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 / President posts.
The SFCA continues to promote coach development in Surrey and the surrounding areas. Membership of the SFCA delivers the following benefits:
1) We meet at monthly free of charge organised practical coaching demonstrations. These are are led by a variety of professional coaches, to demonstrate a variety of sessions, ie from sessions for coaching young children, to sessions for coaching youth and senior players, to sessions for helping coaches progressing through the qualifications, to sessions bringing the latest on coaching from the FA.
Membership of the SFCA therefore delivers the opportunity for you to further your knowledge and learn new/different drills, games, sessions and coaching methods that you can take away and use or adapt in your own coaching environment.
2) These demonstrations will obviously also provide support to a coaches personal development, including coaches who are progressing through the levels of coaching qualifications. Each session is supported by a certificate of attendance and when possible session notes supplied by the lead coaches.
3) We also provide notification to members regarding forthcoming football coaching & football related courses and we also provide support to members regarding football coaching courses they are enrolled on.
4) We regularly receive requests from clubs and organisations seeking coaches, which we pass onto our membership via email. All work found through this route is independent of the SFCA.
5) 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 and discounted group tickets for England B & Youth Internationals.
We have members at all coaching levels, from Level 1 to 'A' licence and we believe the SFCA offers a valuable and variable service to new and existing coaches in Surrey and the surrounding area for coaching opportunities, coaching involvement and coach development.
We will send you regular emails and circulars (see latest attached) detailing where the forthcoming sessions are and the names and topics of the coaches who will be leading them, plus much more, eg SFCA news, details and updates of Surrey FA coaching courses, other counties coaching demonstration opportunities (see below), etc.
COACHES WHO LEAD SESSIONS FOR THE S.F.C.A. LAST SEASON
Geoff Noonan (Fulham FC Academy Coordinator U7 to U11)
Paul Cooper (DutchUK Football School)
John Peacock (FA National Coach)
Paul Holder (FA Regional Coach Development Manager)
Martin Thomas (FA Senior National Goalkeeping Coach)
Pete Trevivian (FA Regional Coach Development Mananger)
Dick Bate
Ray Lewington
COACHES WHO HAVE/WILL LEAD SESSIONS FOR THE S.F.C.A. THIS SEASON
Ted Dale/Keith Boanas – session held in July
Tony Carr (West Ham United Academy Director) – session held in Aug
John Allpress (National Player Development Coach) – session held in Sept
Paul Holder (FA National Coach) – session held in Oct
Ben Bartlett (FA Regional Coach Development Manager) – session held in Feb
Chris Whalley (FA Regional Coach Development Manager) – session held in March
Paul Holder (FA National Coach)
Dick Bate
LINKS TO OTHER COUNTY COACHES ASSOCIATIONS
The SFCA have established links with the Coaches Associations of Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Sussex and the Army, with other counties to follow, where we have a reciprocal arrangement with each of them for members to attend each others sessions.
Details of their sessions are passed onto our membership via email and newsletters and we were delighted to forward invitations for Surrey Football Coaches Association members to all their sessions last season. We look forward to continuing to be part of this wider coaching community.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is just £15 a 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.
Keith Boanas (Vice President, Surrey FA County Coach & David Beckham Academy Assistant Director) strongly endorses the SFCA and we hope you will take this opportunity to join and gain the benefits it offers to you.
We are also endorsed by Surrey County FA, the Surrey County FA Football Development Committee, Caroline McRoyall (Surrey County FA County Development Manager), Steven Edwards & Nick Drew (Surrey County FA Football Development Officers), Clare Nichols and Ian Tinto (Surrey County FA Womens & Girls Football Development Officers) and all the Surrey FA course tutors.
Please find attached a membership form which should be returned to the Membership Secretary with your remittance.