Woodley Saints Handbook for Managers · 2018-11-05 · WOODLEY SAINTS FC HANDBOOK FOR MANAGERS 2...

Woodley Saints Handbook for Managers

and Coaches

Contents

- Club background

- Club recruitment

- Club subscriptions

- FA charter standard

- Codes of conduct

- Roles and responsibilities

- Minimum qualifications

- Signing on players

- Player development/streaming

- Training

- Kit policy

- Sponsorship

- Academies

- Leagues

- Booking pitches

- Referees - Pre-match and match day checklist - Reporting results

- Club complaints procedure

- Club forms - League forms

- Useful websites etc

Cornelius O’Kane Chairman and Club Secretary

WOODLEY SAINTS FC HANDBOOK FOR MANAGERS

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Our History

The Early Years

Back in the early eighties there was a thriving boys club on Friday evenings at the St John Bosco Catholic Church in Woodley. Boys of all faiths were welcome to attend. The club was organised and run the local parish council led by Jim Glenfield. In 1983 they set up a football team and named it Woodley Saints. The team was funded by the profits from the Boys Club tuck shop.

The team played its first competitive matches as Under 11s in the 1984-85 season. Allan Gleave was appointed to manage the team. His playing squad was: Nicholas Blake, Paul Bolger, Paul Bosanko, Wesley Cohen, Anthony Cook, Michael Coulstock, Robert Di Salvo, Paul Dollimore, Stuart Ford, Adam Garrett, Matthew Gleave, Stephen Glenfield, Miech Godderie, Ben Littlewood, Stefan Niedzwiedzki, Martin O’Donovan, Paul O’Mahoney, Neil Miller, Lee Pearce, Paul Phillips and Stuart Tichener.

A club badge was designed around an image of the stained glass window in the St John Bosco Catholic Church. The club ethos was about enjoying playing football, win or lose, being respectful to the opposition and the referee, being part of a team, and fair play. Over the next few years, several teams were formed from Under 9s upwards.

The Formation of Woodley Saints FC

In 1989 it was agreed to establish Woodley Saints Football Club as an entity independent of the Don Bosco’s Boys Club. Jim Glenfield was appointed as Chairman, and Lesley White as Club Secretary.

The first Saints AGM was held at Woodford Park on 26th August 1992. Jim Glenfield stood down in 1993 and was made Life President of the Club in recognition of his massive contribution over the last 10 years. Bob White, a team manager and husband of Club Secretary Lesley, became our new Chairman.

The club expanded rapidly. In 2003 it became affiliated to Berkshire County Sports & Social Club, giving us access to excellent training and playing facilities.

During the 2011 season the club badge was modernised in line with more modern practice:

Over the years Woodley Saints has gained a reputation as a leading light in local football, quick to spot and exploit new opportunities. For example we were one of the first local clubs to support, and adapt to, the concept of small-sided football. The Club now provides football for boys, girls, ladies and men. The size of the club varies from season to season, but we typically have 20-30 teams and 300-350 players.


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We were one of the first clubs to support the FA’s new charter initiative which sets demanding standards for grass-roots football. For example all teams must be managed by FA qualified coaches who have been CRB checked and hold child protection and first aid qualifications. Woodley Saints became one of the first clubs in Berks & Bucks to become an FA Community Status Club, which is the highest attainable level in grass-roots football. So we are now recognised by the FA as providing an exceptional football experience for all ages.

Our club ethos has changed over the years to focus more on the responsibility the Club has to maximize the playing potential of each and every player that joins the club.

In 2010 Woodley Saints were proud to be invited to Adams Park at High Wycombe to be presented with the first ever Berks & Bucks award for FA Community Status Club of the Year.

Bob White stepped down from his Chairman’s role in June 2010 after 27 years at the helm. He has been succeeded by several Woodley Saints team managers, Lee Bennett, Mike Bingham and currently Cornelius O’Kane.

