Soccer Aid needs your club!

Soccer Aid returns to ITV1 on 7 September 2008 as World Cup legends and top celebrities take the field at Wembley to raise money for UNICEF.  Alan Shearer and Peter Schmeichel are among the stars taking part in the England versus The Rest of the World match to raise funds for UNICEF’s health, education and protection work with vulnerable children all over the world.

Your club can also take part by organising your very own Soccer Aid game to raise funds. Register your event and you will be entered to win tickets for the big game, so you can cheer on England or the Rest of the World to victory!

Alternatively, take part in “Soccer Aid Fives” and win the chance to join the stars of Soccer Aid 2008 in a pre-match soccer skills session at Wembley Stadium!

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Back to my roots - Neil "Razor" Ruddock

Neil Ruddock is one of football's biggest characters, an old fashioned "hard man" who wore his heart on his sleeve for Liverpool and Spurs among other clubs.  Since hanging up his boots, this larger than life character now entertain crowds with his outspoken views on the game as an after-dinner speaker.

In the latest installment of our new series, Club Website took Razor back to his roots to find out about his grassroots football experience and his journey to the Premier League, plus his thoughts on how the game has changed over the years.

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Destination Wembley 2008: "It's every kid's dream!"

At the end of last season Club Website ran a competition to find three teams to represent the UK at Umbro's Destination Wembley Global Challenge.  Our lucky winners - Grindon Rangers under 16s, Brandhall Colts under 15s and Blue Brazil Boys Club under 15s - spent a week in London last month competing for one week against the best that Italy, Canada and China had to offer.

Club Website were at Wembley for the final round of group games, capturing all the action and excitement as the teams took to the hallowed turf at the world famous stadium. If you want to read reaction from the day, including what it's like to fulfill "every kid's dream" by scoring a goal at Wembley...

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Kelly goes back to school

Kelly Smith is one of the biggest names in women’s football. After a season in which she finished as England’s top scorer at the World Cup and then completed an exhausting domestic and international schedule, including two more titles with Arsenal, she could be forgiven for wanting a quiet summer... but far from it!

England's Player of the Year went back to school to give a group of lucky schoolgirls a lesson to remember.  Fair Game magazine were there and spoke to Kelly, and now you can read all about the day here in the Club House.

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LSPL live draw on talkSPORT radio - Sunday 17 August

Will your team be one of the 80 amateur sides taking part in the Lucozade Sport Performance League (LPSL) next season?

The live draw will take place on talkSPORT radio (1089/1053 AM) on Sunday 17 August. Make sure you tune in to Football First between 2-7pm to find out if your team has been selected!

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Win a signed Pele shirt!

Club Website has teamed up with Soccer Speaker to give away a signed shirt from arguably the world's greatest ever footballer - Pelé!

Soccer Speaker help clubs at grassroots level raise much needed club funds whilst providing quality entertainment for a social event at the same time. If your club would like an ex-professional footballer to speak at a club dinner or social event, where you can auction off some sporting memorabilia to raise important funds for your club, then look no further than www.soccerspeaker.co.uk.

In the meantime, you can win this top piece of sporting memorabilia by entering our latest competition.  Click on the link below for details of how to enter.

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Club Website monthly round-up

Since The Club House last hit your inbox in July, there's been lots going on at the home of grassroots football, Club Website.  Our grassroots news section has brought you the very latest news from the grassroots game. Click the links below to read more on:

- The latest on the FA's Respect programme and how you can get involved

- A new partnership between Club Website and the Welsh Football Trust

- FIFA's Laws of the Game for the 2008/09 season

- Pendlebury United, Charter Standard Club of the Year

In our opinion polls, we asked you at what age kids should be allowed to play competitive football and the results were mixed to say the least - we think this one could run and run!  You also told us that the closed season was too long so no surprise there... we knew you lot would be keen!

You continue to have "Your Shout" about what's going on in the grassroots game and your competition entries continue to flood in (see our recent winners below).  There's something for everyone at Club Website, so make sure you keep up to date - click here to visit the home of grassroots football!

Club Website competition winners!

Last month, Club Website gave away no less than 15 copies of the official UEFA Euro 2008 video game, 10 pairs of Armadillo Calf & Achilles Protectors and the new FA Cup football from Umbro, the Dynamis.  That's three top competitions!  Thanks to all those of you who entered and congratulations to our lucky winners:

UEFA Euro 2008 video game: Susan Albrighton, Paul Ashworth, Vinny Benney,
Paul Carter, Wendy Faulkner, Leonard Harding, Walt Noriega, Scott Pooke,
Ed Procter, Julie Robbins, Paul Salvatore, James Smith, Paul Staines, Patrick Stanton, Paul Williams; Armadillo winners: Christopher Aplin, Mark Bullock, Ian Dorrington, Anne Marie Hart, Cheryl Henderson, Ian McPake, Declan Moore, Greig Richardson, Anthony Sibanda, Jason Webber; Dynamis winner: Lee Wilcox