Sheffield & District Junior Sunday Football League

New Managers Meeting

• About the League

• Life as a Club Secretary

• Life as a Team Manager

• Where to go for help

• Q&A

Agenda

This presentation will only briefly touch on the working practices, rules and regulations of the

League

This presentation is not a substitute for reading the handbook and managers guide.

You will still need to read

For more information and updated news during the season keep visiting the League website and

subscribe to the League newsletter.

The League is NOT the FA

The league is.... the MEMBER CLUBS

Role of the League

• Issuing of league fixtures

• Registration of players

• Updating the League website

• Dealing with League application forms

• Enforce League rules (as set by member clubs)

• Enforce the Standard Code of Rules (as set by the FA)

Role of the CFA• Player Suspensions

• Club Suspensions

• Referee performances

• Child Welfare

• Football Debt Recovery scheme

• Enforce the Rules of the Association

• Charter Standard

• Updating the County FA website

• County FA affiliation forms

• Deal with any “poaching” issues

• Liaise with the League and National FA over footballing matters

The League is in a partnership deal with

We are:

An FA Respect League

We are:

Recent League Honours:

National FA Respect League Silver Award 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2014/15

Bronze Award 2013/2014

National FA - Highly Commended League of The Year 2014

North East & Yorkshire Region FA Charter Standard League of the Year

2011/2012 and 2013/2014

SHCFA FA Charter Standard League of the Year 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2013/2014 & 2014/15

Number of Players Registered at the end of the season

Season Registered

2005/2006 Season 10,2742006/2007 Season 9,8952007/2008 Season 9,7542008/2009 Season 10,1572009/2010 Season 10,1982010/2011 Season 10,2962011/2012 Season 11,0232012/2013 Season 11,1272013/2014 Season 11,3562014/2015 Season 12,111

Number of teamsNo. Of Teams 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16

U7 58 60 64 76 85 95 84

U8 98 98 110 102 122 120 135

U9 100 114 114 120 116 121 116

U10 136 112 138 122 128 125 136

U11 73 76 76 102 90 105 101

U12 70 76 84 75 102 98 108

U13 68 69 79 82 75 92 90

U14 69 68 69 72 81 77 88

U15 65 68 66 64 71 78 77

U16 64 64 62 59 60 72 71

Disabled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6

Total 801 805 862 874 930 983 1012

League Development / Formats of the Game

Format 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

U7 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5

U8 6v6 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5

U9 7v7 7v7 7v7 7v7 7v7

U10 7v7 7v7 7v7 7v7 7v7

U11 9v9 9v9 9v9 9v9 9v9

U12 11v11 9v9 9v9 9v9 9v9

U13 11v11 11v11 11v11 * 11v11* 11v11*

U14 11v11 11v11 11v11 11v11* 11v11*

U15 11v11 11v11 11v11 11v11 11v11*

U16 11v11 11v11 11v11 11v11 11v11

*option for clubs to continue at 9v9 if they so wish.

League TablesFormat 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

U7 NO NO NO NO NO

U8 NO NO NO NO NO

U9 Yes NO NO NO NO

U10 Yes Yes No No No

U11 Yes Yes Yes No No

U12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

U13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

U14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

U15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

U16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

FA Youth Review• Under 7 & 8 Players are permitted to

play in a maximum of 6 weeks of Trophy events in a 26 week season. Competition can last over a maximum of a two week periods. 3 trophy events allowed each season.

• For U9 & U10 = 12 weeks in blocks of 4 weeks

This SEASON U11 = 18 weeks in blocks of 6 weeks

Must be played over consecutive weeks

We Do:Support clubs

Put Funding opportunities on the League website

Put news on the League website almost every day (over 900 articles were published last season)

Send out a free weekly e-newsletter with news, funding and rules to remember

We Do:

Ask For Suggestions on how to improve by: League surveys

Attending the SHCFA Youth ForumAttending fixtures

Regular Requests in the League newsletter for ideas

We Do:

Support Taking Football to Africa & Beyond

The League is collecting old kit to support the Taking Football to Africa and Beyond Appeal.

In the past year a number of clubs have supported this charity by donating old kit. If you have any old kit please email the League Secretary

We Do: Reward Fair Play

Each manager for every League fixture scores the spectators/Management and players and those marks are added together to create one score. These sporting points are added up at the end of the season and an average created. The team in each division with the highest score are given League keyrings to pass on to their players. The overall age-group winner is invited to the end of season presentation, where they are given a very large and impressive fair play trophy for the club with smaller versions of the same trophy for each player.

We have:

10 end of season presentation evenings

These are attended by over 5,000 people

These presentation evenings reward divisional winners and runners-up but more importantly each

age-group Fair Play Winner receives the recognition they deserve.

We Will:

Growth & Retention Work with SHCFA regarding School to club links

For mini-soccer, create one team = one result divisions

Continue to support club tournaments

Seek members feedback, comments & suggestions

Stop the drop-out from U10 to U11

Promote Futsal

Provide an exit route for Under 16 team & players

We Will:

Raising Standards & Behaviour Ensure all member clubs have signed up to an

implementing RESPECT

Promote Respect

Aid Club Development

Match Visits (Match Watchers)

Promote and encourage Charter Standard

Provide In-Service training

We Will:

Better Players

Coach Education Programme

Futsal

Grade Teams

We Will:

Running The Game

Managers Guide Online

Listen to Members Views

Look at doing more online

Look at assisting clubs with Development courses

Promote online resources to help clubs

Reduce the number of fines

We Will: Workforce Development

Assist new club secretaries

Reward Volunteers

Assist League Volunteers

We Will:Promotion

Promote Charter StandardPromote RESPECTUse FA Full Time

Communicate regularly using newsletters, website & social media

Presentation Nights

Life as a Club Secretary

The Club Secretary is……

The MOST important role in the club

Job Description: What is the role of the Club Secretary?