Annual 6-a-side Tournament

Woodley Saints is one of the best known clubs in the Thames Valley because of its reputation for setting the standard for excellent 6-a-side tournaments. We ran our first 6-a-side tournament back in 1988 with just 32 teams. The tournament used 4 pitches and it lasted for just one afternoon but the tournament was such a success that that it immediately became an annual event.

The tournament in 1989 was limited to the 175 players then registered with Woodley Saints. Age groups were doubled up (U7/U8, U9/U10, U11/U12 and U13/U14) and players were split into evenly matched teams. As before it was scheduled for one afternoon. In 1991 we welcomed 184 teams and by 1994 the tournament had grown to accommodate 356 teams playing on 16 pitches. One of the reasons for the rapid take-up was the quick-play nature of the tournament (8-minute games played in 11 minute cycles) and the fact that the playing schedule almost always ran to time.

Applications to enter the tournament were by now coming in from far and wide including Devon, Wales and Suffolk. Consequently the tournament now has to be endorsed by FA Headquarters and it became known as the South of England Championships and Festival.

In 2007 we attracted a record 651 applications from teams from 12 counties, and accepted 427 of them. In 2008 we accepted a record 430 teams from 128 clubs who played 1250 matches over two days. In 2009 we became one of the first local clubs to go electronic for both tournament bookings and payment. Last year we had 370 applications for 325 places and the event itself involved approximately 1,000 games and 56 finals on 15 pitches with 2,500 players and 4,000 spectators.

Naturally all this involves a lot of work and is reliant on the parents of the players helping out in various capacities and, in line with the ethos of the club, the children of parents who don’t volunteer are not eligible to play in the tournament.

Players’ Achievements

Club records for the 1991-2 season show that Nathan Tyson scored 38 goals for our U10s. In the same season Dwayne Patrick scored 60 goals in 31 appearances for Saints U12s and then promptly emigrated to Canada! But even Dwayne was outscored by Luke Tandy who netted a remarkable 67 goals in 30 games for Saints U13s.

Nathan Tyson went on to play for England U20s, scoring twice on his debut against Germany at Reading’s Madejski stadium. Many Saints players saw this match as, by a co-incidence, Saints were presented with their FA Charter Standard on the pitch at half-time. Nathan has had spells with Reading, Wycombe Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Blackpool. He currently plays for Doncaster.


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Source: http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/our-history/

Club recruitment

The club recruits in various ways, principally through:

MINI SAINTS

This is a thriving and fun introductory course organised each Sunday morning by the Club Development Officer and his crew. It is aimed at 4 – 6 year-olds but takes on board ‘newbies’ up to 8 years of age.

This season to give them a distinct identity within the club in line with our family fun ethos a new amended badge was introduced for use on training materials:

Full details can be obtained from the club website (http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/mini-saints/).

The club also benefits from strong associations with local schools and online recruitment through the club website and we are proud to rely largely on word of mouth recommendations, based on our high reputation and strong positioning within the wider local community as a family friendly club.

Club subscriptions

Our club subscriptions, set from time to time at levels to reflect age groups/formats and to cover our costs, are too high – we openly acknowledge this and work ceaselessly to keep them down, while at the same spending to provide high standard training and equipment for our players. Subscriptions currently have been held the same for 4 years.

At the same time we acknowledge that we could do more to attract sponsorship but find this area challenging as unpaid volunteers focused on getting children playing football, Because of this we expect teams to become self-sufficient after the early years and in particular urge teams to collect all kit back in for handing on when they are fortunate enough to obtain a new set.

We also recognise that families are sometimes financially challenged and operate an informal ‘hardship fund’ through the club treasurer and two other executive members.

