids across the UK, but what if the fun stops and your child wants to quit the game? Kids Coach Naomi Richards takes a look at the issue.

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The Tesco Bank Football Challenge, the SFA's flagship participation programme, has now engaged over 50,000 children - news described as "fantastic" by Scottish youth ambassador Owen Coyle.

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The Irish FA Community Awards honoured the heroes of grassroots football this month, including Tristar FC's Jon Clifford, who posthumously received the main Outstanding Contribution award.

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Bolton's Horwich St Mary's FC are celebrating this month after a Football Foundation cheque for £738,000 gave them the green light to build a brand new clubhouse and 10 new football pitches.

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To mark the opening of the new Players' Kit Scheme application window, we're giving you the chance to win a Premier League shirt of your choice and a load of other Premier League goodies!

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We've got another cracking set of your grassroots footie snaps in line for November's Photo of the Month award. Vote now for your favourite and don't forget to send in your entries for next month!

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Have you won one of five elite editions of the Globall Coach iPad app? Or Neville Southall's book The Binman Chronicles? Or Mark Wright's Football Saints & Sinners on DVD? Only one way to find out!

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So what might you have you missed on Club Website this month if you've been living in a cave? Loads, as it happens! The FA announced plans for their 150th birthday celebrations, which they hope will give the grassroots game its moment in the spotlight.

North of the border, the SFA have set up their 2020 Development Centres, former national team coach Alex McLeish has backed the Positive Coaching Scotland scheme, while the Bank of Scotland Midnight League has been hailed as the "ideal weekend activity" by Hibs midfielder Lewis Stevenson. Plus we've brought you a round-up of the latest from the SFA in Scotland United.

Grassroots football clubs in England can get a helping hand from the Football Foundation with a further £2.1m of funding made available via their Grow the Game scheme, while clubs have also been encouraged to apply for Sport England funding via its highly successful Small Grants fund .

England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce stated the importance of good football facilities for player development, while the body responsible for so many, the Football Foundation, picked up an award at the inaugural Football Business Awards for its partnership with Barclays Spaces for Sports.

Finally, we kicked off our new series of debates on hot topics in grassroots football - henceforth known as The Wednesday Word - when we asked if taking advantage of a uncontested backpass, as Luiz Adriano did in the Champions League this month, was either unsporting or opportunistic.

We want you to get involved in the debate, so we opened a poll on the issue, whilst thrashing it out as ever on our Facebook and Twitter pages, so come on over this month and join in the fun!