{"id":55828,"date":"2024-02-22T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55828"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:14:59","slug":"nominations-open-to-celebrate-beating-heart-of-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/nominations-open-to-celebrate-beating-heart-of-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open to celebrate &#8216;beating heart&#8217; of football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than 100 nominations have been received in under a week for the Grassroots Football awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judging panel will pick winners and highly commended nominees for each category, who will be honoured in a ceremony later this year and be in with a chance of a trip to Wembley for the national awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grassroots Football Awards 2024\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTMjIc5GQL0?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Last year&#8217;s national winners were recognised at Wembley ahead of the Community Shield. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield FA&#8217;s Communications and Marketing Officer, Chris McEwan said: \u201cIt\u2019s everybody\u2019s chance to recognise and celebrate some of the incredible people and organisations who give up their time to make football happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are always trying to aim to get somebody recognised nationally, but I think even just achieving a local award is some achievement and we obviously try to go to massive lengths to make sure that they are celebrated and recognised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 10,000 volunteers are working in the County FA&#8217;s area including coaches, match officials, grounds teams, and more. 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