FA Charter Standard

As mentioned above, the club was an early adopter of the FA initiative to improve coaching standard and player welfare, becoming one of the earliest clubs in the Thames Valley region and indeed in the whole country to qualify as a Charter Standard Community Club. This bore fruit subsequently when the club’s status was used as an umbrella structure to bring the putative ladies football joint venture, Woodley United FC, into existence.

http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/our-history/

http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/mini-saints/


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FA charter standard status sets many criteria that clubs must adhere to (full details on club website) but, for the purpose of this document, the main elements are:

• All youth teams require as a minimum an FAL1 coach with a valid FA First Aid, FA Safeguarding Workshop certificate and accepted Enhanced DBS check

• All FA Charter Standard Development & Community Clubs require one L2 Coach and one coach who has attended the Youth Award Module 1

• All FA Charter Standard Community Clubs require one coach who has attended the Youth Award Modules 1 & 2

• All FA Charter Standard clubs must conform to the Respect agenda (of which more later)

Codes of conduct

• Everyone connected or associated with FA Charter Standard clubs must adhere to the 5 codes of conduct:

▪ Young players

▪ Adult Players

▪ Spectators and Parents/carers/Carers

▪ Coaches, Team Managers and Club Officials

▪ Match Officials

The club fully endorses these codes and more and fully expects managers to make their players and supporters at least conversant with them and enforce them on match days. If this creates difficulties, the problem should be brought to the attention of the executive committee.

Roles and responsibilities

Each manager and/or coach is responsible to the club’s executive committee and will report to the club chairman or other person as designated from time to time.

They will be responsible for a youth team from Under 7 upwards.

Their role is to provide football for children from the age of 5 upward to, in theory, adult. The development of players at the different age groups is crucial to keep them enjoying football, developing their skills and maintaining their passion for the game in an environment that is challenging, exciting and enjoyable.

Training and playing should allow our children to have fun, to be an enjoyable introduction to football in an environment that allows them lots of touches, shots, dribbles and ultimately more involvement and enjoyment in the game.


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The managers of an age group need to work together to provide for the benefit and the development of all of the children in the squad, to enable our players to have fun, make new friends and learn the game.

The sort of tasks involved in this will include:

Weekly:

• Organisation of coaching/training at least once per week

• Team selection

• Logistics, including liaising with the pitches coordinator

• Team kit and equipment

• Reporting results to the club/league after matches

Monthly:

• Squad development reviews with age group coaches

• Team accounts, including collecting annual subs and chasing up late payers

• Team page on club website (in conjunction with the club webmaster)

• Recruitment, including signing sufficient players to fulfil fixtures and prepare for bigger formats

Annually:

• Organise additional trophies/votes for end of season presentation

• Present awards and overview of season on presentation day

• Organise the yearly Fundraising Penalty Shootout Competition for your team trophies

• Organise parental support for our annual tournament

• Collect all kit at the end of each season

New mangers (or more likely pre-managers) often ask how much time will it take each week to run a team but there is no easy answer. It all depends on how much time a manager wants to put in but a rough rule-of-thumb is something between 5 and 6 hours per week to include travel and training (2 hours), matches (2 hours) and admin (1 hour).

The club will assist and pay for all reasonable training, match and equipment costs. If a manager requests something out of the ordinary, he/she may be asked to put in writing a small business case to justify the expenditure but that should not inhibit them from asking.

Minimum qualifications


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The minimum requirements for a Woodley Saints coach (in normal sequence of achievement and order of importance) are:

1. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check – formerly known as CRB check 2. Safeguarding Children certificate 3. FA approved/Ofqual accredited Emergency First Aid 4. Football Association Level 1 (FAL1) coaching badge

All four of the above are normally packaged up together but the problem is that courses are scarce and hard to find, so the club normally tries to fast track the first three as an interim measure. You will appreciate that these three are child protection measures whereas the FAL1 is a skill-based course. You shouldn’t, however, take it personally being asked to do these – we all have to do them, as we’re all trying to protect all the children in our care, including yours. The drawback with the difficulty of finding courses is that new managers without a coaching badge often end up having to be “baby-sat” during training and matches. This, however, normally only becomes a real headache for away games as there are normally plenty of qualified coaches at our home ground and has not to date proved impossible to cover.

