Q1. Which McDonald’s Community Football day did you attend? Who did you bring with you?
We attended the day in Clydach Vale, South Wales. There were 7 of us altogether, but 3 of our children took part in the activities, with our 2-year-old attempting to, too.
Q2. What was your overall impression of the day?
It was good fun (better than I expected it to be). We were well-looked after by Katie, who made sure the kids were able to take part in the activities and arranged for photos etc. The weather was sunny too which helped a lot (especially after a wash-out summer!) Staff were friendly and enthusiastic and helpful, too, in answering our questions and providing links to FC clubs we could join in our local area.
Q3. Please describe to other Mumsnetters what the day involved.
McDonalds were promoting football in the local community, from experienced players down to beginners. They had some inflatables around the periphery: an inflatable pitch (which was colonised by the younger children as a bouncy castle!); inflatable zorg balls which the kids could fight each other with; a knee skid where they could practise skidding on a plastic strip and a power-shot (which was mainly taken over by the boys from the local professional clubs). The main area of the ground was taken up with local football teams playing matches.
Q4. What did your DCs think of the day? What was their favourite bit?
They loved the day! The inflatables were a hit - they loved the zorg balls, but their favourite was the knee skid and they spent a large part of the day taking run ups to skid on their knees! My DD wasn't interested in football before this as it's "for boys" but is now interested in joining the local football club to have lessons. My 6-year-old is also interested in taking it further and we were able to get a local contact from Colin who was really helpful. They also did a session of ball skills and games with one of the very-enthusiastic coaches (more of this would have been brilliant!)
Q5. What was your DCs favourite goal celebration as part of the #celebratebetter campaign which was present at the event?
My DS held the flag up in the celebrate better campaign, but I think the knee skid was their favourite thing, and the older 3 would have spend the entire day doing this.
Q6. If it came up in conversation, would you recommend friends and/or family to attend a McDonald’s Community Football day if they had had children of a similar age? If so, why? If not, why not?
Yes, definitely. There was a good atmosphere and it has really promoted football with my DCs even though they haven't been that interested in the past (DH isn't into football 
. We now have a contact for our local FC club and will definitely be continuing with it. There were enough fun activities for the age range it was aimed at (5-11) to last for the 2 and a half hours we were there.
I think the day was monopolised by the professional clubs, though. I assume that a big part of the McDonald's campaign would be to get current non-players into the sport and playing in their local communities. My DCs were able to do some games and ball skills with one of the coaches, which was great, and more activities like this would have been better, so that promoting the sport with beginners is as important as having the experienced players playing a tournament against other clubs.
Also, as the day is a family-day out, maybe something for younger members would be good to keep them entertained. As it was, the inflatable pitch became a bouncy castle, so this was solved inadvertently by the younger children themselves. There also wasn't much in the way of refreshments, but we'd brought a picnic anyway.
All in all a good day out and we'll be looking out for the sessions next year. Thanks, Mumsnet, for letting us take part in this 
.