Gloucestershire FA RECEIVED 84 NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 GRASSROOTS AWARDS 

Nominations for The FA and McDonald’s Grassroots Football Awards drew to a close on the 19 July 2020.

This year 84 nominations were submitted to Gloucestershire FA across the 10 categories.

The categories are as follows:

• Grassroots Coach of the Year (Adult Team);

• Grassroots Coach of the Year (Youth Team);  

• Project of the Year;

• Rising Star of the Year; 

• Grassroots Volunteer of the Year;

• Grassroots Match Official of the Year; 

• Grassroots League of the Year;

• Grassroots Club of the Year;

• Grounds Team of the Year;

• We Only Do Positive Respect Award

County FAs across the country received 4,761 nominations in total, which is a record number and represents a 14% increase from the total in 2019. 

The Awards ceremony will take a different format this year. Gloucestershire FA will be announcing the winners of each category from the 10 August with 2 category winners announced each evening.

Matthew Boucher, Football Development Manager said: “For over 10 years, the awards have recognised and celebrated leagues, clubs, coaches, players, match officials and volunteers that go over and above when it comes to football in their local community.”

Additionally, our winners will have now gone through the process to be considered for both a national version of their award and the prestigious Bobby Moore award. Winners of these awards will be announced in due course.

Be sure to keep an eye out over our social media channels next week and find out the winners of the 2020 Grassroots Awards.

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