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Michael Boyd, Head of Community Relations, Irish FA
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Irish Football Association
History
• Founded in Belfast in 1880 (originally an all Ireland team)
• 4th Oldest Assoc and member of IFAB
• Blanchflower, Jennings….Best (Players at all levels have always represented all of the community)
• Qualified for 3 World Cups – 1958, 1982 (Quarter Finalists) and 1986 (Quarter Finalists)
Background
• International, Domestic and Grassroots football
• 870 registered teams (Adults), 500 Boys teams, 50 Women’s teams and 300 School teams
International
• 45 International Matches
• Including men's, women’s, youth and disability teams
• Award winning Football For All (FFA) campaign
International
Key to success tackling sectarianism at international level is FFA partnership work with Northern Ireland Supporters who are key members of FFA Advisory Panel
Domestic
• 676 goals or averaging 2.96 goals per game
• 789 Affiliated Referees• Community Relations
Officers at every Irish League Club and Community Relations key to domestic licence.
Domestic
• The IFA FFA Community Relations Dept supports Clubs with:
1. Community Audits2. Community Relations
Strategies3. Funding Plans
Grassroots
• Over 5,000 FFA participants,
• 14,282 children in primary schools are being coached each week of which 6,905 were girls
• UEFA 5* Charter Mark
Grassroots
Key FFA Community Projects:
1. Women’s World United2. Belfast Celtic Dealing
with the Past Project3. Limestone United and
Ardoyne Interface Projects
4. Belfast Street League
Research• 80% agreed that the IFA works for all sides of
the community• 78% said the IFA have worked hard to move
football forward over the last 4 years• 76% agreed that NI games have become family
friendly• 66% said the IFA is a professional organisation• 73% said the NI team is representative of the
whole community• 86% said the IFA have eradicated sectarianism
over the last 4 years• Source: Millward Brown,
Sample 302, Nov 09
External Recognition
• The EU/UEFA endorsed Football For All programme
• Brussels International Award • UK SME award for
Excellence in Marketing by Institute of Marketing
• Positive external baseline surveys and evaluations of FFA
Our Vision
To develop, foster and promote football for all in
Northern Ireland
Strategic Pillars
Football For All Football For All is all about creating a fun,
safe and inclusive culture throughout football
Football For All• The EU funded Football For All Project
was set up to tackle issue of sectarianism which was crippling Football in Northern Ireland.
• The guiding principles of FFA remain education, support and communication.
• Mainstreaming Football For All into the fabric of the Irish Football Association has revolutionised Northern Irish Football.
Football For All – the future• Looking to the future, the main challenge
is to build on progress made and remove all remaining barriers to inclusion.
• FFA recently commissioned research to identify the remaining barriers to inclusion.
• The challenge is for the sport of football to reflect a new more confident, diverse and inclusive Northern Ireland.
Irish Football Association;QuestionsContacts:Michael Boyd (Head of Community Relations)[email protected] 02890 669458