Over the past year CP Sport has done a considerable amount of work developing grass roots football. Football days have been held for players from 9 years upwards which have included skills and small sided games. Coaching has been delivered by qualified coaches and efforts have been made to link players into local clubs so they can play more regularly. CP Sport plans to hold regular football days for all ages and all abilities.

The FA manages the England CP Team and delivers their training programme.
Recently the team took part in the European Championships in Ireland and finished in 5th place.

CP Football teams currently operate in various venues in the country.

Yorkshire

• Sheffield: Linked to Sheffield FC, the oldest football club in the world.

London

• Emerson Park School, Dagenham: A club linked to Tottenham Hotspur.
• Woodside School, Belvedere, London: Linked to Charlton Athletic.
  Email barclaylesley@hotmail.com
• Westway Sports Centre, London: Linked to QPR. Email lene.smith@rbkc.gov.uk

Many league football clubs have a pan disability team and hopefully there will soon be enough people with cerebral palsy in the teams to make a separate cp team.
Further details from sue.todd@cpsport.org

In the near future a regional league will be formed so teams for people with cerebral palsy can play each other regularly.

Events:

CP Sport football days:

The full list of dates for the Football Days are in the calendar.

Open Day at Birmingham County FA Disability Centre of Excellence Sunday 6^th July.
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