Ball Together Now

A date for your 2024 diaries! We are happy to announce that Ball Together Now 2024 will kick off on Friday the 12th of July, continuing through the weekend until Sunday 14th July ✨️ Keep your eyes peeled for more details, but for now please save the date 🗓

With spirit-lifting panel chats, celebratory socials and even some voguing on the parade, #FootballPride achieved its ambitions and more on @ManchesterPride weekend. 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ Read all it about here 👉 footballvhomophobia.com/incredible-foo… Article via @SportsMediaLGBT #LGBTQfootball #FvH2023

.@GordonSMarino’s fantastic photos of @balltogethernow really give a flavour of the weekend’s football. You can see more here >>> gordonmarino.smugmug.com/Football/Ball-…

Great weekend at the @balltogethernow Festival in Manchester, where our Manchester and Sheffield divisions took home the Tournament Fair Play Award in true FFF style for their infectious good vibes. Thanks for having us, same again next year?

What a weekend! The inaugural @balltogethernow festival was an absolute dream! 32 teams, over 400 participants & spectators, including more than 100 people camping on site!

@balltogethernow had it all this weekend.. Storms, Bo Kearns and a gym rave Thanks to Manchester Laces for putting together an amazing weekend. We can't wait to do it all over again next year 🍊🧡

We had the BEST weekend at the @balltogethernow, a trans inclusive festival for women and non-binary people 🏳️‍⚧️⚽️ From 32 teams, Stonewall 1 reached the Semi finals and Stonewall 2 reached the Quarter finals! Great football and even better vibes!

Manchester Laces were delighted to collaborate with @PrideSportsUK to make @balltogethernow happen. We showed that inclusive football spaces are about so much more than what happens on the pitch. Its about coming together with a community and celebrating diversity. Big love ❤️

Huge congratulations to our BTN 2023 winners: Jaggy Thistle! 🏆 Up The Jags 🖤

Big round of applause to @balltogethernow for putting on this weekend's inclusive women's football tourno and keeping us all safe and entertained in the intense weather - doing Manchester PROUD! Same again next year please BTN! 💞⚽🙏

Had a blast at BallTogetherNow this weekend in Manchester. An excellent 2 days of inclusive football 32(!!) teams all playing with the right spirit, complimenting each others' play, helping with injuries. Beautiful ❤️ Looking forward to next year! @FvHtweets @ManchesterLaces

Night 1 has been amazing! Games, music, food, bar, football, sunshine ☀️ See you all tomorrow! Let the games begin! ⚽️

Kick It Out is proud to support all those taking part in Ball Together Now tournament in Manchester this weekend. Good luck to all the teams taking part! Special shoutout to Chrzaszczyki, who have travelled all the way from Poland to attend this tournament. ✈️ @balltogethernow

Watching The Matildas on the bus to @balltogethernow football festival!

This weekend SPRW are heading to MCR for the brilliant @balltogethernow 10 Liverpudlians heading up the M62 in search of glory, wish us luck. Fail we may, sail we must 🧡

This weekend, next up for our Dragons Women's Team is the @balltogethernow Festival in Manchester! ⚽ A weekend full of football, food, fun, friends, making friends and making a difference. A football tournament with thirty two teams entered, this will be epic ! 🏆

BIG NEWS! We’ve signed the one and only Missy-Bo Kearns for our Saturday Panel lineup! Festival goers make sure you get your questions ready 👀 She’ll be joined by @helenfootball and @meeshadj to chat all things womens football!

Foudys will be at Ball Together Now 🤩 They'll have a stall selling Nike merch at some amazing prices and they'll also be selling the special BTN festival merch! They'll be with us all weekend so keep an eye out 👀

Think you have what it takes to be crowned champion of the darts or speed cage? Give them a try on Saturday and Sunday 💥

We're excited to put our football skills to the test with some inflatables this weekend! Football darts lets you test your accuracy - can you bend it like Beckham and hit the balls-eye? 😆 The football speed cage measures the power of your kicks in mph ⚽️💨