Featured Book: “How To Feed A Footballer” by The Performance Canteen

This month, we’re shining a light on a brilliant new book from The Performance Canteen, “How to Feed a Footballer.” Fran and Kate share down‑to‑earth, practical advice to help us as parents fuel our young players properly so they have the energy, focus and recovery they need on and off the pitch.

About the Authors

Performance Canteen is the UK’s leading youth sports nutrition consultancy. We support parents, coaches and schools to fuel young athletes with confidence.

Nutrition advice is often overcomplicated and confusing. On top of that, young athletes have very different needs to less active children, meaning generic healthy eating advice simply doesn’t cut it when a child is training regularly.

What we see time and again is that parents, carers and coaches lack clear, practical guidance on what young athletes need, and when they need it. As parents of young athletes ourselves, we experience these challenges first-hand. That’s why we created Performance Canteen: to fill this gap and provide a trusted source of expert nutrition support.

Through practical resources, education and ongoing support, we help the team around young athletes navigate the unique challenges of fuelling highly active kids, so they can perform well, stay healthy, feel good, and remove a few battles in the process.

Here’s what Fran and Kate had to say about their new book 👇

To find out more about The Performance Canteen, head over to the website www.performancecanteen.co.uk and check them out on the socials:
Instagram @performance_canteen

Win a copy of book

All you need to do to enter is:

1. Follow No1Fan.club and The Performance Canteen on instagram
2. Comment with ONE small change you’d like to make to your child’s football nutrition (e.g. ‘more water’, ‘less sweets after games’) post.
3. Tag 1 football parent friend”
Note: Competition closes on 3 April 2026 and the winner will be contacted through the Instagram direct message.

Giveaway Terms and Conditions

1. This giveaway is run by No1Fan.club.
2. The prize is one copy of “How to Feed a Footballer” by The Performance Canteen. There is no cash alternative.
3. To enter, you must:
   • Follow No1Fan.club and The Performance Canteen on Instagram.
   • Comment on the giveaway post with one small change you’d like to make to your child’s football nutrition.
   • Tag at least one football parent in your comment.
4. One entry per person. Multiple comments from the same account will not increase your chances of winning.
5. Entrants must be 18 or over and live in the UK.
6. The giveaway opens when the post is published and closes on [add closing date and time]. Entries received after this time will not be included.
7. One winner will be selected at random from all valid entries and contacted by Instagram Direct Message within 7 days of the closing date.
8. If the winner does not respond within 5 days, we may select another winner.
9. We are not responsible for entries that are lost, late or not received due to technical issues on Instagram.
10. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
11. By entering, you agree to these giveaway rules and allow No1Fan.club to share your Instagram handle in winner announcements.