Norfolk Combined Youth Football LeagueManagers Briefing

Season 2017-2018

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• Matchcard completion• Who to contact with common queries• Referees• Respect• Welfare• Communications• Questions

Agenda

Matchcard Completion

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SMS AUTOMATED RESULTS

On a match day you will receive an automatedSMS from the Full-Time system.

The SMS will allow you to submit your result to the system,which will then post your result to the website and update The league tables automatically.

The SMS will be received at approximately 10:45 as allGames will be set with a 10:00 kick off time.

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The SMS will display the following text:

FA Full-Time Results:Home Short Code v Away Short CodeDateKick off time (Always set to 10:00)Reply home and away scores in format H-A e.g. 3-2

When replying just send the score, unless you are submitting for more than one team in which case you will need to insert your team short code after the score.

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ONLINE MATCH RETURN

After every match all teams are required to submit an online match return on the Full-Time system.

All teams will be provided with a login for the Full-Time system. The following is a step by step guide to completing the match return.

The deadline for completion of a match return is within 72 hours of a match taking place. (WEDNESDAY NIGHT)

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All teams will be sent an invitation to create a login for the System in due course.

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Once you login you will arrive at the Admin home screen:

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You will then see previous matches, current matches and the next 2 matches.

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Click on the Results/Stats tab and the following Screen will display:

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All of the respect questions need to be answered, Before you can proceed to the player statisticsSection of the match return.

Points to remember are as follows

• Referees mark is out of 100

When completed before continuing make sure you clickOn the update tab.

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The final part of the match return is the submissionOf Players Statistics. Towards the top of the Screen click on the statistics tab:

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The minimum requirement when inputting player statistics is the submission of startingPlayers and substitutes.

Other stat options are optional, but please rememberThat players like to see this.

Your online match return needs to be submitted within 72 hours of the match taking place.

Who to contact

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• All contacts are available on our website• Please remember that we are all volunteers• Appeals re:fines etc. must come from the club secretary,

not the team manager• Abusive/rude communications are unacceptable• If in doubt, contact someone from the committee for

help

Communicating with NCYFL

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Issue / Query NCYFL Contact

General query Divisional Secretary

Welfare Ann Hayek / Steve Grange

u7-u8 Postponement / Fixtures Steve Kenny

u9-u11 Postponement / Fixtures Darren Iles

u12-u17 Postponement / Fixtures Mel Perkins

Refereeing Dan Keeble / Tom Rampling / Harvey Newstead

Transfer of player James Harris

Respect issue Karen Ward

Fines Darren Iles

Communications / Social Media Chris Brown

Key NCYFL contacts

Refereeing / Match Officials

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• Provide support to match officials (finding games, coaching & development, monitoring progress, appointing neutral official, first point of contact for issues)

• Provide support to clubs (helping to source referees, access to professional development training, guidance on scoring, first point of contact for issues)

• Daniel Keeble - Club Liaison (daniel.keeble@ncyfl.co.uk)• Harvey Newstead - Referee Development

(harvey.newstead@ncyfl.co.uk)• Tom Rampling - Appointments (tom.rampling@ncyfl.co.uk)

Referees Officers

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• We don’t appoint the majority of match officials and tracking performance is challenging• We would encourage match officials to contact Tom Rampling and inform him of matches they will be

officiating• We use this information when appointing cup final officials, providing support and dealing with issues

Could managers please encourage all officials (qualified or otherwise) to contact a referees officer or use the link on our website and join our Facebook Group ‘NCYFL referees’?

Building our knowledge of match officials

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• Extremely minimal instances of referees being abused/assaulted• Club assistants are there to assist, not insist!• Cautions/send-offs must be reported by the referee. If you are an unqualified

referee and you caution/send off a player contact DANIEL KEEBLE.• We can only respond to issues we are aware of – we encourage referees to

report unacceptable behaviour. Similarly, clubs to report concerns about refereeing so that support can be provided if needed

• Scores – please read the guidance on the website. We will require a report to the league where a score of 60 or lower is recorded

Feedback from last season

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• We encourage the use of cautions/send-offs in U15/u16 football• It should be a less common occurence in U13/U14 football, but may be necessary• At U12 and younger, we encourage officials to educate players/managers and support

the use of ‘cooling off’ substitutions etc.

• From U14 upwards if a player is injured and a trainer has to come on, the injured player will be required to leave the FOP (unless the opponent has been issued with a YC or RC) and will be waved on by the referee once play has restarted

• We strongly encourage the use of qualified match officials at U15/U16. All U17 and U16 Premiership fixtures will have an appointed referee via FullTime.

