New community football team with dream of becoming the next AFC Wimbledon launches in Sheffield during Covid pandemic

Sheffield City FC started through the creation of two under eight teams but has now gone from strength-to-strength.

It now offers a range of playing and coaching opportunities from its various bases across the city.

Chairman Ash Greenwood, aged 31, said: “During the height of the pandemic they were able to produce two under eight football teams.

“We have gone on to grow and develop the club of which has seen our new male adults team be allowed to join the county league division two in the Sheffield and Hallamshire FA.”

Ash said the new club want to make an impact in the whole community.

“As a new and ambitious club, we are representing Sheffield as it is a club for the community made by the community .

Our club offers junior participation opportunities male and female teams and also we are in the process of developing our new LGBTQ team set up, to broaden our opportunities of which we can offer for individuals within Sheffield.”

Ash wants to develop a football team similar to AFC Wimbledon, which started as an amateur team going through the leagues until reaching professional status.

He wants to develop teams which not only produce football players, but also take them away from crime or misdeeds.

“If they’re not going to get anything out of football fair enough,” he said.

“I’m not expecting to produce the next Jamie Vardy, but from my point of view I wasn’t allowed to play football when I was younger.

“I’ve got a medical condition called hypoglycemia. My mother wrapped me up in cotton wool saying ‘you can’t play, you can’t play’.”

This past has inspired Ash to strive to provide this opportunity for others.

He said: “I want to provide kids and other people with something I never had, which was an opportunity to help coach or play football and help people achieve and climb that ladder to wherever they want to be.”

The teams currently train at Forge Valley, in Stannington, from 6-7 pm Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and play their games at Goodwin Sports Centre, near Weston Park Hospital, on Sunday

For further information contact Ash Greenwood on 07788695368.