In a year of historic achievements, The Irish FA Youth Strategy 'Let Them Play' is certainly one of them with record numbers of young people involved in football in Northern Ireland.
One of the major successes of 2016 has been the growth of football in Northern Ireland with record numbers at the Nutty Krust Holiday Camps, McDonalds Small Sided Games Centres and the Mallusk Small Sided Games Festival.
These numbers have come in line with the ten year Let Them Play Youth Strategy. If you wish to know more about the strategy and its aims for the next few years, then click here to get your copy.
You can also take a look back at just some of the work in 2016 by watching the video above...