Signing on players Because of the club’s commitment to inclusive policies, signing on players is more of a technical procedure than a vetting exercise. In youth or amateur football all players are ‘free agents’ at the end of each season and therefore have to be signed up again for both the club and league. Each league is slightly different but the club takes a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to keep things simple. Teams normally sign up all or most of their players pre-season e.g. at the Annual Tournament or Trophy Presentation. The steps for one or a full squad are still the same and are:

1. Have the parent/carer (or player if appropriate) sign the club consent form (Appendix 1)

2. Collect the appropriate portion of the annual subscription currently in force

3. Complete a Woodley Saints squad contact form for all the players (or one if appropriate) (App.2)

4. Complete a league player registration form(s) for each player and have it signed by the parent/carer, to be accompanied by an appropriate passport photo(s). (App.3)

5. Take all the above to the club secretary or chairman for signing off. He/she will advise you what to do next.

This procedure must be followed each time you sign a new player but generally speaking there will be a £5 late registration charge after the season starts. There are limits to the number of players you can register for each age group/format – again the club secretary or chairman will advise you about this.

Player development/streaming

From its earliest days, Woodley Saints has positioned itself as a club for the local community, catering for players of all abilities from U5s upwards, and a flag bearer for the RESPECT agenda. In line with FA policy, players move through the various formats every two years – 5 v 5, 7 v 7, 9 v 9 and finally 11 v 11. During that time the club is committed to moving players to the correct level for their ability (i.e. streaming). The club will also encourage players to experience playing in different positions (i.e. positioning). However, the club regards the wellbeing of each child as being paramount and recognises that players and parents/carers quickly develop bonds. Recognising this, the club will not compel any player to move from one squad to another unless they and their parents/carers are fully in agreement.


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This approach is fraught with difficulties as there is of course the other side of the coin whereby players and, more likely, parents/carers will naturally assume that their child is much more gifted than perhaps is the reality. This means a large part of your role will involve managing the expectations of your players and parents/carers.

One critical aspect of all our activities is that all our players are members and pay the same club subscriptions. This means, inter alia, that all are entitled to equal play time during games and managers should be aiming to run full, not short, squads to enable a smooth transition to the increasingly bigger formats. Common sense and experience tell us that failure to manage both these basic procedures always ends in tears when parents vote with their feet and teams eventually fold due to lack of players.

Training

As many as possible of our teams do their Winter training on the astroturf at BCS but there is increasing pressure from the hockey section within the club who have priority, so increasingly our teams have had to find alternatives on the adjacent RHC astroturf or in local schools. As far as possible the younger age groups are grouped together in the early slots and as many manager requests as possible are accommodated.

However, common sense would dictate that it is not possible to accommodate all requests from managers and a time escalation format will normally be put in place each year to coincide with rising ages. Where teams cannot be accommodated, they must apply to the executive committee for consideration of other venues. Agreement to such variations will be dictated by two criterion:

• our commitment to using BCS facilities where possible to maintain our preferential status;

• an approximation to an equivalent cost basis.

Summer training is largely carried out on the grass at BCS on a grace and favour basis and is based on the usual Woodley Saints good behaviour and strict cooperation with other activities being carried out side-by-side. Some teams opt to use local parks e.g. Woodford and Sandford, and the club has no objection to this.

Good practice

As with all things to do with young people, most good practice is based on common sense.

Poor practice

Some aspects of training young children can inadvertently lead to poor practice, resulting in exposing them to danger of injury and possible invalidation of the club’s public liability insurance cover. Chief among these is where coaches take an active as opposed to a passive role during training matches, even if his/her child is involved.

“An adult coach joins in the under nines five-a-side game – Yellow card, poor practice. There is a real risk of injury to a young child and is entirely inappropriate”. (Extract from the FA Safeguarding Children training manual (p. 53, item 55).

Kit Policy

Unless they have managed to secure sponsorship and funds permitting (normally from MiniSaints activities) kits will be purchased for new U7 squads. To enable streaming if applicable, the kit tops will be numbered by squad rather than by team. Thereafter each squad/team will be expected to be self-funding either through sponsorship or parental activities. Kits are normally estimated to last for at least two seasons. Additional equipment such as training tops are matters for individual teams/squads.


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If teams/squads are unable to raise funding for upfront purchase, the club will make a loan to them on the basis that the monies are collected from the parents on a weekly/monthly basis.

