HISTORY
The Association was formed in 1965 by prominent coaches of the day including Bobby Robson, Dario Gradi, Terry Venables, Alan Mullery and others. They formed and used the Association for their benefit, to gain a greater depth of knowledge from each other and use it in their coaching/managing roles.
This remains a key benefit to members of the Association to this day!
We are very proud of our heritage and maintain ties with the founder members through their holding of Vice President posts.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
The SFCA continues to promote coach development in Surrey and the surrounding areas. Membership of the SFCA delivers the following benefits:
1) We hold monthly practical coaching sessions which are free of charge for members to attend. These are are led by a variety of professional coaches to demonstrate a variety of topics.
Each session is supported by a certificate of attendance and where possible session notes supplied by the lead coaches.
Membership of the SFCA therefore delivers the opportunity for our members to further their knowledge and learn new/different drills, games, sessions and coaching methods that they can take away to use or adapt in their own coaching.
Details of these sessions are supplied to our members via email.
2) We believe these sessions will provide support to members personal development and we also provide support to members regarding football coaching courses members are enrolled on.
3) We regularly receive requests from clubs and organisations seeking coaches, which we pass onto our members via email. All work found through this route is independent of the SFCA.
4) We work in partnership with Surrey County FA which brings mutual benefits. For members of the SFCA this has included advance information on coaching courses, free tickets for Grassroots Football Live, free Emergency Aid & Safeguarding Children workshops, free Futsal course and exclusive coaching resources.
5) The SFCA have established links with the Coaches Associations of Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Sussex, with possibly other counties to follow, where we have an arrangement with each of them for our members to attend their sessions.
This is a reciprocal arrangement, so their members can attend our sessions.
Details of their sessions are passed on to our members via email and we look forward to continuing to be part of this wider coaching community.
We have members at all coaching levels, from Level 1 to 'A' licence and we believe the SFCA offers a valuable and varied service to new and existing coaches in Surrey and the surrounding area for coaching opportunities, coaching involvement and coach development.
JOINING DETAILS
Membership is just £15 a year, with renewals due on 1st Jan each year. For Students aged 16-21 an Introductory Membership is available at £5.
We also have a starter pack, (ie first year membership plus a SFCA polo shirt, rainjacket or sweatshirt), which is popular as many members want to wear SFCA branded clothing when coaching (see membership form for details).
2010 new memberships include a free copy of ‘64 small-sided football games’ one of four new coaching manuals written by Michael Beale, Youth Development Officer at Chelsea FC, to be collected at SFCA sessions.
We are endorsed by all the Surrey FA Coaching Course tutors, the Surrey County FA, Caroline McRoyall (Surrey County FA County Development Manager) and all of the Football Development Department. We do hope you will take this opportunity to join and use the Association for your benefit as many have before you.
Please find attached an application form which should be returned to the Membership Secretary with your remittance.
SURREY FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION CONTACT DETAILS
Peter Smith (Secretary) peter.smith50@googlemail.com 020 8680 5622
Ian Smith (Membership Secretary) ian.smith@umusic.com 020 7471 5164
SUMMARY OF RECENT S.F.CA. SESSIONS
Please see attached for details of all our sessions since 2004