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Posts Tagged ‘football’

Mixed-gender Hackney football league watched by FA as they lead charge for inclusive sport

By Gabriel Stewart | Friday 13 February 2026 at 08:40
Red Stripe team

The Hackney-based Power League, started by a group of friends, could be paving the way for greater inclusivity in football

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‘We are ourselves’: Hackney football club launches kit to celebrate its standing as Europe’s first openly gay women’s team

By Marion Weaver | Thursday 2 March 2023 at 10:28

Hackney Women’s FC new strip is full of details that pay tribute to its founders and history

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Stonewall FC and Clapton CFC to meet tomorrow in ‘marquee fixture’ celebrating LGBT+ history month

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 11 February 2022 at 12:01

League match between the local rivals will double as tribute to the LGBT+ community and fighting discrimination in football

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‘Today, we have made history’: Players and fans salute Clapton’s community football club after record-breaking FA Cup run

By Tom Davidson | Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 11:18

Women’s team last week became the first seventh-tier side to compete in the third round of the competition

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Whistle to blow on Romance FC’s women’s five-a-side tournament in Shoreditch this Saturday

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 September 2017 at 17:19
Squad up: the 2016 line-up of teams contesting Paying For Kicks. Photograph: Romance FC

The all-female football collective will take on 11 other teams from the South East and France for charity in the 2017 edition of Playing For Kicks

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Iconic West Bromwich Albion themed Haggerston pub The Albion closes

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 June 2017 at 15:11
No more: The Albion pub with it's trademark black-and-white Baggies livery. Photograph: Google Street View

The boozer, which has been called “London’s best football pub”, will make way for a new tavern from the teams behind Remarkable Pubs and local restaurant The Fish House

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Local community football team Hackney Wick FC to turn semi-pro

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 17:00
Wick-ed game: Hackney Wick Fc's first XI. Photograph: Bobby Kasanga

The side are set to merge with Newham-based London Bari FC, but a lack of quality football grounds mean they won’t be playing in Hackney

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Lovin’ it: McDonald’s sponsors new kit for under eights football team

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 January 2017 at 09:48
Amir Atefi with members of the U8s team who received the free McDonald's kit

Fast food giant’s help for grassroots sports praised by Hackney Downs All Stars despite unhealthy nature of Big Mac and fries

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Mayor slammed for ‘bunch of tree-huggers’ jibe in football stadium row

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 15 February 2016 at 13:37

Jules Pipe argues with volunteer who quit Labour over mayor’s remarks

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Titbits – Sporting Hackney FC and Simche Steinberger’s shot at goal

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 February 2016 at 15:33
Hackney Marshes, the current home of Sporting Hackney FC.

An embattled month for local ‘treehuggers’ and ‘Corbyn the clown’

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New football stadium would be game-changer says Sporting Hackney FC

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 January 2016 at 12:30
Sporting Hackney photo credit Patrick Green 460

Club urges council to get ball rolling to help find new grounds

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Arsenal Ladies star dazzles youngsters at ReachOut’s first girls tournament

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 September 2014 at 11:12

Danielle Carter ‘impressed’ by young talent as mentoring charity holds competition on Mabley Green

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Hackney Laces – the tie that binds

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 July 2012 at 14:00

Football club is a winner as it aims to get girls aged 12-17 involved in football and the community

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Sporting Hackney Football Club celebrates 25th anniversary

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 May 2011 at 15:11
Sporting Hackney

Saturday 14 May 2011, Hackney Marshes

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Mixed fortunes for Lea Valley FC teams

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 February 2011 at 22:26
Dean Banks saves a penalty from Weirside Rangers in Cup Quarter final

January proved to be a month of ups and downs for the Swans

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Lea Valley FC turn on the style

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 20 January 2011 at 19:10
Massimo Masella of the Seconds controls the ball before shooting. Photo: Ragi Nor

The lowdown on the club’s performance in last month’s difficult December

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Swans soar high over the Lea Valley

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 1 December 2010 at 15:26

The Citizen charts the trials and tribulations of this tenacious club

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Stoke Newington FC youth teams launched

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 17 November 2010 at 11:12
The Under 7 & Under 8 Stoke Newington Youth FC Teams

Fun, fair play and football fever are the necessary attributes for our players, says club chairman

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Sporting Hackney FC: the season so far

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 7 November 2010 at 17:50
Sporting Hackney

The latest from the first and reserve teams

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Clissold Rangers storm on

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 November 2010 at 09:26

Under 11s team appear unstoppable this season

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