Looking back on a busy year with Luke Chadwick

In this week’s blog I’m going to have a look back and reflect on what an incredible year we have had at the Football Fun Factory, celebrate the hard work and endeavour of so many people, and as thank you to all of you who have supported us on our journey so far.   It […]

It’s all about the journey – By Luke Chadwick

I don’t know about you but sometimes I can get so fixated about reaching an accomplishment or goal and forget to enjoy the journey I’m on to get there, when in reality the journey is the best bit! And when I actually reach the destination it’s a little anticlimactic and I feel it takes the […]

Playing at Wembley! – A story by Luke Chadwick

As a child it was my ultimate ambition to play at Wembley Stadium, I was encapsulated by the place! I would wait all year for FA Cup Final day where the game would be broadcast live on the TV, one of the few games that would be shown live back then and I would watch […]

Life skills before football skills – By Luke Chadwick

Kilmarnock and Stewarton

Football is without a doubt an incredible game, for many of us it encapsulates us at a young age and we develop a lifelong love for it, as a child I started playing the game for one reason and that was because I enjoyed it. There was no thought of becoming a professional player, it […]

The Journey so far – By Luke Chadwick

The journey of the Football Fun Factory has been quite a remarkable one to date, and despite all that has so far happened we are still really in our infancy. It’s hard to believe that it’s over 6 years ago now that James launched the programmes in Red Lodge, a small village in Suffolk, to […]