Issue 4: November 2009
New Era For Disability Football New County League Arrives Disability football in Hertfordshire has taken a huge step forward with the formation of the Hertfordshire Inclusive Football League (HIFL). The league will aim to provide regular competitive activity for footballers with a disability around the county and is the culmination of over a years worth of planning and hard work by some of Hertfordshire's largest youth clubs. The league will hold fixtures on the second Sunday of every month throughout the season and is held at a central venue (host club), teams will then play each other once on the day and this will result in teams playing up to twenty four games per season. The first fixture date is Sunday 13th December and will be held at Highfield Park in St Albans which is home to FA Charter Standard Community Club, St Albans City Youth FC... Full Article >>
Saturday 7th November The FA Cup - 1st Round Proper Sunday 8th November HFA Vets Cup - 2nd Round Tuesday 10th November HFA Senior Cup - 1st Round Saturday 14th November England U21's v Portugal U21's @ Wembley Stadium, London Saturday 14th November Intermediate Cup - 2nd Round Saturday 14th November England Men's v Brazil Men's @ Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Sunday 15th November HFA Women's Cup - 2nd Round Tuesday 24th November HFA Coaches Association Colin Reed - Level 2 to 3 Bridge @ County Ground, Letchworth Thursday 26th November England Women's v Turkey Women's, World Cup Qualifier @ New Buca Stadium, Izmir Wednesday 2nd December HFA Coaches Association Legends Series - Phil Jackson @ Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield, AL10 9EU Coach Education Brochure  Coaching Application Form  Referee Course Dates Ref Course Application Form	Get Your Scoring Boots On Upload your goals to enter The FA Goal of the Month competition. The FA and Sky Sports TV pundit Chris Kamara have teamed up to ask amateur footballers from up and down the land to show off their skills by uploading their best goals to The FA's Official YouTube channel to mark the launch of their newest competition... Full Article >> Youth Team Affiliation Requirements For the 2010-2011 season, all youth football clubs are required to have a Club Welfare Officer who has an accepted CRB check, attended the FA Safeguarding Children Workshop and the Welfare Officer Workshop. Hertfordshire FA will put on a series of Welfare Officer Workshops up to the affiliation date in order to help clubs comply with this requirement... Full Article >>
News: HFA Staff On The Run   Discipline Officer, Lauren Halsey, and Referee Appointment Officer, Rob Smith recently took part in a 10k run to raise money for Cancer Research... Full Article >>	Coaching: Let The Kids Play This month John Allpress (FA National Player Development Manager) returns to ask "What happened to turn up and play?"... Full Article >>	Refereeing: The Art Of Report Writing Hertfordshire FA is launching a series of articles taken from The FA and their refereeing magazine around The Art Of Report Writing... Full Article >>