The clubs enjoys a 15% discount from 3Q Sports (who hold approved club artwork) but there are no preferred suppliers or indeed kit manufacturers. However, each new kit must be approved by the committee to ensure there are no extreme style variations. The purchase of all main kits (shirt, shorts and socks) must be approved before ordering even if bought by sponsors, and all orders to 3Q must be made through the club treasurer to avoid confusion in the ordering process.

Because of the high cost of kits and the need sometimes to hand on kits, especially as interim measures for teams trying to organise new ones, managers are reminded that all kits belong to the club, irrespective of their funding source, and should be collected in when the new sets arrive. The club chairman normally facilitates this exchange programme.

Sponsorship

Each manager/team/squad is expected to use their best efforts to obtain sponsorship for their team/squad in the first instance and the wider club in general. To that end managers should discuss with the parents/carers of their players any special skills/contacts they might have in this respect.

Academies

The club is neutral about the academies of professional clubs and neither encourages or discourages their interest in club players largely because it believes that in the modern game, more able players will already have been scouted before they settle in at clubs like Woodley Saints. In addition, a few clubs like Reading FC and Wycombe FC already provide outreach training sessions (at a cost) in the community. Our view in general is that, while we would never stand in the way of our youngsters achieving their footballing dream, the success rate nationally is so poor (c.f. the national team) and it is increasingly recognised by the Football Association that the knock-on effect on adult football with staggeringly high dropout rates from 16-21 is of national concern.

If your child has been invited to join an academy normally this is viewed in a positive light by the parents (sometimes frighteningly so, hence the ‘Beckham Syndrome’), the player and the scout. However there are many hidden aspects, which may only become apparent after a period at the academy. Whatever you decide this is probably one of the single most important decisions that parents will make about their child’s future.

Because of all this, we would suggest that if asked managers should encourage parents/carers to consider the following questions:

• Do you believe that even at this very early stage of your child’s development he has an outstanding talent for the game and that you wish him to have the opportunity to become a professional footballer?

• Is your child a significantly better player than their peer group and does he/she consistently perform at a higher level than them?

• Does your team manager/coach share your opinion?

• Are you clear about the weekly time and travel commitments that are required for academy players?

• Are you prepared to remove your child from Woodley Saints and the friends he/she currently plays with?

• Are you satisfied that your child’s main sporting activity will be football and not for example rugby, cricket, tennis, swimming, rowing or golf?

• Are you prepared to accept the consequences for your child’s future education?

Perhaps most importantly of all:

• Are you sure it’s your child’s dream, not your own?


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Some of these points of course refer to proposed moves to other, much lower than academy, clubs…

Leagues

The club does not have preferred leagues, despite the preponderance of its Saturday teams being in the East Berks Football Alliance (‘EBFA’). This is to expose our youngsters to a higher standard of football, better ground facilities and the experience of playing games home and away, which of course also applies to our Sunday teams currently playing in the North East Hants Youth League (‘NEHL’). Other local fixed-venue leagues which are practical to play in are:

• Berks Youth Development League (Sat)

• Reading & West Berks League (Sun)

If any manager is interested in playing in either of these leagues, they should discuss their ideas with the committee beforehand.

Booking pitches

Because of conflicts in the past, at present pitches are allocated centrally by the Fixtures Secretary and no team is entitled to a set pitch or kick-off time. Managers may request these on a weekly basis and every effort will be made to accommodate such requests but until confirmed they remain just that, requests. With over20 teams to accommodate, do not assume the Fixtures Secretary will remember all the quirks and foibles, especially as games are normally alternated weekly home and away. The onus is on managers to make special requests weekly to the Fixtures Secretary.

