The Telegraph: FA survey reveals enormous social and economic benefits of grass-roots football

 

Michael Kitson, University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments about the economic impact of amateur football. “Grass-roots football is ingrained in many local communities and, as this important report shows, makes substantial contributions to the economy and to the quality of life of those who play the game,” he said.

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