Ministry of Football

Positive Football Learning Environments

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We help families raise confident, skilful children

Children's Football in Finchley, Crouch End, Highgate & Muswell Hill, N3, N6, N8, N10, N12

Our North London Coaching Programme

For details, including a full timetable of sessions, click on one of the links below

Coaching for ages 4-11

We provide weekly, indoor, skill development sessions for children who live locally to our venues. We welcome boys and girls of all abilities and interests. 

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Futsal Club

Our sessions provide children aged 12-16 with intense, game-based learning and enjoyment. We also have pay-to-play sessions for all abilities of adult players.

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4v4 Mini-League

Our single-venue, 4-aside Mini-Leagues have been specially designed to meet the needs of families. They are short duration, low cost, flexible and friendly. 

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The MoF Player Reflection Tool

We have developed a brilliant, free, online tool for young players which helps them reflect on their football learning and provides relevant content to help them grow, learn and progress. Starring Leo Messi, Steph Houghton and many more...

Coach Education
We love to share our knowledge and expertise across the globe

Over the years, we have developed a wealth of knowledge, understanding and skill in many areas, including coaching children, working with families, starting a new business, mentoring young coaches and developing collaborative teams.


The Coach Education of our website has been specially developed over many years to identify and highlight key areas for development of MoF coaches. The resource has been accessed and used  by hundreds of coaches across the world. Click here to view for yourself.

The Coach Education of our website has been specially developed over many years to identify and highlight key areas for development of MoF coaches. The resource has been accessed and used  by hundreds of coaches across the world. Click here to view for yourself.

Parents and families
We believe that family is the key to progress, success and development

We work with families not just children. We know that children's journeys are best supported when they have family that understands what they need. We work hard to form strong relationships with parents and families, and we pride ourselves in continued, positive and two-way communication.


We have developed resources for parents and families to develop movement skills at home, and these are part of a well-used 'For Parents section' of the website, which you can view here.

Why and how
Football play can provide joy and connection, for everyone

We believe in the power of play to develop individual skills, bring people and communities together, and to help make society stronger, more inclusive and more democratic. 


Football games - when they are served right - can provide access to states of great joy. The thrill of scoring a goal makes life more worthwhile. Friendship and connection are strengthened during play, and games can support holistic well-being and development.

Read more about our values here: Enjoyment, Inclusion, Learning and Creativity.

Football games - when they are served right - can provide access to states of great joy. The thrill of scoring a goal makes life more worthwhile. Friendship and connection are strengthened during play, and games can support holistic well-being and development.

Read more about our values here: Enjoyment, Inclusion, Learning and Creativity.

Our story...

Ministry of Football began in September 2007 with two children in a hall in Muswell Hill, London. Since then we have working with over 3000 families, and delivered hundreds of hours of intense, game-based, indoor football and futsal. Just like the children, we have learnt, we have grown, we have imagined new things. We hope some day you'll join us.


Read more about Mark Carter

Mark Carter

Director

The perfect gift for the primary school teacher in your life

From Mark Carter, the director of Ministry of Football... a brilliant book for primary school teachers

A Year of Primary PE: 110 games to support whole child development from September to July

Based on the same principles as Ministry of Football: purposeful, positive, engaging experiences for every child. Packed full of games to develop movement and thinking skills. Click here for more details.   

"This book is a must-have for every primary school. Mark’s passion for PE, grounded in experience, shines through and he offers an alternative approach that focuses on the holistic development of each learner, as well as developing physical skills. Every activity is carefully planned, tried and tested, engaging and purposeful."

- Sarah Watkins, author & teacher

Most-read blog posts

Here are our most-read blog posts. More details on our blog home page.

Cards, Boards and Resources

Including the MoF board-game, challenge cards and World Cup team cards


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Playing Time in Junior Football

Our study of 56 children's typical 'game-day' and how much playtime they actually get


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Cognitive Acceleration

Developing cognitive skills in football, using a successful classroom approach


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A carousel approach

Top tips for using a carousel approach in the delivery of children's football


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Mark Carter

mark@ministry-of-football.com

07772 716 876