After a hectic season I’ve finally a few moments to update the blog. It has been another long season after the severe winter weather caused a backlog of fixtures. The League I am involved with had to extend their League season up to the last possible point and thankfully everyone managed to finish their fixtures.
Around these parts we are confined to when the season must end by a) the Council requiring pitches for cricket and b) the County FA stipulating when all games must be completed by. Oddly other County FAs allow Leagues to play 11 a side matches in June ( I know, I have no idea how they bent that FA rule!) but I don’t think its healthy to be playing that late, we all need a bit of a break!
I recently attended an FA “Your Kids, Your Game” consultation event and it is interesting to see that junior grassroots football will be going through quite a radical change in the coming season. The proposal is for smaller teams, focusing on skills and enjoyment and less competitive football. I will revisit this in a later blog post.
I am still on my one man campaign against Clubs publishing results at U7 and U8 (breach of Standard Code of Rule) and those displaying images and details of their young players (bad practice). You think the FA would pay me for this which is essentially their job but I’m just a volunteer!
