Mission Statement
To provide the
local community with a facility for the promotion of football for all age groups
with particular emphasis on developing skills and enjoyment in youth football.
We will strive to balance the achievement of success with the participation
of all.
Perhaps we need to redefine winning.
Winning is to have everyone still playing at U12 that started at U6.
Winning is giving the players a passion for the game they can enjoy for life.
Winning is challenging every player to achieve realistic goals based on individual abilities.
Winning is giving positive role models.
Think
of the difference a young person sees in coaches who want their
squad to have fun
versus those coaches screaming at the players, the ref and each other
across the field.
Football
can be enjoyed at all ages.
Let's not drive the next Paul Scholes
or Steven Gerrard from soccer at U7 because of a
misguided concept of winning.
Let them have fun and remember it's their game!