• If you feel there is a need, contact us for a neutral official and we will try to help

Guidelines

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• If you have someone who would like to qualify as a referee, get in touch.• If you have parents who are willing to take the club assistant course,

please let us know• We appoint all the officials to our cup finals and give priority to those

who have refereed in our league consistently and have good club marks across the season

• If you would like a committee member to come and observe a match, please contact us (please give as much notice as possible when requesting a committee member).

Official development & cup finals

Respect

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• Behaviour & ‘Respect’ are consistently highlighted as the areas which players, parents and clubs would like the league to focus on improving

• Youth football nationally and locally has experienced a worrying trend in both verbal abuse and physical assaults in recent seasons

• As a league we would like to continue to trial a new initiative aimed at providing a more enjoyable atmosphere for players, managers and supporters to experience football

• Although this is not currently mandatory, clubs are urged to work with us in trying to address this important issue

• We are planning to introduce this as mandatory, starting with youngest age groups from next season

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Introduction

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• The majority (but not all) of ‘Respect’ issues originate from supporters (swearing, abusing players and referees, aggressive behaviour etc.)

• Touchline behaviour has a definite effect on player behaviour• Referees are often caught in an ‘amber zone’ where behaviour is

unacceptable, but would not warrant an abandonment• Clubs are ultimately responsible for the behaviour of their supporters,

managers and players – We believe that Respect monitors are a useful tool in helping clubs avoid sanctions resulting from code breaches

What is the problem?

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• Provided free by NCYFL• Each team to have a Respect Monitor who is

not the manager – at every match (home & away)

• Can be rotated• Training/guidance available upon request• Accountable to the club• Need to set aside team allegiance in dealing

with Respect breaches

The Respect Armband

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• Meet & greet both managers, the opposition Respect monitor and the referee• Attend the referee briefing before the match• If own supporters are not behaving in accordance with the Respect CoC, ask them to

desist• Resistance or abuse to be reported to the club/league welfare officer so that the

matter can be addressed more formally• If opposition supporters are not behaving appropriately, speak with the opposing

Respect monitor and ask them to speak to them• Where there are serious incidents, Respect monitors may be asked to provide a

report/attend a hearing

Role of the Respect Monitor (Supporter management)

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• As an interim step before match abandonment, referees may decide to stop the game and speak with Respect monitors. Reasons for this may include:-

Abuse from supporters or team officialsBehaviour of club assistant referee (linesman)

• When the ball is out of play, referees should stop the game and invite both Respect monitors onto the pitch (away from spectators/players)

• Referees should outline the concern and the action they would like the monitors to take• This in no way alters or limits the ability of the referee to take whatever action he/she deems

necessary within the LOTG• It should be seen by both sides as an opportunity to address concerns and avoid either a formal

report or a match abandonment

Role of the Referee

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• We welcome your comments/questions• This is not mandatory – but we hope that clubs will support us as this will

become mandatory soon• As we continue to trial this, please provide feedback to us on what is/isn’t

working• When investigating ‘issues’ following a match – we will want to know if there

was a Respect monitor in place

Feedback

Welfare / Safeguarding

Communications

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Where to find us…

• Twitter @NorfolkCYFL• Instagram @NorfolkCYFL• Facebook – Facebook.com/NorfolkCYFL• iOS App – NCYFL • Android App – NCYFL

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Website – www.ncyfl.co.uk

• Full contact details for all teams• Contact details for all clubs (Chair, Secretary and CWO)• Transfer Process is now online• All League Rules• Team Sheets

• Referee Allocations

• Contact details for Committee

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Admin• Please check the contact details we hold for you. If these are wrong, please fill

out the form on the contact details pages, this will send them to James Harris and Chris Brown who will update Full-Time and the website.

• Transfers : The process is now live on the website, under the Information tab.• U16 Premiership and U17 matches will be allocated by the Referees team.• If you know who is refereeing your match, you should fill out the online form on

the website under Information, so we can allocate the named referee on Full-Time.

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Social Media

• Feel free to tweet us your match pictures, or positive comments after a match. (Providing disclosure has been given by all in photo).

• We’ll be hosting U12-U17 cup draws once more via social media.• Tag us in your photos on Instagram, so we can see what’s going on.• Encourage your supporters to ’like’ and ‘follow’ us on social media

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NYCFL App

• Our app is available to download in Google Play and the iOS App Store.• Just search for NCYFL.• Provides direct map and route to all team pitches in the league.• Up to date news and alerts with stories posted to our website.• Contact details for the NCYFL committee.

• Please download the app and help support us. - Go to ncyfl.co.uk/app to download.

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Reminders

• Scores and results must not be published for U7-U11. This is a child welfare issue and FA rule.• Don’t publish full names and photos of players together.• We don’t want to see complaints about match officials, volunteers, results or other clubs.

• Email your club secretary and find the professional process for the situation.

• Focus on the positives.

• We want to be able to share your stories to the wider world.

• Share, retweet, comment on our posts, so that as many people as possible see what is happening.