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Student Research Resource

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The Student Research Resource
(Click on the links for each of the 15 sections to download)
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The Full Document Details:

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 & 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 AF 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