FA Girls' Talent Development

Our mission statement

To allow players opportunities to access appropriate levels of coaching and support throughout the talent pathway, enabling the programme to reach our ultimate goal in producing elite English female players to compete on the world stage.

IMPORTANT PLAYER INFORMATION – FA GIRLS’ CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Any new registered players within The FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence programme must qualify to play for England>

Any player that is not part of The FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence programme will not be eligible for Elite Performance Camps or International squad selection.

The FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence for 2012-13 are:

Arsenal	jbayer@arsenal.co.uk
Aston Villa	martin.harrison@avfc.co.uk
Birmingham City	heathercowanbclfc@live.com
Blackburn Rovers	gdonnelly@rovers.co.uk
Brighton & Hove Albion	Rachel.Ely@bhafc.co.uk
Bristol Academy	daniel.tanhai@filton.ac.uk
Cambridge	danielle.quelch@hotmail.co.uk
Chelsea	robert.udberg@chelseafc.com
Colchester United	kanderson@cucst.org.uk
Derby County	simon.carnall@dcfc.co.uk
Devon FA	matthew.hodgson@devonfa.com
Everton	andy.spence@evertonfc.com
Gillingham	lbiles@priestfield.com
Hampshire FA	Martina.Heath@HampshireFA.com
Leeds United	gary.waddington@leedsunited.com
Leicester City	jasonwithe@yahoo.com
Lincoln	linzi.hewitt@lincolnshirefa.com
Liverpool	kevin.quigley@live.co.uk
Manchester United	emma.fletcher@manutd.co.uk
Middlesex FA	stuart.allen@middlesexfa.com
Millwall & Lewisham	paulanthonypalmer@gmail.com
MK Dons	charlene.ward@mkdons.com
North Yorkshire	gail@gailcolling.orangehome.co.uk
Norwich City	emma.fletcher@ncfc-canaries.co.uk
Oxford United	rblackmore@oufc.co.uk
Sheffield United	helen.mitchell1889@gmail.com
Somerset FA	aaron.clements@somersetfa.com
Sporting Club Albion	Melvyn.Wilkes@albionfoundation.co.uk
Stoke City	liam.peart@stokecityfc.com
Teesside University	p.kreczak@tees.ac.uk
Sunderland & Gateshead	graham.robinson@safc.com

The FA Girls’ Player Development Centres for 2012-13 are:

Bedfordshire FA	julia.ladbrooke@bedfordshirefa.com
Berks & Bucks FA	naomi.ball@berks-bucksfa.com or lwelling@buckssport.org
Birmingham FA (Black Country & Coventry)	rachael.blunt@birminghamfa.com
Cheshire FA	stephanie.knott@cheshirefa.com
Cornwall FA	warren.parker@cornwallfa.com
Cumberland FA	Craig.Lewis@CumberlandFA.com
Devon FA	matthew.hodgson@devonfa.com
Dorset FA	andrew.battison@dorsetfa.com
Durham FA	lindsey.robinson@durham.gov.uk
East Riding FA	gemma.thomas@eastridingfa.com
Essex FA	emma.burden@essexfa.com sharon.brownlie@essexfa.com (London Boroughs)
Gloucestershire FA	scott.milne@gloucestershirefa.com or grace.bunker@gloucestershirefa.com
Herefordshire FA	alexis.lunn@herefordshirefa.com
Lancashire FA	michael.nadal@lancashirefa.com
London FA (North)	natalie.doyle@londonfa.com
London FA (South)	emma.barnes@londonfa.com
Manchester FA	shirley.veevers@manchesterfa.com
Northampton FA	kathryn.hall@northamptonshirefa.com
Northumberland FA	alysha.cook@northumberlandfa.com or nicola.hepworth@northumberlandfa.com
Nottinghamshire FA	kevin.sanders@nottinghamshirefa.com
Shropshire FA	eve.bailey@shropshirefa.com
Suffolk FA	nathan.french@suffolkfa.com
Surrey FA	jon.burr@surreyfa.com or paul.jones@surreyfa.com
West Riding FA	caroline.hulme@wrcfa.com
Westmoreland FA	helen.aitchison@westmorlandfa.com
Wiltshire FA	mike.benson@wiltshirefa.com or emma.small@wiltshirefa.com
Worcestershire FA	andy.norman@worcestershirefa.com

For further information on any of The FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence or the FA Girls’ Player Development Centres please contact the Centres directly via the e-mail addresses above

In 2011 the FA completed a comprehensive 18-month consultation and review into our talent development programmes for girls and based on these findings restructured the pathway. As part of this, The FA committed to an ongoing review of this new structure and to communicate by March 2012 if there were to be any modifications.

• Subject to the continuation of both FA and external funding, the existing 31 FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence, that fulfil their FA Licence agreement and meet the strict criteria going forward will retain their FA licence until the end of the 2013-14 season . 
• In 2014 The FA will reopen the application process for these 31 FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence licences to all organisations that wish to apply. This timescale has been agreed to dovetail into the plans to explore the introduction of a second tier of The FA WSL in 2014, ensuring that the whole talent pathway of women's football is developed in parallel
• Funding will be also be available to develop eight more FA Girls’ Player Development Centres for the 2012-13 season. This will offer more support to more grassroots players who show future potential for our game. This will be developed further in conjunction with the County FAs and their local partners.