Celebrating the success of the Return to Play programme across all levels of the game, the new edition also celebrates the INTERSPORT Elverys FAI Summer Soccer Schools initiative.

The late NDSL President Liam Farrell is remembered fondly by editor Eamon Scott alongside articles on many of the FAI Grassroots and Football For All programmes.

Writing the forward to the second edition of FAI Grassroots, President Gerry McAnaney said: “Our new FAI Grassroots magazine is published at a time of great excitement for Irish football across all strands of our game in this, the Centenary year of our Association. The Return to Play is now well underway and it has been wonderful on my visits to clubs around the country to see so many players, young and old, back on the pitch. Our game is the biggest participation sport in Ireland and that is something we should celebrate. We missed football during the pandemic lockdowns so we should enjoy this return to action and shout it from the rooftops.”

The latest edition of FAI Grassroots is available online at FAI.ie and via download below.