St Albans City Youth FC - FA Charter Standard Community Club

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The Club would like to thank the Friends of City Youth who helped to make the City Youth Base Project a reality.

FRIENDS OF CITY YOUTH

Neil Peet Lawrence Levy Dean James Louise Shepherd Duncan Lowthian Geoff Shreeves Robert Murphy John Motson Mervyn Morgan Brian Luckhurst George Walker David Wray Lee Dixon Ian Woods Paul Kirikal Jeff Lawrence Geoff Taylor Steve Trulock Dave Phillips Delbert Sandiford Diane Wilkinson Richard Gaskin Wilfried Veldhuijzen Steven Anthony Colin Cattermole Martyn Macphee Peter Hamilton J. Richard Belt The Perchard Family Phil Smyth Andrew Bullock Clive Attwood Neil Deacon Dr David Anderson Arthur Hook Richard Clark Barry Broadwell Stuart Walker Ray Anderson Dr. James Taylor Nick Perchard Jeremy Pearlman

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Lee Dixon Celebrity Golf Day

Thursday 7th October 2010

Harpenden Common Golf Club

£440 per team (teams of 4)

Lunch on Arrival (From 11.00), 18 holes of golf - Shotgun start (12.30pm),
Dinner (6.30pm), Teams of 4

4 ball, better ball, 2 scores to count
Team prizes, Nearest the Pin, Longest Drive, Hole in One, On Course Betting
Putting competition, Raffle, Auction – celebrity auctioneer
Invitation Letter

Entry Form
In support of the All Weather Pitch Project

Players Wanted

For one of Next Seasons Under 13's teams

For details email dl.wray@btinternet.com

David Beckham Summer Coaching Courses

The summer course will involve a number of fun coaching sessions aimed at 6 to 13 year olds.

We will be offering top coaching using the best club coaches and the David Beckham Coaches. We will also continue to invite our Under 14 to Under 18 players along it they want to get involved in sports coaching.

To enable us to get the right coach/player ratio we have offered a discount for early booking. As we are a non-profit group we are able to offer prices roughly 50% lower than other groups..

There are free hardship places available for children of parents who are out of work thanks to the support of the St Albans District Council.

WEEK COMMENCING

23rd August Mon-Fri)

PRICE
£7.50 a day or £30.00 for the week (pre-booking prices) £10.00 a day for payment on the day

VENUE
Highfield Park Sports Centre 10.00 to 3.00. Please register the players at 9.30.

Arrangements can be made for an earlier drop off.

Any queries contact dl.wray@btopenworld.com

ADDRESS FOR PAYMENT
Make your cheques payable to SACYFC and send to:

33 Claudian Place
St Albans
AL3 4JF

Clive Attwood

Due to work commitments Clive is standing down as Chairman after seven years in post.

Clive has done a tremendous amount of work for the club and everyone would like to wish him all the best for the future. Clive will still be involved in helping support some of the clubs projects and activities.

New Chairman Required

The Club is looking for suitable candidates to fill the role of Club Football Chairman which will become vacant at the next AGM.

If you are interested or would like more details email Mervyn Morgan or telephone 01462 813777

St Albans City Ladies are still looking for new players to join the club for next season, interested?

Call Terry Edwards on 01727 833685 or 07909150900

Follow St Albans City Ladies FC @ Beds & Herts Girls County League

You can also read the latest St Albans City Youth Football Club news in the Herts Advertiser

city youth are proud to support

for more details click here

Disability and Special Needs Training Times and Venues

The new Summer Training Times and Venues for the Disability and Special Needs Squads has been announced. Read more

Players Wanted including Goalkeeper

City Youth Under 14's East need a goalkeeper

If you are currently unattached to a team please email Martin Jay

martinjay@ntlworld.com or

mobile 07854 069087

Andy Guard in Sri Lanka

Having raised 2000 pounds each, which for me included both a monetary and kit donation from St Albans City Youth (for whom I played for 10 years), the ultimate aim of the project was to introduce Sri Lankans of all ages to new sports and activities that they do not have the opportunity to engage in with the help of sports equipment brought with us from the UK to then be left in the communities.

Click here

Saturday Morning

Boys & Girls Soccer Training

For more info

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Former City Youth player, Craig Mackail-Smith continues to make the headlines for Peterborough, Keep up to date with his exploits:

Craig Watch - Keep up to date with Craig's Match Stats @ SkySports

St Albans Weather Forecast, United Kingdom

Herts FA Under 8's Fairplay Festival at the 6 A Side	Thank you to everyone who took part and helped out at this years 6 A Side. Reports and pictures will be published on this site within the next week.
To purchase images from the tournament click on the mrcphoto logo
Can you name the top and bottom four teams in the five main league? A grand says you can't WIN £1,000 1ST PRIZE £50 to enter £250 monthly prize and many many other prizes Entry goes into a monthly draw for 'prizes Money can't buy' Launches Sunday 13th June 2010 www.aleagueofourown.co.uk In support of the All Weather Pitch Project
Under 11's West win SCI Pontins Tournament
	The boys played 6 matches over the weekend, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 against teams from Somerset, Hampshire and Herefordshire. The boys attitude and behaviour on and off the pitch were a credit to St Albans. Read more Click here
Under 10's North County Champions
	The boys from City Youth Under 10's North triumphed in an exciting game at the Herts County Ground on Sunday to win their first County cup, 2-1 in normal time. Read more Click here
MIDWEEK TEAM - East Division Champions
	The Midweek Youth Team won their last home match of the season in the Allied Counties Midweek Youth League to win the "East Division" title with a 4-1 win over Colney Heath.

