Back to my roots - David Seaman

With 75 England caps under his belt featuring some of Wembley's magic moments, plus a bunch of winners' medals from his time at Arsenal, it is hard to imagine David Seaman being anything other than a success.

Life as a goalkeeper wasn't always so easy, however, as Club Website found out when we took David back to his roots in the latest in our series of interviews with professional players.  With dodgy park pitches, school game nightmares and rejection at his hometown club, we find out about life for this young goalkeeper long before he became England's number one!

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English FA chief talks football with Club Website

FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick is the man currently in charge of football in England from the grassroots to the national side. However, just a fortnight ago it was announced that Barwick is to step down from his post at the end of the year after almost four years in charge.

In possibly his final interview before the announcement was made, Club Website spoke to Barwick about his role at the FA, the national team, the FA Cup, the Respect programme and grassroots football.

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A decade of Hope

When Hope Powell took over as England coach in June 1998, the country's football fortunes were at their lowest ebb. Ten years on and England now boast a senior side amongst the best in Europe and a number of successful youth teams. In this interview with Fair Game magazine, Powell reflects on her decade in charge.

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Lucozade Sport’s new-look amateur football website

Lucozade Sport is committed to improving the performance of UK footballers.

The new amateur football section of lucozade.com/football is packed full of the latest advice, challenges and product offers to help raise your game.

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Win an Umbro training pack for your team!

Club Website has the perfect gift for your team at the start of this season. We are giving away an Umbro kit bag full of all the gear you need for a proper training session!

Winning this prize couldn't be easier!  Visit our competitions page and answer a simple question to get your name in the hat.

Enter here

Last month's competition winners

Club Website gave away more top prizes in August. Adam Rousell of Victoria Inn FC in Torbay won our signed Pele shirt, while Cowling FC secretary Jo Jones won a pair of tickets to Soccer Aid at Wembley this Sunday.

Cowling players Rhys Thomas and Alasdair McEwen will attend the big game and will also take part in a pre-match skills session on the hallowed turf with Newcastle and England legend Alan Shearer. Lifelong Newcatle fan Alasdair is particularly excited about meeting one of his heroes.  Enjoy the day lads!

Club Website monthly round-up

It has been a busy month at Club Website!  Last week we lauched a brand new design to our club website service, with a wide range of new features to help make your website more professional and more enjoyable to use! We appreciate all the feedback you have given us which, despite a few teething problems, has been very positive on the whole!  We'll continue to work on improving the service - video is coming soon -  so that your club website provides everything you want it to.

Meanwhile, our community site has also been busy, providing you with all the latest grassroots football news.  Click on the links below to read more:

- 80 teams selected to take part in the Lucozade Sport Performance League

- Grassroots heroes wanted for the Queen's birthday honours list nominations

- Club Website team Wembley FC's day in the spotlight in the FA Cup

- Premier League stars say "Get on with the Game"

- Cash for community groups as Capello backs Kick it Out weeks of action

- Cape Town calling for Club Website team

You've been voting in your thousands on our opinion polls, been having "Your Shout" about what's going on in the grassroots game and your competition entries continue to flood in (see our recent winners above). 

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!