The grounds at BCS are generally set out to accommodate the various formats insisted upon by the FA and teams will therefore be allocated as follows:

• U07/U08 – pitches 3 (and 2 if required)

• U09/U10 – pitches 4 and 8

• U11/U12 – pitches 9 and 10

• U13/U14 – pitches 5, 6 and (where available and applicable)

• U15/U16 – pitches 5 and 6 (and 1 where available on rotation)

• U18/U21 - pitches 5 and 6 (and 1 where available on rotation)

Managers are able to switch kick-off times if playing on the same pitch on an informal basis without needing to involve the Fixtures Secretary. Equally managers may switch with other managers from one pitch to another on an informal basis so long as the kick-off and finish times are not altered – any other changes must be approved by the Fixtures Secretary in advance.

Any manager not adhering to these protocols will be asked to appear before the executive committee to explain why they have risked major disruption to the programme schedule -only the Fixtures Secretary will know all the details, especially any last-minute changes.

Referees

The club currently operates a system whereby a select group of referees are allocated centrally to games if required. This has been a problem area for years as most managers don’t seem to realise how difficult it is to recruit and retain reliable officials, to balance them by age, experience and format as well as juggling home and away fixtures.


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To make the system work, the following criterion must be adhered to:

• managers must accept that referees are a pooled resource and cannot be ‘retained’ by any team;

• referees must not contact referees direct as this can disrupt what are often very ‘live’ situations;

• managers/referees must justify to the committee any refusal to accept any particular appointment.

Pre-match and match-day checklist

See Appendix 4.

Reporting results

Because of the ever increasing size and complexity of the leagues we play in, attending to administration requirements, especially relating to reporting results, is ever more critical. Woodley Saints is committed to supporting this process and expects every manager to play his/her part. Any failures to do this can incur league fines and managers will be expected to pay these out of personal resources.

The leagues and club normally provide pre-season training and documentation sufficient to get managers up-to-speed with any requirements and/or changes from the previous season. Should any manager still be unsure about what needs to be done, they should consult with the club secretary immediately.

Club complaints procedure

Woodley Saints FC takes all complaints very seriously and will investigate each reported incident as appropriate. In the event that any member feels that he or she has suffered discrimination or other injustice in any way or that the Club Policies, Rules or Code of Conduct have been broken should follow the procedures below.

1. The complainant should report the matter to the club secretary or the child welfare officer or other committee member as appropriate.

2. The report should include:

i. Details of what, when, and where the occurrence took place. ii. Any witness statement and names.

iii. Names of any others who have been treated in a similar way.

iv. Details of any former complaints made about the incident, date, when and to whom made.

v. A preference for a solution to the incident.

3. The complaint shall be reviewed by the most appropriate members of the committee and all parties shall be given a fair hearing. If required, the committee shall protect the anonymity of any involved party.

3. The Club’s Management Committee will sit for any hearings that are requested. This may include invited members of the respective league or county FA, should the matter necessitate.

4. The Club’s Management Committee will have the power to:

i. warn as to future conduct;


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ii. suspend from membership;

iii. remove from membership any person found to have broken the Club’s Policies or Codes of Conduct.

5. The Club’s Management Committee decision shall be final and no appeals process will be implemented.

Club forms

The main club forms that a manager will need can be found on the club website at:

http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/managers-admin/

Any other situation not covered here should be referred to the club secretary.

League forms

Links to the main forms required for the leagues we operate in can be found on the club website at the same link:


Any other situation not covered here should be referred to the club secretary.

Club website

To maintain consistency of quality, all requests for additions or amendments must be approved by the executive committee and carried out by the webmaster. All applications should be addressed to the club secretary in the first place.

Useful websites & contacts

http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/

The club’s website and source of much information

http://www.eastberksfa.com/u08_contacts.htm

The main East Berks Football Alliance (‘EBFA’) administration site where you can find all the information you will need to run a team in this league, including the contact details for your section/division.

http://tinyurl.com/q5r9ls6

The FA Full-time (‘FAFT’) website for the East Berks Football Alliance where you find all your fixtures and results etc and where you enter up your weekly reports (login/password required and supplied when you first register a team).

http://www.bydfl.co.uk/

The main Berks Youth Development League (‘BYDL’) administration site where you can find all the information you will need to run a team in this league, including the contact details for your section/division. Largely still under construction.

