To use football as a vehicle to empower and provide opportunities for all young people.

Club History
Nirvana FC began its activities in Leicester in the mid-1980s growing out of the Red Star youth group in the city. The club has always had a strong BME holding but discriminates against no one and welcomes all. However Nirvana had their sites set high from the beggining with a strong purpose not just about participation but with an aim to get Black and Asian players in to professional clubs. A real local community club for the whole city, especially for parents and their children from multi-racial inner city backgrounds. Nirvana is a true local melting pot around the integrative sport of football.

Starting on Victoria Park in south Leicester in the local Mutual League, Nirvana lacked the resources and the facilities demanded by the local football pyramid. In 1989 the club’s senior adult side moved out of Leicestershire football to join the Central Midlands League. But in the early 1990s, frustrated with a lack of access to resources in adult football in Leicester, club members began to think about developing a very different sort of club focusing on youngsters only. In 1994 Leicester Nirvana was born.

As football for children really took off in Leicester in the 1990s so Nirvana grew, a positive haven for inner city kids, and for Leicester children from wider afield. Because of its enthusiasm and care the club recruited some of the most talented young players in the city.

Present Day
Today Leicester Nirvana Football Club nurtures junior talent from under 7’s up to under 18’s. There is now a clear pathway for these young players to develop in to men’s football with the development of Thurnby Nirvana, the clubs senior team.

Leicester Nirvana are a partner club in the Football Investment Strategy for Leicester. This has seen the development of Hamilton Park which for the first time in the clubs history, a perminant base for the clubs junior and youth football.

The club is melting pot of talent and race, and truly represents the communities that it serves. With the opening of the new facility based in Hamilton due to be ready for the start of season 2011/12. This is an exciting time for the club and an opportunity to build new relationships.

We are a chartered standerd development club, the Charter Standard Scheme is best practice guide that sets standards of coaching, administration and child protection for all clubs outside the Football League and Premier League. As a benchmark for quality, it will improve the playing experience for all

Leicester Nirvana Junior FC