Category: News
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Long Ashton Girls teams featured in Evening Post story
The story of the growth of Long Ashton Junior FC girls teams has been featured in an Evening Post story on how England success has inspired a new generation of girls to take up football: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/england-stars-become-inspiration-100-10906565 Read the article for how over 100 girls from 6 to 16 are proudly representing Long Ashton.
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Silent Support weekend 15/16 November 2025
The FA National Silent Support Weekend initiative will be returning this November, aiming once again to champion positive touchline behaviour across grassroots youth football in England. During Silent Support Weekend, spectators are welcome to show appreciation through applause for good play and coaches can offer encouragement to their teams. Spectators are asked to avoid shouting…
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Play Safe Weekend 27/28 September
We’re taking part in the Play Safe Weekend! Play Safe is a year-round campaign that amplifies the importance of safeguarding in football. This year is all about encouraging adults to create open conversations, ask questions, and actively listen to children. Everyone. Everywhere. Every Time. On 28/29 September, we’ll be using our voices to give children…
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“Only the Captain” and other rule changes for 2025/26
This season there are two rule changes which are likely to be relevant for our teams, these are detailed below. A full overview of all rules changes is available at https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/2025-26-law-changes-explained. Only the Captain A new rule is being introduced to prevent players “mobbing” the referee and to clamp down on dissent. An FA produced…
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U16s LAJFC 2025 – the Final match report!
The last few goals were scored by Long Ashton juniors U16s on Saturday 29th March after 11 years of football! Over the years this group has involved more than 50 kids from the village and surrounding local area. The coaching team has supported the team on the journey from the beginning to end with Stewart…
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Silent Support Weekend is back 15-16 March 2025
Join us in giving our players their own voices and choices! Silent Support Weekend is back. We’re asking all spectators to join us in giving all our young playersa great way to find their voice, make their own decisions and enjoy their game across all ourmatches this 15-16 March. Keep it positive. Enjoy the game!…
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Seeking a new Chairperson!
This position has now been filled. If you are interested in other roles at the club please email [email protected]. The club is seeking a new Chairperson to start prior to the 2025/26 season. The chair is a critical position in the club, working with the club committee to steer the direction of the club as…
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Calling all parents and guardians of children starting year 1 in September 2024
We’re looking forward to the start of next season in September when we will be welcoming a new group of children into our under 6s teams. If you’re interested in joining and would like to be kept informed when training starts in September please let us know using this form: Under 6 2024/25 expression of…
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Girls show determination to win the Fair Play Award
We’re very proud of our under 10s girls team who battled hard at a competitive tournament in mid-May featuring teams from across the South of the UK. The players did themselves proud and put in some great performances. Their attitude and hard work were rewarded with winning the Fair Play Award for the tournament for…
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Volunteer opportunities for 2024
Do you have some time you can spare for a volunteer position at Long Ashton Junior FC? The club is entirely volunteer run and we rely on people in the community to run the club. We don’t expect these to be lifetime positions and so new volunteers are needed to regularly join the club to…