Rafa Benitez knows success at the top of European football. The man who brought the European Cup back to Anfield has a host of trophies to his name, but his journey to the top was a long and hard one.

A student of the game from an early age, Benitez put in the hard yards as a coach in the lower reaches of Spanish football before getting the opportunity at football's top table, as he told Club Website editor Dan Pope.

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Every footballer has ups and downs on the pitch, but how can we help maintain our children's confidence and belief if they have a bad game? Kids Coach Naomi Richards takes a look.

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The Football Association has created a set of giant goalposts to highlight the need for a change to pitch and goal sizes for young footballers in England - a result of their Youth Development Review.

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Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has helped launch the Barclays Community Sports Award, which recognises the outstanding contribution to grassroots sport by people across the UK.

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UEFA's Andy Roxburgh hailed the SFA’s grassroots football programme as “among the best in Europe” this month as the Tesco Bank Football Challenge picked up a UEFA Grassroots Day award.

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We're giving away five signed copies of Champions League Dreams - the new book from Rafa Benitez that gives the inside track on six roller-coaster European campaigns during his time at Anfield.

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We've burst through the 40,000 fans mark on Facebook this month. That's a lot of people enjoying great footy debate, fun banter, videos, exclusive competitions and more. Come and join in the fun!

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With the season now in full swing, there are loads more great grassroots football snaps coming in for our monthly Photo of the Month competition. Vote now for your favourite entry this month!

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Has your football team won one of five brand new first aid kits courtesy of FirstAid4Sport? Or have you won yourself a copy of Footballer: My Story - the new book from England legend Kelly Smith?

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Lots going on in the world of grassroots football this month. The big news from Wembley was the FA's appointment of West Bromwich Albion's Dan Ashworth as their Director of Elite Development.

Ashworth will be overseeing the development of England's playing and coaching talent from the end of the current season from his new base at St George's Park, the FA's new national football centre, a facility hailed as "fabulous" this month by England World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst.

Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew has thrown his support behind a £1m grassroots programme that will help clubs at Step 5-7 of the English Football pyramid. The Budweiser Club Futures scheme will dish out 16 grants of £50,000 to clubs over the course of the next two seasons.

The Scottish FA has kicked off its third year of the Tesco Bank Football Challenge, with the news that 40% of all schools in Scotland are now signed up to their flagship participation programme.

Elsewhere north of the border, grassroots clubs from across the country met at Hampden Park for the SFA’s Club Together conference, while Scotland star Robert Snodgrass went back to school for the Vauxhall School Futsal Programme, aimed at getting more 12-18 year-olds playing football.

The London FA has been seeking young football leaders to help shape and develop the game in the capital, while Fields in Trust gave you the chance to help your local football pitch be a winner!

And finally, there's always loads happening on Facebook and Twitter so come on over and join us!