2024: FA Accreditation
After five years of playing together and with 3 years affiliated via Brinscall JFC, we took the decision to become accredited as an independent club with the Football Association.
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2024: Award Winners
On 2nd November we attended the South Ribble Sports Awards and we were delighted to be awarded the ‘Team of the Year’ award in recognition of our progress this year. It’s been an...
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2024: FA Social Inclusion League
This year we will be participating in the FA Social Inclusion league, with teams from across the north-west represented.
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2024: Walking Football
Hardly Athletic was initially formed as a kickabout football session for over 40’s. Over the last 6 years we have had more than 100 men involved in playing and more than 60 of those are...
Read more2020: September – Post Lockdown
Following the lockdowns, the Government indicated that sports could return to playing, though under strict conditions. Firstly, all sports teams had to be officially affiliated to the FA and...
Read more2020: The Pandemic Hits – March
When March 2020 arrived, we had been playing every week for just over a year and had an established group of players. Everything was going great and then…everything stopped. It became clear...
Read more2019: Our Origins – New Year, New Beginnings
Our team started life as an initiative to get players who had stopped playing football, back involved in the game. The FA had identified several key points where people stopped playing, one of...
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