Wimbledon don’t Just specify in courses for young fit athletes they also have started up a Wimbledon disabled football club Which was launched on the 1st April 2000 by the FA Chief Executive. This new partnership to promote disabled football was kicked off by Adam Crozier, Chief Executive of the football association. Wimbledon Disabled Football Club displayed its very impressive talents on the pitch before the Wimbledon Vs Arsenal game at Selhurst Park that year. The Limbless Association and Wimbledon FC have set up two new disabled football teams (a junior and senior) which are being coached and led by Wimbledon FC at weekly training sessions. Wimbledon FC are also providing kits and other support for the team.
The launch also had the suport of Ex-England Coach, Kevin Keegan and Ministers from the Department of Health and Department of Culture Media and Sport. Kevin Keegan said, “Football is for everyone. It’s for women and girls as well as men and boys, it’s for Veterans and it’s for disabled people. I think it’s great the things the Limbless Association does for youngsters who are keen on football and I wish them all the best with this project.” Women’s and Girls Football Women’s football is enjoying a period of unprecedented growth. There are now over 700 women’s teams, 1,000 girl’s teams and 34,000 registered players making women’s football the fastest growing female sport.
Talented young players can benefit from the new Women’s Talent Development Programme including a network of Centers of Excellence, National Player Courses and England Youth Teams. The FA Women’s Football Development Programme is involved in a number of initiatives to further increase opportunities for female players including the Millennium Youth Games, Lottery Sports Fund Active Sports Programme and the County Grant Aid Scheme. With such Developments taking place, now is the ideal time to establish girls and women’s teams.
National Provision We have a couple of national provisions in the London area which include Crystal Palace Stadium, this arena held the common wealth games and plays a big part of our national provision. Wembely is one of the most important due to the fact that our national side plays there. The stepladder of football goes up in stages and here is a flow diagram to show and explain the process: Little league football (This is where young children often start their careers and get to grips with basic skills and rules).
Schoolboy football (Begin to adapt their skills to a higher standard). Grassroots (Teenagers get the chance to play for a team that can progress through a series of leagues table in the Tandridge or Epsom and Ewell). Surrey FA (In charge of local clubs in the surrey area including women’s, girls and disabled teams). FA and Nationwide (This owns the Premiership, division 1,2&3 and also the Vauxhall conference leagues).
Uefa (This is the association of European clubs and competitions like the Uefa cup and the Champions league. Both of which are held every year). Fifa (This is the association of international clubs and competitions which includes the World Cup where it is held every four years at a selected country venue e.g. World cup 98 was held in France who actually went on to win the cup). Conclusion To conclude this Local and National Provision I would like to state that there is lots of facilities that you can use within you local area whether the fact that your a boy, girl or disabled its there for you to use and get involved in.