Please note that the FA Competition portal will be open from June 24 for player registrations.Players will only be approved if the following conditions have been met:1. The Club has submitted its League application and paid the membership fee and2. The players team has been affiliated with CountyTo avoid a fine please ensure that miniumum numbers of players for a team have ....
Congratulations to the below Clubs who were the winners of the Season 23/24 BCFA Admin Awards. All have been awarded a Prokit e-voucher2AIM4Aveley United YouthBasildon Boys & GirlsBasildon United YouthBillericay Town GirlsBowers & Pitsea FCChigwell & Chigwell GirlsCorringham CosmosDiamond Youth FCEast Thurrock Uni ....
Congratulations to the below team who were the winners of the Season 23/24 BCFA Sportsmanship Awards.All have been awarded a Prokit e-voucherWoodham Radars Y U9 SharksBrentwood Youth AFC U9 PumasBrandon Groves Y U9 TigersByron Red Star Girls U10 JaguarsTigers J U10 YellowTigers Girls U10 YellowSouth Woodham Ferrers United Y U11 LeopaSpring ....
The League is pleased to annouce that Caroline McLaren has joined the Committee as the League Admin Officer.This new role includes responsibility for the Leagues Social Media with Lisa having stepped down ....
Clubs can now start to update team information in their Club Admin Portal ready for the new Season.The deadline for completion is 19 July.Please see the attached guide ....
Please note that notification via the Club Admin portals for a teams intentions for sesason 2024/25 has now closed.From today, 23 May, notification of an new teams/teams folding etc must be emailed to secretary@bcfayl.co.uk as no further extract from the Club Admin portals will be made. ....
....
Guidance has been issued to all Clubs. Deadline to update Club portal is 17 May ....
U9S on Sunday 12th May 2024 @ Basildon Sports & Leisure, Gardiners Lane South, Gardiners Way, Basildon SS14 3AP 10:00 - BCFA U9 Copa Final11:30 - BCFA U9 Trophy Final13:00 - BCFA U9 Vase Final14:30 - BCFA U9 Plate Final16:00 - BCFA U9 Bowl FinalU10s on S ....
Last weekend we joined with 100's of grassroots leagues across the UK to take part in the FA's National Silent Weekend Iniaitve. Unfortunately the weather was not kind to us and only 45% of BCFA matches went ahead. This meant 6,000 of our players, their coaches and parents didn't get a chace to experience playing during a Silent Weekend. Giv ....
This coming weekend - Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March, we’re taking part in the FA's Silent Support Weekend 2024.For players…They’ll be doing all the talking. This is an opportunity for them to find their voice and explore their game, without any distractions.For coaches… When the game is in play, co ....
Double Header GuidanceAs we get closer to the end of the season and teams no longer have enough sunday's left in the season to complete their full league schedule you may be set to play a Double Header to enable all fixtures in the Division to be completed by the end of the season - 19th May 2024. This guidance is where a team has to play 2 Le ....
At the moment each week on a Wednesday I send a reminder text to all those Clubs listing which of their teams have not submitted a team sheet. This has been to reduce the number of charges and subsequent fines raised against Clubs. To my knowledge this check and helpful reminder is not carried out by other Leagues. However, in the last few weeks this has meant consistently sending over 50 text ....
Dear Club Secretaries,Please find below an update on latest BCFA Youth League News......Welcome to the League - Since the AGM we have welcomed several new clubs into the BCFAYL for the 2023/24 season in order to facilitate one of their teams to play competitive football this season. Welcome to Canvey Island Youth FC, Diamond Youth FC, Great Notley Youth ....
Did you know that it is compulsory for teams to have available a copy of their latest squad list before KO at every BCFAYL match? This is for safeguarding reasons as well as ensuring only eligible players are playing and failure to comply with this rule could see your match being given as a walkover to the opponents and fines raised against your club. ....
Dear U9 / U10 / U11 Manager,We are pleased to announce we will be holding two Manager Meetings this month which are open to all U9, U10 and U11 BCFA Managers. Both meetings will start at 8pm and be held at the Welcome Club, 1 Victoria Road, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0JF. The aim of the mee ....
We look forward to welcoming you to one of our two coaching workshops in October. Both workshops will run from 7.30pm until 9.00pm (you can select your preferred date in the form below).Wednesday 18th October- Springfield FC, Arun Close, CM1 7QEMonday 23rd October - Virtual Workshop (Link to be provided prior to the event)Our aim is to provide support ....
All requests for a fixture postponement must be submitted via the BCFA League website postponement form (https://www.bcfa.leaguesystem.co.uk/website/teampostponementsnew.php). All requests must adhere to the 21 day notice period and clearly state the reason why the postponement is being requested. For the U9, U10 ....
....
Following on from the success of last seasons U13 Round Robins we are again starting our U13 season with teams allocated 5 fixtures to play from 10th September to 8th October.These fixtures are effectively 5 “friendlies” for the league to review the ability level of each U13 team at the new 11-a-side format and after seeing most of our girls teams leave and a number ....
We are pleased to announce a new BCFA iniative for our Club Welfare Officers (CWOs) to kick off the 2023/2024 season. Nicki Sargood (BCFA YL CWO) has organised this special League CWO event in partnership with the Safeguarding team at Essex FA that will give CWOs a great opportunity to network and hear some important updates from the FA ahead of the start of the season. ....
Dear BCFAYL, All our members have a critical role in establishing high standards of coaching, learning and behaviour throughout grassroots youth football. Positive behaviour and self-control are key to creating a happy and effective match environment. Poor behaviour cannot be tolerated because it prevents individual and ....
The BCFA CYFL Funds sub-committee would like to ensure any remaining funds from the CYFL are available to member clubs as set out below. There will be the opportunity for clubs to apply for grants, with the aim of helping clubs fulfil the FA requirements for training and development.Payment of BCFA Member fees for season 23/24 for ex CYFL teams that fully completed season 22-23, (an ....
We are delighted to welcome three new volunteer members to the League Management Committee for the 2023/20024 Season.New Development Officer - Nick Eyre (Witham Town) New U8 Fixture Secretary - Danny Weston (Sungate) New U9 Fixture Secretary - Simon Walker (Intersports) All three have jumped straight into act ....
We look forward to welcoming our new U7/U8 coaches at one our two Festival Intro & Coaching Workshops in September.Both workshops will run from 6.30pm until 9.30pm (you can select your preferred date via the the form below).Monday 11th September- Broomfield FCThursday 21st September- Billericay Town FCThe Our aim is to provide support to coaches/managers ....
Blackmore Youth Blue - Under 9 Boys
Blackmore Youth U9 Blues are looking for players to complete their squad for the 2024/25 ...[click]
Pitsea Town YFC U15 Blue - Under 15 Boys
Hi we are a new team to the Brentwood league this season and would love ...[click]