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Check your Football Boots !
Check regularly to make sure that there aren't any sharp edges on your blades or studs.
FA Advice to players on boot safety
Recently there has been an increase in local and national press coverage on the safety of footwear. Some articles have focussed on particular styles of studs, bars or blades.
Players need to ensure that the boots that they wear do not constitute a danger to themselves or others. Law 4 of the Laws of the Game states: “A player must not use equipment or wear anything which is dangerous to himself or another player, including any kind of jewellery.”
The Football Association has decided that all referees must carry out a boot check on all players before a match commences, Referees will not sanction the use of any boots where the referee is concerned that the studs or blades on the boots are not safe.
The primary responsibility, however, rests with players to ensure that their boots are safe through proper and careful maintenance. The Football Association, therefore, encourages all players to regularly check their boots to ensure that the studs or blades have not developed rough or sharpened edges. It is these dangerous edges which have been the cause of lacerations and other injuries to opponents.
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The Give Us Back Our Game Campaign
Today's children learn from the grown-ups. Without the freedom of the streets and playing fields, their early experiences of football are organised, supervised and coached. They have no real say in what happens, and they don't have time to develop, learn and fall in love with the beautiful game.
The Give Us Back Our Game! campaign believes that :
Soccer is no longer the children’s game - it is controlled by adults
Often, the same children are on the sidelines as subs or omitted every game
Coaches and parents can too often be seen screaming from the touchlines
Winning is prioritised before fun and development
There is not enough free play where children can solve their own problems
We need a game that is both child and player centred where children can be children, have fun and express themselves.
For further information about the ethos and philosophy of the Give Us Back Our Game campaign go to:
http://www.giveusbackourgame.co.uk
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CALLING ALL MUMS !
The English, Scottish and Irish FA's and the Welsh Football Trust have launched a campaign to encourage and help mums become qualified grassroots football coaches for children. The scheme is backed by McDonald's and will offer Mums160 free places on Coaching Courses across the UK.
Mums On The Ball is focusing on mums because research and experience shows that many mums have the potential skills and interest to become coaches but are less inclined to consider coaching than others groups of society.
However, the parenting skills which mums possess and their natural ability to engage and motivate children are just the skills needed to coach children and an ICM survey reveals that 77 per cent of mums already enjoy playing a hands-on role in their children's football
Nikki Nye, 44, from Lytham St Annes, is both a mum and a qualified football coach at Warton Typhoons FC is supporting the campaign which aims to raise awareness of the qualities that mums can bring to coaching.
Premiership footballers whose mums are lending their support include Rio and Anton Ferdinand, Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale, Craig Gordon and Aaron Hughes.
Sir Trevor Brooking, The FA Director of Football Development, said: "Mums On The Ball will help mums rethink the role they can play in grassroots football, encouraging them off the touchline and onto the pitch itself. "The FA is committed to improving the standard of grassroots football and McDonald's community coaching programme, with its mission to create new qualified coaches, is helping to do this.
Over 1/3 of the free coaching course places being offered to mums had been applied for within 24 hrs of launching the campaign continues throughout 2008.
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Get into Football is The FA's first campaign aimed at promoting our football development initiatives to all children and parents.
As the guardians of the game, it is The FA's role is to ensure there are opportunities for all to play the game and also engage people at all levels in off-the-field roles.
It's about doing things properly. About making sure everyone has a chance to be involved in football, regardless of ability, race, religion or background.
About encouraging and increasing the involvement of groups at all levels of football by recognising that inequalities exist and taking steps to address them. It's about making opportunities available where currently they are limited.
It is the work of our 270 football development officers locally that helps us to deliver our objectives of football for all. Wherever you live, football in your region is governed by your County Football Association and each has its own football development department whose job it is to develop local opportunities.
They are there on the other end of the phone or e-mail to support you to get into football.
IMPORTANT NEWS
If a player is 'booked' during a match the Referee notifies the County FA.
The County FA will then send the player a letter confirming that the player was booked and that they must pay a fine.
It is the Player NOT the Team who is responsible for paying the fine.
The Fines for the 2007/2008 have been £25 + £8 administration fee - so a booking will cost £33 and a player who is sent off will have had 2 bookings so the fine will be £66.
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