The main purpose of this job is that of principal administrator for the club. The

Club Secretary carries out or delegates all the administrative duties that enable the

club and its members to function effectively. The Club Secretary is a pivotal role within the club, with a close involvement in the

general running of the club. The secretary and their assistant provide the main point of

contact for people within and outside the club on just about every aspect of the club’s

activities.

This is a demanding, high profile job that has a major impact on the efficient and effective management of the club. The Secretary has contact with a wide range of people from within and outside the

club. Representation of the club at outside meetings provides the opportunity to find out what is going on at league and county level, and this could be a platform for future volunteering opportunities.

What sort of tasks are involved?

• Attending league meetings;• Affiliating the club to the County FA;• Affiliating the club to the league(s);• Registering players to the league(s);• Dealing with correspondence;• Organising and booking match facilities for the

season;• Organising the club AGM and other club meetings;• Representing the club at meetings

Videos

The next few slides will show some videos that will help you during the course of a season.

• County FA Discipline

• FA Whole Game System

FA Misconduct Video

Whole Game System

WGS

Life as a Team Manager

This section looks at the responsibility each TEAM/CLUB has to the League.

Note the functions listed do not have to be performed by the Team manager but MUST be done by someone within

the team or club.

Pre-Season

Registering Players

Players can be registered from the 1st June and all registrations cease on the 31st May.

Please see the attached guidance notes with the forms. Remember the ID card MUST BE CUT OUT before sending to your age-group

registrar.

A teams worth of players must be registered on or before the 15th August. If not, £25 fine per team.

Only Players with a valid League ID Card can play

NO CARD – N O GAME – NO EXCEPTIONS

During the Season

If you are the home team, give your opponents at least FIVE Days clear notice of the match arrangements (Kick Off time, venue,

Referee, and your kit colours).

For each home match the home team need to provide a QUALIFIED & REGISTERED referee. If the home team cannot do this, then they

need to offer their opponents the opportunity to provided a QUALIFIED & REGISTERED referee. If neither team can do this, then they need to agree on a stand-in official. More in-depth details are in the League handbook and managers guide. – NOTE: If you are

struggling for a ref, contact the League Referee Secretary.

Prior to each fixture you need to make sure the fixture is showing on the FA Full-TIme site. If it does not appear, then inform your age-

group registrar to make sure it does appear.

During the Season

Prior to any game you need to make sure you have with you:

League Handbook (use this as a point of reference if you have any questions whilst at the game)

Player ID cards - they need to be inspected before kick offFirst Aid Kit

League officials can ask to inspect on a match day to see if you have any of these items available. Failure to do so, will result in a fine, and in the case of no Player ID cards, those

players with no cards WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY.

You must have a RESPECT BARRIER / cones / rope that prevents spectators from standing on the touchline

Technical Areas – No longer can managers go running down the touchline. All managers (max of 3) must be in the technical area

During the SeasonPrior to any game who need to make sure you do:

1) Give your opponents (and the ref, it they ask for it) a list of your players who are playing

2) Check your opponents ID Cards against the list of players supplied by your opponents.

No ID card - No game - No ExceptionsIf it is found a player has played with no ID Card, both teams will be

in trouble

3) Perform the Respect Handshake

TIP: Line the players up with the ID cards, check Cards against the playing list and then move on to the Respect handshake.

During the Season

Before, during and after the game:

Be respectful to all participants (players and match officials)

Remember you are representing YOUR Club

Any incidents that occur on or around the field of play will be dealt with by the County FA – You have a duty to report them

During the Season

After the game:

By 6pm on a Sunday, the result must appear on the FA Full Time site

By noon on Thursday, the match sheet must be completed on the FA Full Time Site

Full Time

http://full-time.thefa.com/ click on sign in

Ask your club secretary for

your club login details

Click on results

Type in the result and press update

The Result needs to be done by 6pm on a Sunday

This is because the League Secretary has to give the results to the Sheffield Star by

6:30pm

Also all other clubs want to know what the other results are.

Match Sheet Inputting

Click on Statistics

Put a mark in the

appropriatebox

Once done click update and then click on statistics

Note: Some of the questions will be different, but the principle is the

same

Mark the appropriate boxes and then press update

A full instruction guide is contained within the managers guide.

Also, check your opponents have completed the form correctly and listed all

the players that they put on the match sheet given to you.

TIP: Get someone to act as a checker within your club to see if the ALL your club

sheets are done correctly.

Fines will be issued for incomplete match returns

SMSTexting

is available

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• Tell the League if your game is not listed before it is played (if its not down then you cannot input the details or will not receive the SMS message)

• If using SMS Home team score first then away score

Tips

• If your game is called off, BOTH teams have 14 days to inform the appropriate age-group registrar of the new date for the fixture.

• Teams are expected to fulfil ALL fixtures. Non-fulfilment of a fixture could result in the game getting awarded.

League Rules to Note

Where to Go For Help

Anyone within the League is willing to help

Your first port of call should be the: League Website or Handbook, Then please contact the

League Official

TOP TIP:Please remember to deal with paperwork

ASAP if not immediately! This is to avoid sanctions

by the League and / or suspensions by the CFA.

League Website

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