Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) graduate Micah Richards got a SOCATOTS education when the Manchester City and England footballer met Elizabeth Clifford, daughter of BSS and SOCATOTS founder Simon Clifford.

Micah was in attendance as sixth-form teams from around the United Kingdom took part in the Futebol de Salao Carnegie Cup at Leeds Metropolitan University. After watching the final, Micah was introduced to the youngest member of the Clifford family, six-month old Elizabeth who has begun SOCATOTS.

SOCATOTS are delighted to announce that a new centre has opened in Tonbridge, which will begin sessions from April 2008.

The centre, one of a number of new SOCATOTS operations to open in recent weeks, will be coordinated by Sean Holman and will see youngsters from the area have the opportunity to attend sessions throughout the year.

SOCATOTS was founded by Simon Clifford, who also introduced the Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) which is now the largest football coaching organisation in the world, in 2002 and there are now over eighty centres around the world. The overseas SOCATOTS franchises include Singapore, Holland and Japan, while most areas of the UK now have at least one operating franchise in their region.

A new SOCATOTS centre has opened in Harrogate North and Knaresborough, headed up by Bridget and David Spence.

SOCATOTS was founded in 2002 by Simon Clifford as a pre-school football activity scheme designed to improve each child's motor skills, colour recognition and other core aspects of child development. Six years earlier, Clifford founded Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) as a means of improving the standard of football in England, and the organisation's  success has seen BSS centres open in Australia, Hong Kong and Nigeria.