Manchester FA Leagues Update

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It's time to celebrate the people who make Grassroots Football enjoyable for everyone! Make your nomination before the deadline on the 19th April!

Make your nomination today

Congratulations to all the teams in March who renewed or became accredited in March and thank you to the 91 clubs that have already completed their Accreditation Renewal! Time is running out to join them in enjoying the benefits of being an England Football Accredited Club with the deadline the 30th April.

Submit your renewal now to receive your free balls, kit voucher and other benefits!

Get started on your Accreditation Renewal Here

Manchester FA County Cup recap

Congratulations to Radcliffe U21's for winning the Sunday Amateur Cup after a penalty shoot-out victory over Wythenshawe Amateurs at the Project Solar Stadium.

Both teams played a part in a fantastic final with a 2-2 draw in normal time. The full game and highlights from this game and all our County Cup Finals thus far are available on our YouTube Channel which is linked below.

Catch up on our County Cup Finals here!

Next up: The Frank Hannah Premier Cup Final

This years final will be played between Wythenshawe Town and Radcliffe on Tuesday 18th April, 19:45 kick off at FC United's stadium, Broadhurst Park. We are encouraging as many supporters to purchase tickets in advance of the fixture to ensure prompt access to the stadium when the turnstiles open at 18:00PM.

Tickets are avaiable to purchase using the below link and are priced

Adult - £10.00

Concession (Student / OAP) - £6.00

U16 - £1.00

Find out more & purchase tickets for the Frank Hannah Premier Cup HERE!

Funding Opportunities

Sported is delighted to partner with Barclays on the Barclays Community Football Fund, offering small grants, training, kit, and exclusive ticketing offers to hundreds of clubs across the UK to make football more accessible in our communities. 

Barclays Community Football Fund

The Energy Fund is delivered by the Football Foundation, this programme is targeted at energy-saving measures for clubhouses and pavilions. All eligible football clubs, charities and community organisations operating affiliated football on their sites are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for this Fund by the 13th April.

The Energy Fund

NEW Funding Opportunities from MCRactive

***Please note, this funding is targeted at Manchester based clubs and residents only***

Neighbourhood Sports Fund is open to Sports clubs and community sports organisations and will award grants between £1000-£3000 to support across a range of areas including small-scale capital/ equipment support, membership relief schemes for Manchester residents, growth or new offers to residents to grow membership.

Neighbourhood Sports Fund

Champions Charter Coach Fund will support coaches across the coaching pathway from getting them on the pathway with a level 1 course right through to supporting our cities most talented coaches working with our residents. The funding will also support funding of core requirements such as first aid and safeguarding training. Coaches will need a have an endorsement from a Sport club and demonstrate they are working with MCR residents.

Champions Charter Coach Fund

Champions Charter Athlete Fund will support Manchester’s Talented athletes/ Players- the fund is split into Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers with funding of £2000/ £1000/ £500. There will be a maximum of 5 awards per year at Gold, 10 awards at silver and up to 50 awards at bronze level.

Champions Charter Athlete Fund

For more information on anything mentioned above, please contact
Georgie.oliver@manchesterfa.com

The Fully Funded Places window for Introduction to Coaching Football is closing . You have until the 7th April to apply.

Find out more about how you can apply for a FREE place today!

Ramadan Mubarak to our grassroots football community! Best wishes for a holy month filled with prayer and significance

New opportunity! Manchester FA is seeking a new Equal Game Ambassador (Disability Football) to join our team!

Find out more and apply here!

Upcoming Coach CPD Events

The Benefits of Small Sided Game: Monday 17th April 2023, 6pm-9pm, Deans Trust, Ardwick, M13 0LF

How to use neuroscience to aid learning and understand your players behaviour: Wednesday 26th April 2023, 6pm-9pm, FC United of Manchester, M40 0FJ

Places for teams are now open for our Women's Walking Football Tournament and Wildcats to Lioness Festival on Sunday 23rd March. Find out more and book below!

Women's Walking Football Tournament

Wildcats To Lioness Festival

Let's hear your nominations for the #LetGirlsPlay National Awards. The game-changers. The Lioness legacy leaders. The mountain movers. Tell us who's making a real difference, and let's celebrate our #LetGirlsPlay superstars!

Nominate someone who has taken a stand to make a difference for girls to play football in school

Are you qualified 2023/24? Next season will see additional requirements for coaches to have undertaken the FA child safeguarding qualification along a valid DBS. This is also a key requirement for teams and clubs to achieve affiliation for next season, so we are asking all grassroots junior clubs to cascade this information to their team coaches.

Ensuring safeguarding is at the heart of Grassroots football in Greater Manchester is one of the key aspirations for Manchester FA and we all have a responsibility in helping to keep grassroots football safe. If you require further information or have any queries then please contact Simon.dear@manchesterfa.com

Access the course here!

The thoughts of every one at Manchester FA are with Urmston Town following the passing of Duncan McIntrye who has been described as an Icon, Treasure, Vice Chairman and the life and blood of Urmston Town FC.

Here is our Manchester FA Malawi XI! Our old kit has been distributed to a new school built by David Armstrong a local businessman from Worsley.

DBS Verification

We have upcoming DBS verification events to support clubs and leagues who do not have qualified Welfare Officers in place. Our next available dates are:

Monday 24th April 2023: 4pm-6pm, Manchester FA, The House of Sport, Gate 13 Etihad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF

Please also ensure that your application has been submitted online in advance and that you bring all relevant documents to be checked.

Please book to attend a session HERE!

Question Of The Week

(Answer to previous question… The four Manchester United players who have been full time captains for England since the 1980's are Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, David Beckham & Bryan Robson)

Have you got a Grassroots Football story you would like us to cover? Get in touch here!

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