KSGS students Dan Cook & Jonny Bolton on Gary Payton's excellent club

Gary Payton started running Brazilian football in 2003. He started it because it is different to other football and it gives children who wouldn’t normally play for a normal football club a chance to have a go at footy.

Gary hopes that Brazilian football will be an ongoing club. As a group the achievements that have been made have been: it has improved kids ability and has made some people even go to county trials.

Gary does not get many problems but one problem is the venues and lack of facilities. Sometimes it is difficult to find a big enough area to play in with facilities such as parking and toilets. We are lucky at the Grammar School because we have a great area to play in with all the facilities we need including changing rooms.

He enjoys running Brazilian football because it is fun, there is music, there is a little ball, and finally, kids benefit from it. It keeps young people fit.

Gary has some helpers - especially Matt Harris (a professional football coach) and Eddy Winbow and Connor Cannon, two sixth formers here at the grammar school. Gary thinks that the helpers are all a massive part of the success of Brazilian football.

In the future, Gary plans to have more fixtures and teams in national competitions.

In case you’re wondering what the difference between Brazilian football and English football is, it's the technique of the players and their skill, this is because Brazilians practice their ball skills far more and get used to it.

If you want to join Brazilian football here are the details:

Cost

£18 for 6 weeks

Times

Thursday from 6.00 – 6.45pm for key stage one

Thursday from 6.45 – 7.30pm for ages above key stage one, (This may be changing soon.)