AWAY TO CORSHAM MEET AT ALICE PARK CAR PARK AT  9 30 AM  1/3/08 

TEAM  TOBY . SAMMY . JOSH . MATT . HARVEY . GEORGE . JOE . JAMES . CALEB . BEN . JAKE .LOUIE . CURTIS . OLLY

PLEASE LET ANDY OR PAUL NO IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT

THANKS

We are at home.  10:00 at Monkton Combe School as usual please.

We are playing against White Horse Juniors once again.

Terry.

THIS WEEK 23/2/08 

THE FALCONS ARE HOME TO BIDDESTONE FC

MEET 9. 45 AM AT GROUND KO 10 .15

TEAM  JACK . JAMIE LI . SAMMY . MATT . BEN . JAKE . LOUIE . OLLY . ED . CALEB . JOE . JAMES . CURTIS . GEORGE

PLEASE TELL PAUL OR ANDY IF YOU CAN T MAKE IT .

THANK YOU

World Football finds out more on the Pro Licence By Alistair Magowan

In order to be a football manager in the top divisions of countries like Spain, Italy, Germany and France, coaches must have the Uefa Pro Licence qualification.

In England, special dispensations have been given to the likes of Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate as English coaching catches up with the rest of Europe.

And Chelsea are hoping to do the same for new manager Avram Grant, who does not have the required Uefa coaching paperwork.

It is argued by some that qualifications alone will not make you a good manager but what exactly is a Pro Licence and is it actually relevant to what a Premier League manager does day-to-day?

WHAT IS A PRO LICENCE?

The Uefa Pro Coaching Licence is aimed at Europe’s elite band of coaches but it is actually more about management than coaching itself.

The Uefa ‘A’ Licence, a step below the Pro Licence, covers matters more suited to the football pitch.

That takes at least a year and encompasses 180 hours but Uefa guidelines suggest that coaches should have a further year’s experience before progressing to the top qualification.

HOW QUALIFIED IS THE PREMIER LEAGUE? (AS OF SEP 2007)
 

Arsene Wenger (ARS) - Pro Lic
Martin O’Neill (AV) - FA Dip
Steve Bruce (BIR) - FA Dip#
Mark Hughes (BLA) - Pro Lic
Sammy Lee (BOL) - Pro Lic
Avram Grant (CHE) - Pending
Billy Davies (DER) - Pro Lic
David Moyes (EVE) - Pro Lic
Lawrie Sanchez (FUL) - Pro Lic
Rafa Benitez (LIV) - Pro Lic
Sir Alex Ferguson (MU) - FA Dip
Sven-Goran Eriksson (MC) - Pro Lic
Gareth Southgate (MID) - A Lic*
Sam Allardyce (NEW) - Pro Lic
Harry Redknapp (POR) - FA Dip
Steve Coppell (REA) - FA Dip
Roy Keane (SUN) - Pro Lic*
Martin Jol (TOT) - Pro Lic
Alan Curbishley (WH) - FA Dip
Chris Hutchins (WIG) - Pro Lic
*denotes currently taking qualification; #denotes taken one-off course to pass diploma

The Premier League only signed up to Uefa’s coaching rules in 2003 and English football has been playing catch up since.

The result is that, as well as the major European footballing nations, the likes of the Czech Republic now has more coaches with the A Licence and Pro Licence than in England.

Coaches on the continent tend to do the Pro Licence before they manage in their respective top divisions but in England the FA has had to tailor the qualification to suit managers already plying their trade in the Premiership.

Recent graduates include Newcastle’s Sam Allardyce and former Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce but the course also suits assistants such as Blackburn’s Mark Bowen and coaches who aspire to work in the top division.

While an increasing number of British coaches have now passed the Pro Licence, the more established coaches such as Harry Redknapp or Sir Alex Ferguson, have been awarded an FA coaching diploma to recognise their experience.

But any coach hoping to manage in the Premiership after 2010 must have the Pro Licence.

WHAT DOES THE COURSE CONSIST OF?

The qualification takes a year to complete and consists of a minimum of 240 hours, of which 90 hours are practical, and is aimed at dealing with situations familiar to fans of the Premiership.

Modules such as handling top-class players, using the latest technology, analysing opponents’ strengths and weaknesses and dealing with player’s problems on and off the pitch are all covered in the course.

To pass the coach has to prove that he or she is competent in the following areas:

How to plan and evaluate your team’s strategic season programme
How to succeed in one key fixture during the season
Improving the performance of one key player
Improving your own interpersonal skills
Building upon your existing coaching skills with specific emphasis
While there are residential weeks, a lot of the work is done by the coaches within their clubs.

The bonus for the coaches is that they will be coaching nearly every day anyway so in effect they will complete many more hours than the 240 required.

HOW IS IT STRUCTURED?

As well as covering a wide range of topics, there are three meaty projects that the coaches must complete: handling professional players, match-related training methods and analysis of a key fixture.

In England, the course begins in June at Warwick University with a 10-day residential where there are guest speakers, workshops and practical tasks.

Practical topics are specific to the extent where a coach might be put in a situation where he or she is in charge of Tottenham Hotspur facing the second leg of a Uefa Cup tie against Russian opposition.

Alongside two colleagues, the coach would then prepare for the fixture and deal with different scenarios within the game such as sendings off or injuries.