http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=2644427



http://www.woodleysaints.com/football/

http://www.eastberksfa.com/u08_contacts.htm

http://tinyurl.com/q5r9ls6

http://www.bydfl.co.uk/

http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=2644427


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The FA Full-time (‘FAFT’) website for the Berks Youth Development League where you find all your fixtures and results etc and where it is planned you will enter up your weekly reports (login/password required and supplied when you first register a team).

http://www.nehyl.org.uk/

The main North East Hants (‘NEHL’) administration site where you can find all the information you will need to run a team in this league, including the contact details for your section/division.

http://www.nehyl.org.uk/page13.html

The FA Full-time (‘FAFT’) website for the North East Hants League where you find all your fixtures and results etc and where it is planned you will enter up your weekly reports (login/password required and supplied when you first register a team).

http://www.rwbl.org/

The main Reading and West Berks League (‘RWBL’) administration site where you can find all the information you will need to run a team in this league, including the contact details for your section/division. This is a relatively new replacement league for the South Chiltern Minor League which is being phased out. The website is largely still under construction.

http://tinyurl.com/oqv5zwz

The FA Full-time (‘FAFT’) website for the Reading and West Berks League where you find all your fixtures (and results etc where applicable).

http://www.berks-bucksfa.com/

The main administration site for our sanctioning county football association (Berks & Bucks CFA – ‘BBFA’) where you can find information about other teams/clubs and training courses. Some of the information held is restricted so, if you can’t find something, check with the club secretary in the first instance.

http://www.thefa.com/

The website for the Football Association, source of a lot of information about the Respect agenda etc and international match tickets.

http://www.nehyl.org.uk/


http://www.rwbl.org/

http://tinyurl.com/oqv5zwz

http://www.berks-bucksfa.com/

http://www.thefa.com/


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APPENDICES

The following pages contain illustrative images or excerpts of the various appendices mentioned in the handbook – they are not to scale and therefore not intended to be used. The originals can be found either on the club or league websites as indicated below the titles. If in doubt, consult with the club secretary:

Appendix 1 – Woodley Saints Parental Declaration (consent form)


Appendix 2 – Woodley Saints squad contact spreadsheet

Available from the club secretary at the beginning of each season

Appendix 3 – East Berks Football Alliance player registration form

http://www.eastberksfa.com/forms.htm

North East Hants League player registration form

North East Hants League registered player list


Appendix 4 - Pre-match, match-day and post-match checklist (similar ones exist for other leagues but this is the most comprehensive).







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Woodley Saints Football Club – Parent/Carer Consent Form

For each registered player under 18, the Berks & Bucks FA requires a parent or guardian to provide the information below and to sign the declaration. Please return the completed form to your child’s team manager.

Player’s name: Date of Birth:

Parent/Carer’s name: Doctor’s Telephone:

Home Telephone: Contact Mobile:

House No./Name: Postcode:

School:

Please provide details of any medication, ailments, allergies or other information that we need to be aware

of in case of an emergency. Also please make us aware of any changes. You are not obliged to provide

details but it may help your child in an emergency. Only your manager will be privy to this form and the

information will not be shared with anyone other than the emergency services.

Note that the club carries Public Liability and (limited) Personal Accident insurances on behalf of all the players, managers and other club officials. If you want to increase the PA cover, this is a private matter and details of suitable policies are available for example from local schools. Declaration:

• I agree to my child taking part in matches, training and other activities organised by Woodley Saints FC.

• I agree to my child receiving medication as instructed, and any emergency dental, medical or surgical treatment, including anaesthetic or blood transfusion, as considered necessary by the medical authorities present.

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• I have read and understood the above notes, and the information I have given is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge.

• I confirm that the Manager/Coach of my child’s squad has delivered the “FA Respect” message and that we understand the FA guidelines.

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• I confirm that we have read and understand the Clubs Code of Conduct (available on Woodley Saints.com).

• I understand and agree that I will be obliged to help out with various duties as designated on the day(s) of the clubs annual tournament.

Signed: Dated: ____/____/____


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