🌈Knowsley St Helens Girls🌈

Good morning, National Champs!🏆 @SchoolsFootball

Our last game of the season doesn’t come bigger than this. A point sees @fcsthelenswomen crowned league champions while a win for the girls puts them in pole position to finish 2nd.📈 Oh & it’s a St.Helens/Wigan derby as well! 💥 It’s what Sundays were made for. #WeAreAshton

Congratulations to our Lasallians representing the district side and making the national final once again. PROUD 👏

@pilksliliesu10s @Teamgrassroots_ @GRFootball_UK @Pilkingtonfc @PilksFCWomen @PilksFCjuniors @PilksLilies @Liverpool_CFA

"Mom, I'm on a team... and I'm having so much fun." I've watched this clip more times than I can count and every single time, it brings a smile to my face. Not because of the kit, or the pitch, or the millions of views, because of the way he said it, like that sentence had been building for a long time and finally had somewhere to go. He found his team and he wanted his mum to know. I've been a football coach for over 12 years. I've watched children fall in love with this game and sometimes watched them quietly walk away from it. In all that time, I've never heard a child arrive asking about development pathways or progression models. They come because they want to play. They stay because someone made them feel welcome. That boy in the orange kit, running across the pitch with his glasses on, full of something that looked like disbelief and joy at the same time and he wasn't performing for the camera. He was just living a moment he'd maybe wondered if he'd ever get and someone gave it to him. Fun at this age isn't a distraction from development. It's the whole point, it's how children build a relationship with sport that lasts a lifetime. Grassroots football carries a responsibility that doesn't get spoken about honestly enough. It's about whether a child walks away from their first experience of sport feeling capable and wanted or feeling like they didn't quite measure up. That clip already knows which one it chose. The question is whether we do too. (Video credit unknown, if you know the original owner, please tag them in the comments so we can give them the recognition they deserve.)

📢PE teachers - make a fuss of these superstars tomorrow!👇 History makers walk among you! They’ve made it to their 3rd @SchoolsFootball National Final on the bounce after their stunning semi-final win 🆚 @SwanseaSFA. Can they make it 🏆🏆🏆 in a row? @DLSPEDept @RainfordPE

Lily Parr + Lizzy Ashcroft - Gemma from @sthelenscouncil @LindaMussell ⚽️Inspiring Sports Women of St Helens⚽️ @footballandwar @sthelenstownfc @justaballgame 💚⚽️facebook.com/share/v/1AJ6CG…⚽️💚

Gutted I missed them, but heard was amazing xxx well done to all the girls again xxx

336 miles & 3 goals later… These superstars are in their 3rd @SchoolsFootball National Final in a row. Stunning team performance 🆚 @SwanseaSFA u14s with a hat-trick from our no.10. Sets up an old school Lancs/Yorks final 🆚 @Leeds_Schools.🌹💪 #WeAreKSH 🖤🤍 #historymakers

🏉 Try of the Season Award Beri Salihi's fantastic finish at home against Huddersfield has been chosen by our supporters as Saints Women's best score this year! Well done, Beri! 😊 #COYS

#GIRLS | 2025/26 U14 Representative Squad confirmed ✍️🔵🟡 Huge congratulations to all players selected to represent their county this season 👏🫡 #WeAreMerseyside | #RepSquad | 🔵🟡

#GIRLS | 2025/26 U16 Representative Squad confirmed ✍️🔵🟡 Huge congratulations to all players selected to represent their county this season 👏🫡 #WeAreMerseyside | #RepSquad | 🔵🟡

#GIRLS | our 16’s Girls host Greater Manchester this Sunday in the Northern Counties League🫡 #WeAreMerseyside | #League | 🔵🟡

#GIRLS | our 14’s Girls host Durham this Saturday in the National Cup🫡🏆 #WeAreMerseyside | #NationalCup | 🔵🟡

Honours even in a pulsating 3-3 draw 🆚 @Leeds_Schools u13s last night @ruskinsthelens. Lead swapped between the teams during the game before Leeds equalised just before the end. Result means an unbeaten start to the @SchoolsFootball Champions Cup group stage! #WeAreKSH 🖤🤍

Congratulations to former England Schoolgirl, Alessia Russo, on finishing third in the 2025 Women’s Ballon d’Or 🏆👏

💥ESFA National Schools’ Cup Competitions 2024/25💥 What. A. Season. ⚽🔥 7,861 teams competing nationwide 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2,791 girls’ teams making history 🙋‍♀️ Over 125,500 players giving their all 👊 6,444 games full of drama 🎬 43,757 goals scored 🎯 39 competitions creating unforgettable moments 🏆 Not long until the new season kicks off… 👀 💌 Register your school for 2025/26 (subject to availability): competitions@schoolsfa.com 🔴🔵⚪

It’s where @SchoolsFootball National Champions are made… #forgedinsthelens

Yes Jess! 💪🐝 Class is permanent! 🤩 #backtoback 🏆🏆

📢 You up for the challenge of Tier 6 in the @NWwomen_league? We’re looking for a first team coach to strengthen our team. Ideally you have UEFA C/Level 2 but coaching ability & developing players is more important to us than badges. DM or message.👇 #belonging @TalkingWoSo