The reality for most coaches is that from August to December they are based at their clubs and while the course is tailored to fit in with their day-to-day duties, the modules actually complement the challenges they face.

Some of the modules are completed via conference call tutorials and, with more football-related areas, the coaches will use the players at their club.

PRO LICENCE MODULES
Handling professional players
Styles of play
Key game analysis
Mental preparation
Sports medicine
Specialist training
Game related training
Fitness and conditioning
The media and technology
Ethics and code of conduct
Business management
Club structure
Contracts and agents
Planning including rest and recovery
Study visits
Practical work and problem solving

In January there is another two-day residential which has in the past had guest speakers such as Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson and former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello. Past and present England managers also attend this gathering.

Later in the year, the coaches will again gather over the phone to cover topics on sports medicine, goalkeeping, fitness and conditioning, and business management.

The last project is for a key fixture and takes place in the second half of the season featuring a particularly tough match such as a top of the table clash or an FA Cup tie.

For this, the coach will have to create a file using scouting reports, opposition video analysis and training methods used in preparation for the fixture. Following the match, the coach will review the preparation and the match with FA technical staff.

Also incorporated into the course is a study visit which consists of a trip to a European club, such as Real Madrid or Inter Milan, to get a technical and structural overview of the club.

At the final residential in June the coaches will provide a debrief of the study visit and finish with modules on pre-season and fitness testing ready for the new season.

While the course takes a year to complete, it is fully flexible to allow coaches to pick up modules the following year.

England head coach Steve McClaren is one of the candidates who chose this option and he took 18 months to complete the course.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/6189330.stm

Published: 2007/09/26 10:36:21 GMT

By John Sinnott

England are struggling to develop a big enough player base to succeed in internationals, says Howard Wilkinson.
This week it is unlikely more than 12 Englishman will play in the Champions League, despite England having the most number of clubs - four - in the event.

But a study by ex-Football Association technical director Wilkinson showed successful national teams probably need at least 50 players to pick from.

"The job of the England coach will be more difficult," he told BBC Sport.

"Your best players need to be playing against the best players in the Premier League and the Champions League consistently."

During his time as the FA’s technical director Wilkinson carried out a study of all the World Cup and European Championship semi-finalists and finalists since the Second World War and the results suggested that when teams start a two-year qualifying campaign that 50 players are needed in a provisional squad.

The study also revealed that successful teams had players with an average age of 28 or 29 and who had won 30 or more caps.  Consistency, in terms of selection through a tournament, as well as managerial continuity were also important factors to sides succeeding in major tournaments.

"It became apparent from England teams that the pool necessary to sustain a good national team is larger than the 22 when you pick a squad," said Wilkinson, who is chairman of the League Managers Association.

"But it’s very difficult to produce 50 world-class performers from a pool of 100.

"That’s why Brazil do so well because they have got so many players to choose from."

Related story: Why are Brazil so good?

If the representation of English players is wafer-thin in the Champions League, it is also slowly being salami sliced in the Premier League.

According to a recent Professional Footballers’ Association report, the number of English players starting Premier League matches dropped from 363 in the 1992-93 season to 191 last season.

While the representation of English players fell from 71% to 38%, overseas players, who comprised 10% of Premier League players in 1992-93, rose to 51%.

A decade ago, Wilkinson produced the FA’s Charter for Quality, which led to the creation of 41 academies in the Premier and Football League and was designed to nurture a recurring crop of young English footballers.

Unsurprisingly, Wilkinson believes there is still much work to be done in the way England organises the production of young players.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/europe/7248583.stm

Published: 2008/02/18 09:38:35 GMT

Over half term we have enough players to play on the 16th, but not on the 23rd.  So, our scheduled fixture against Chippenham is off, but instead we’ll play away at White Horse (i.e. Calne) this Saturday.

They play at John Bentley School at the end of White Horse Way.  See the map below.

Kick Off is at 10:30 so please try and be there at 10:00.

maps.google.co.uk/maps

See you Saturday.

We would just like to say a BIG well done to all of the Falcon  players today  for their  performance against Warminster  Highbury A in the ¼ final of the cup  .

You all kept going until the end and played  very well , each and everyone one of you was brilliant and a well deserved victory of  7-2.

Toby, Ben, Louis ,  Jake, Matt, Jamie L, James , Sammy, Joe, Caleb, Curtis, George.

WELL DONE  boys !!!!!!

Andy & Paul

match date sat 9 feb ko 10 .30

This weekend we will meet at the sulis club at 9.15

TEAM  toby . ben . jake . matt . louis . sammy . james . joe . caleb . jamie li . curtis . george

anyone who cannot play please let paul or andy no.

As you can see we will only have 12 players the weekend, so we will be takeing on more players.Which means it wii be harder to gain a place in the starting 11. The reason for this is  because we still have not taken 14 boys to a game even with 17 players in the falcons

Anyone who wants to go to warminster with out meeting at sulis club  let me no, the pitch is at  woodcock road.Please be there for 10.00 am

thank yon

… away to Bromham, but we get a lie in, as they can’t play until 1:00.  Please be there by 12:30

Here’s a link to a map,

maps.google.co.uk/maps

Terry

dear all please could all anyone who as outstanding fees for this season please pay them as soon as they can,as there are training and pitch fees to be payed thank you