George Walker Memorial Trophy

Raising money for Grove House

Full report 7th May Match

Full report 30th April Match

Pictures from 30th April Match Click here

Under 9's West league Cup Winners

Latest: Under 9's West win the Mid Herts Minors League Cup Final.

Under 10's Girls League Cup Winners

Latest: Under 10's Girls win the Herts Girls Football Partnership League Cup Final 3-1 after extra time against Hitchin Hearts Belles

Charter Standard Community Club

Status Renewed

St Albans City Youth Football Club is pleased to announce that the Football Association has renewed is accreditation as a Charter Standard Community Club, the only one currently in St Albans.

City Youth which runs over 40 teams for Boys, Girls and Disability provides over 60,000 hours of sporting activities for the youth in the City every season, plus many thousands more hours coaching in Schools around the district, with the David Beckham Academy and the many football festivals the club run from its base at Highfield Park.

The club has also received messages of support from Anne Main MP and Cllr Roma Mills PPC praising the work the club does for the community in St Albans.

Although the club is based at Highfield Park it still has to use a number of other facilities around the district and due to the ever growing number of teams and youngsters who just come to training the club is urgently looking for additional small sided grass pitches for next season.

Under 16's Girls win County Cup

Playing Fairlands Youth in the Hertfordshire FA Girls Under 16's Challenge Cup Final at the County Ground, Letchworth the City Youth Under 16's Girls finally won the match by Six (6) goals to Five (5) after taking the lead on 4 occasions, only to end up 5-4 down with 10/15 mins left. Well done Girls. Full report click here

FA and Football Foundation

provide feedback on the Highfield Park Playing Field Drainage and Pavilion projects

St Albans City Youth FC

The club presented an update to representatives of both the Football Foundation and the Football Association covering the Highfield Park Playing Field Restoration project which also included the building of the pavilion on the back field. The feedback report from the Football Foundation commented.. "This project is a success due to the partners involved working hard to provide the best quality service to young people in the area. The facility is excellent and provides an first class environment in which to play football.
The club contribute to develop innovative football development opportunities for young people and their work with footballers with a disability is a particular example of this work.
The next two to five years will be an exciting time for the club and wider community in St.Albans." To read the full report Click here

DISABILITY SECTION UPDATE

For the latest news covering the clubs growing Disability Section Click here

Download our new Disability Section Leaflet Click here

Player Interviews - Paul Spink Click here

Player Interviews - Kieron O'Kane Click here

Player Interviews - Gary Darling Click here

FA Ability Counts National Finals Championship Winners 2009 Click here

GIRLS SECTION UPDATE

For the latest news and updates covering the clubs growing Girls Football Section and news about Summer training dates and times Click here

New promotional brochure for Girls Football in St Albans, thanks to Base2Creative for its production.

Download - Girls Football Leaflet 2009

HIGHFIELD PARK - THE HOME OF ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH FC

Map and directions to Highfield Park

Highfield Park Pitch Layout

HIGHFIELD PARK - Pavilion Tea Bar

At Highfield Park for Saturday Morning Training or Sunday Morning Matches? Why not try the Pavilion Tea Bar, on the Highfield Park, back field. Tea, Coffee, Soft drinks and more.

Open 10 am - 12am Saturdays and Sundays during the football season

CLUB SPONSORS - Networking in St Albans

Visit the Club Sponsors Page

Please consider them in your activities. It would be helpful to us if you mention the clubs name when you make contact.

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FA and League Initiatives

Soccer Parent

Those at the December management meeting will know that the FA are introducing initiatives to improve parental behaviour at games. While this is not a major issue at the club we are required to conform.

Pitch markings - You are asked to mark a line about a yard back from the touch lines behind which supporters are required to stand. For the moments this can probably best be done by setting down a line of cones say 20 yards each side of the half way line on each side. Highfield Park are looking into whether they can put in a permanent line in the New Year (there is probably not enough room between pitches 1 and 2) but for the time being use the cones. West Herts League teams please note that this is now a league requirement

Match delegate - You are reminded that you must have a "match delegate" who is required to report to the referee 15 minutes before the game. The intention is that the referee would first approach the match delegate if concerned over any parents behaviour. Ideally this should be one of your parents (preferably not the most volatile) but could be yourself if you preferred.

As the coach of a children's team you have a lot of responsibilities. Soccer Parent is designed with coaches and parents in mind to provide guidance on specific areas that focus on the key issues involved when a child joins a football team.

As well as being designed to be informative, fun and engaging, one of the key aspects of the course is that coaches are given advice to assist in gaining positive contributions from parents as well as understanding issues on specific areas such as child welfare and attitudes.

Soccer Parent is a completely free online course that is available to anybody that registers with FA Learning – The FA’s Educational Provider. Everyone that completes the course and achieves the pass mark can immediately print off an accredited certificate directly from the website.

So click here to register with FA Learning so that you can then take the course.

If you're already registered with FA Learning click here to enrol on the course.

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