Norfolk County Football Association

Norfolk County Football Association
Purpose Football association
Headquarters 11 Meridian Way
Thorpe St Andrew
Location
Shaun Turner
Website norfolkfa.com

The Norfolk County Football Association is the governing body for football in the county of Norfolk, England.

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:

Affiliated 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:

Affiliated Member Clubs

Among the notable clubs that are (or were at one time) affiliated to the Norfolk County FA are:

County Cup Competitions

The Norfolk County FA run the following Cup Competitions:
  • Norfolk Sunday Intermediate Cup
  • Norfolk Sunday Junior Cup
  • John Savage Cup
  • Norfolk Minor Cup
  • Norfolk Veterans Cup
  • Norfolk Women's Cup

Source[8]

List of recent Norfolk County Cup Winners

SeasonNorfolk Senior Cup WinnersNorfolk Junior Cup WinnersNorfolk Primary Cup Winners
2004–05Diss Town East Harling
2005–06Dereham Town Caister United Dereham Posties
2006–07Dereham Town Norwich United Reserves Dereham Posties
2007–08Wroxham Horsford United Lynn Docklands
2008–09King's Lynn Reserves Norwich St Johns Docking Rangers
2009–10Mattishall West Lynn Sports & Social Club Old Hunstanton
2010–11Dereham Town UEA Hopton
2011–12Gorleston Reffley Royals Haven Bridge United
2012–13Norwich City U21 Catfield Scarning United
2013–14Gorleston Catfield One Love United
2014–15Wroxham Castle Acre Swifts Tavern Old Boys
2015–16Dereham Town Mundford Tavern Old Boys

Sources[9][10]

Directors & Officials

Board of Directors

  • Richard King (Chairman)
  • Michael Banham
  • Stuart Dracup
  • Roger Howlett
  • Michael Potter
  • Ray Venemore
  • Shaun Turner (Chief Executive)[11]

Key Officials

  • Shaun Turner (Chief Executive)
  • Matt Carpenter (Football Administration Manager)
  • Gavin Lemmon (County Development Manager)
  • Rebecca Burton (Marketing & Communications Manager)
  • Shaun Howes (FDC General Manager)[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – About Us". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  2. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Football Development". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Saturday Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Sunday Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Small Sided Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  6. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Youth Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Female Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  8. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Fixtures & Results – County Cups". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – County Cups". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  10. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – County Cups". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Board of Directors". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Norfolk County FA – Staff Structures". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
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