Every week we coach hundreds of boys and girls, of all abilities, aged 4-15 years. We believe kids develop more quickly if they’re enjoying themselves, so our sessions focus on having fun, building confidence and developing technique
THE STORY SO FAR…
JULY 2021
Summer Camps in Moseley School and Kings Heath are confirmed and we enhance our coaching team with a semi-pro Futsal player and several
new junior coaches. Loves Football birthdays are back - Happy 8th Birthday Alex! JUNE 2021
Another new location at Woodrush School, with beginners and Futsal sessions for kids in Wythall. Our Whitsun half-term camp was a huge success :)
We end the month coaching over 300 children each week
MAY 2021
Bookings go a bit haywire - 195 kids p/w at the start of the month...270 kids p/w at the end of the month! We launch several new sessions at the lovely Hawkseley Community Centre
APRI 2021
Hibernation (lockdown 3) is over and we relaunch our sessions coaching 195 kids per week, our Easter Camps are sell-outs...and we welcome several new coaches to the team! MARCH 2021
Finalise plans to fund regular football places for kids from financially disadvantaged homes. Create an extra hour for football parents on Saturday – who said you can’t be in two places at once? Announce plans for several new locations...
FEBRUARY 2021
Our Easter Football and Sports Camps are confirmed with 50 spaces booked within 24 hours! JANUARY 2021
We go a bit digital... revamping our social media, content planning, revamping the website
(again) and mapping out our 10-year strategy
DECEMBER 2020
Our new group for 4-5-year olds gets booked up within 48 hours, and we finish the year with 180 kids attending our sessions EVERY week
NOVEMBER 2020
COVID is back, so we use hibernation time to build a new sparkly website! Our Futsal groups prove so popular we now have 3 football sessions per week; we join forces with another football group to deliver a brilliant October football camp AND we’re now coaching 160 kids PER WEEK
SEPTEMBER 2020
Launch our ‘Find a Team’ session designed to make it easier for children to find grassroots football teams. AUGUST 2020
Our Summer Football camp in Kings Heath is a huge success – gorgeous weather, lots of happy kids (and parents!)
JULY 2020
We’re now upto 14 classes per week, and our Girls Only football groups are a HUGE hit
JUNE 2020
Restart our (socially-distanced) lockdown-football sessions, and go from 0-9 classes booked up… in under a week
MAY 2020
We complete 30 days of football coaching…and Home Football Coaching now has 1600 members and almost 200 followers on YouTube
APRIL 2020
Home Football Coaching has 1400 members and 100 followers on Facebook! MARCH 2020
COVID turns the world upside down! Heading to The Wellington and waiting for this to all blow over isn’t an option. We start the Facebook group ‘Home Football Coaching’ to keep kids active during the first lockdown. Nearly 900 members in the first two days!!! FEBRUARY 2020
Summer camp venues confirmed, and we already have 15 children booked in – WOW! JANUARY 2020
Approached to run a Sixth Form Football Academy at a prestigious Girls school
DECEMBER 2019
All groups are full! OCTOBER 2019
Launch new groups - indoor Futsal and an outdoor 5 a side league! We also throw the first Loves Football birthday party (happy birthday Joey!)
JULY 2019
Start our first session (5-7-year-olds) with 15 kids in a very wet and windy park in Birmingham. APRIL 2019
James decides to ditch corporate life and create a football group where boys and girls could play without fear of criticism. Let’s put the FUN back in the game!
