Football Focus Issue 70 | Page 19

Eastwood Community “The mood is great at the club. Our facility gets 4000 visitors a week at the variety of levels. Our first team is on the brink of promotion, which will be earlier that we expected. “Youth football is very important; we aim to increase participation especially at youth level. We are growing our youth section rapidly and it will form the future of our club. It’s our hope that our U12 of today will be our first team players at the higher level in years to come. “We look to provide our young players with a smooth transition to the senior game through support from our fantastic coaches, clear player pathways and plenty of opportunity for experience. We have had a number of our youth team players representing the club at senior level. “Eastwood Community Football Club is a CIC. Community is core to our club. We engage with the local community not just via football but with the community using our facility for a wide range of activity. “Growth from a one pitch facility will be our biggest challenge. We have had over £900,000 invested in our facility with a 5000 capacity 3G stadia ground. As our youth teams grow we will need to expand our facility to meet demand, we are working hard as a club to manage that challenge.” www.footballfocusmag.com 19