- Norfolk County Football Association
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Norfolk County Football Association 
Purpose/focus Football association Headquarters 11 Meridian Way
Thorpe St AndrewLocation Norwich
Norfolk NR7 0TAChief Executive Shaun Turner Website norfolkfa.com The Norfolk County Football Association is the governing body for football in the county of Norfolk, England.
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History and Organisation
Norfolk County Football Association was founded in 1881 and has been administering football in the County, at both grass roots and professional level, for over 120 years.
For most of this time the work has been carried out on an honorary basis, however funding support from The Football Association led to the Association becoming administered by a full time secretariat in 1996.
On 24 August 1999 the Association became a limited company, again at the behest of The Football Association. Since then The FA has taken a far greater interest in County Associations, working in partnership to provide increased sums of money to support new initiatives and staffing.
Since becoming a limited company, the structure of the Association has changed significantly. The Council oversees the implementation of policy through its committee structure in ‘football’ matters, including in the areas of Competitions, Discipline and Referees. The Board of Directors has responsibility for Financial and Commercial matters, whilst the staff at County Headquarters is responsible for implementing the decisions made by the two groups.
The Association acquired the leasehold of a purpose built football facility in Bowthorpe, Norwich in 2009 - the site becoming known as the Norfolk County FA Football Development Centre, or 'the FDC'. The Centre is a hub of both regulated and recreational activity for the football community of Norwich and Norfolk.
The work of the County Football Association is underpinned by an army of volunteers involved within the County's member leagues and clubs. Without their contribution, it would be impossible to organise and run football on the scale it is enjoyed in Norfolk today.[1]
Football Development
Norfolk County FA’s Football Development team works towards improving every aspect of the grassroots game. Their day to day involvement includes:
- Developing and assisting local clubs towards the achievement of Charter Standard awards
- Developing volunteers through a wide variety of coach, medical and refereeing courses
- Developing facilities by working in conjunction with funding bodies such as The Football Foundation
- Developing football amongst children through involvement with schools and education programmes [2]
Affiliated Leagues
Men's Saturday Leagues
- Anglian Combination**
- Central and South Norfolk League**
- Great Yarmouth and District League
- Norwich and District Business Houses League
- North East Norfolk League
- North West Norfolk League [3]
Footnote: **Part of the English football league system.
Other Leagues
Men's Sunday Leagues
- Breckland and District Sunday League
- Great Yarmouth Sunday League
- King's Lynn and District Sunday League
- Norwich and District Sunday League
- South Norfolk Sunday League[4]
Small Sided Leagues
- County 5IVES
- Mundial
- Soccersixes.net[5]
Youth Leagues
- Mid Norfolk Youth League
- Norfolk Christian Youth League
- Norfolk and Suffolk Youth League
- Norfolk Youth Combination
- North East Norfolk Youth League
- South Norfolk Youth League[6]
Ladies and Girls Leagues
Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues
A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Norfolk County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including:
- Aldred League (forerunner of the Great Yarmouth and District League)
- Catton and District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
- Comrades League (a league that operated in the Great Yarmouth area during the latter part of World War I)
- Dereham and District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
- East Anglian League (amalgamated with the Norfolk and Suffolk League in 1964 to become the Anglian Combination)
- Great Yarmouth Borough League
- Norfolk and Suffolk League (amalgamated with the East Anglian League in 1964 to become the Anglian Combination)
- Norwich and District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
- Norwich and South Norfolk District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
- South Norfolk League
- Thetford and District Sunday Football League (now known as the Breckland and District Sunday Football League)
- Thetford and District Youth League
- Waveney Youth League
Affiliated Member Clubs
Among the notable clubs that are (or were at one time) affiliated to the Norfolk County FA are:
- Great Yarmouth Town
- Gorleston
- Gothic (now defunct)
- King's Lynn (now defunct)
- King's Lynn Town
County Cup Competitions
The Norfolk County FA run the following Cup Competitions:
- Norfolk Senior Cup
- Norfolk Junior Cup
- Norfolk Primary Cup
- Norfolk Sunday Senior Cup
- Norfolk Sunday Intermediate Cup
- Norfolk Sunday Junior Cup
- John Savage Cup
- Norfolk Minor Cup
- Norfolk Veterans Cup
- Norfolk Womens Cup
Source[8]
List of recent Norfolk County Cup Winners
Season Norfolk Senior Cup Winners Norfolk Junior Cup Winners Norfolk Primary Cup Winners 2004-05 Diss Town East Harling 2005-06 Dereham Town Caister United Dereham Posties 2006-07 Dereham Town Norwich United Reserves Dereham Posties 2007-08 Wroxham Horsford United Lynn Docklands 2008-09 King's Lynn Reserves Norwich St Johns Docking Rangers 2009-10 Mattishall West Lynn Sports & Social Club Old Hunstanton 2010-11 Dereham Town UEA Hopton Source[9]
Directors & Officials
Board of Directors
- Richard King (Chairman)
- Michael Banham
- Stuart Dracup
- Roger Howlett
- Michael Potter
- Ray Venemore
- Shaun Turner (Chief Executive)[10]
Key Officials
- Shaun Turner (Chief Executive)
- Matt Carpenter (Football Administration Manager)
- Gavin Lemmon (County Development Manager)
- James Shelton (Marketing & Communications Manager)
- Shaun Howes (FDC General Manager)[11]
External links
References
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – About Us". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/AboutUs/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Football Development". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/Development/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Saturday Leagues". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/GetIntoFootball/Findaleague/Saturdayleagues/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Sunday Leagues". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/GetIntoFootball/Findaleague/SundayLeagues/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Small Sided Leagues". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/GetIntoFootball/Findaleague/SmallSidedLeagues/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Youth Leagues". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/GetIntoFootball/Findaleague/YouthLeagues/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Female Leagues". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/GetIntoFootball/Findaleague/FemaleLeagues/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Fixtures & Results - County Cups". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – County Cups". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/FixturesAndResults/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Board of Directors". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/AboutUs/Directors/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Norfolk County FA – Staff Structures". Norfolk County FA. http://www.norfolkfa.com/AboutUs/Contacts/. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
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