GARWAY under 12’s football team have scored a grant for new safer goalposts.

The Football Foundation have awarded the team £426 to replace their football goalposts with new, safer ones under the Goalpost Safety Scheme.

Since 1991, nine young footballers have been killed in the UK by unsafe goals and many more have been seriously injured by posts and crossbars that fail to meet basic safety standards.

Teaming up with the Football Association (FA), the Football Foundation has earmarked almost £4million to replace unsafe goals at thousands of schools, clubs and parks across the country.

The Chairman of Garway under 12’s William Paul Davies said: “This funding towards new, safer goalposts is a fantastic boost.

“Football is our national sport and it is great that the Football Foundation is investing in improving the grassroots of the game.”

Funded by the Premier League, The FA, Sport England and the government, the Football Foundation is dedicated to revitalising the grass roots of the game, constructing modern football facilities, developing football as a force for social cohesion and as a vehicle for education in communities.