Student Research Resource

Friday, 14 July 2006.

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The Student Research Resource
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Section	Name	Page
Background		6
1.1	The Structure of World Football	7
1.2	Brief History of The FA	8
1.3	Structure of The FA	10
1.4	Role of The FA	10
Football Development
2.1	The FA National Football Development Programme	13
2.1.1	Club Development	13
2.1.2	Education	13
2.1.3	Developing Volunteers	16
2.1.4	Equity & Inclusion	17
2.1.5	Sir Trevor Brooking Q&A – Charter Standard	17
2.2	Get into Football	19
2.3	Ethics & Equity - Football For All	20
2.3.1	Race Equality	20
2.3.2	Homophobia	25
2.3.3	Lucy Faulkner Q&A – Homophobia & Discrimination	26
2.3.4	Child Protection	27
2.3.4.1	Sue Law Q&A – Equality & Child Protection	29
2.3.5	Asians in Football	30
2.3.5.1	Co-ordination of Policy & Planning	31
2.3.5.2	Opportunities to Participate & Progress	31
2.3.5.3	Raising Awareness	33
2.3.5.4	Education & Training	34
2.3.5.5	Rules & Regulations	35
2.3.5.6	Monitoring & Evaluation	35
2.4	Disability Football	36
2.5	Women and Girls’ Football	41
2.6	Small Sided Football	46
2.7	Administration of Refereeing	51
2.8	FA Learning	53
Facility Development
3.1	The Football Foundation	54
3.2	GoalPost Safety	55
Commercial
4.1	Broadcast	58
4.2	FA Partners	58
4.3	The FA Licensing Programme	59
Resource Sections
England Teams
5.1	Senior Squad	61
5.2	Youth Squads	61
5.3	Women’s Senior Squad	62
5.4	Women’s Youth Squads	63
5.5	Disability Squads	63
5.6	Official England Supporters Club – ‘englandfans’	64
5.7	Alltogethernow	65
FA Competitions		67
6.1	The FA Cup	68
6.2	The FA Community Shield	68
6.3	The FA Amateur Cup	68
6.4	The FA Women’s Cup	68
6.5	The FA Trophy	69
6.6	The FA Vase	69
6.7	The FA National League System Cup	69
6.8	The FA Youth Cup	70
6.9	The FA County Youth Cup	70
6.10	The FA Sunday Cup	70
6.11	The FA Futsal Cup	70
Sports Medical & Exercise Science		71
7.1	Exercise Science & Fitness	71
7.2	The FA’s Doping Control Programme	73
Governance		75
8.1	The Compliance Department	75
8.2	Players’ Agents	77
Stadia, Safety & Security
9.1	The Prevention of Football Related Violence	78
9.2	Stewarding	80
Public Affairs		83
10.1	The Nation’s Most Popular Sport	83
10.2	Delivering to All Sections of the Community	83
10.3	Educating the Young and Improving Health	84
10.4	The Need for Government Investment	84
10.5	Ticket Touting	85
10.5.1	Extent of the Ticket Touting Problem	85
10.5.2	The Negative Impact of Ticket Touting	86
10.5.3	The Limits of the Existing Legislation	89
10.5.4	Proposals for Government Action	90
10.6	The FA’s Charity Policy	90
10.7	Football & Health	92
10.7.1	Football’s Relationship with the Department of Health	92
10.7.2	Cancer Awareness	93
The Structure Of World Football
International Relations		94
11.1	The International Development Programme	94
11.2	UEFA-CAF Meridian Project	94
11.3	Partnerships	95
11.4	Communiqué	95
Finance		96
12.1	Generating Income	96
12.2	Expenditure	96
12.3	The FA’s Annual Review	97
12.4	The Financial Advisory Committee	97
12.5	The Financial Advisory Unit	97
The FA Moving Forward
13.1	Structural Review	99
13.2	Wembley	101
13.3	London 2012	102
Miscellaneous
14.1	Statistics	104
14.2	Becoming a Professional Footballer	105
Bibliography		108

STUDENT RESEARCH RESOURCE

14 July 2006