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"I would describe Kelston as my biggest achievement to date. To have founded and run the project has had a huge impact on me over the last 5 years, the success stories for the young people involved and the young coaches have made me incredibly proud" - Joe Ryan (founder of Kelston RD Football) As July comes to close, I thought I'd give people an insight into two projects that I will be involved in for August that I'm excited about for different reasons. The first project is Kelston Road Football which I will be coaching at for a 5th year running. This initiative may sound familiar to quite a few of you as I produced a different piece on the initiative last year ( http://chippsport.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/intiative-like-no-other.html ) so if you'd like some details on what the initiative is then you can see in between the brackets.  This year is quite a special one to be part of the initiative. Firstly due to the fact that the initiative is...

This is a complicated fiasco. A story filled with rumours, accusations, law and a apparent "watertight" contract. It's a story that has left Bristol Rovers in the midst of a make or break decision that could spell severe financial trouble for the club. On 13th July, Sainsbury's had won a High Court clash with Bristol Rovers over a £30m contract. A court case that has dragged for a long time much to the rising anxiety levels of Bristol Rovers associates and fans. Had the contract been honoured then it would've seen Sainsbury's purchase the Memorial Stadium in order for them to potentially re-develop the site to create a brand new store. This in turn would've given Bristol Rovers to financial availability to build a new 21,700 seated stadium in partnership with the UWE Stadium. Now, I'm a Bristol Rovers fan. It's my boyhood club from a young age. My dream was to play for them from a young age. None of these big clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester...