Juvenile News�Number 38 Date December 2005�

Many Players One Goal�The much vaunted SFA Youth Action Plan has finally taken shape with the�appointment of six Regional Managers. The newly appointed North Region�Manager Neil McIntosh attended this season’s inaugural Aberdeen and�District Juvenile FA General Meeting and detailed the Strategic Objectives�of the Plan which are�Governance:� To achieve effective governance, policy, strategy and direc-�tion with clear roles for each agency.�Player Pathway and Criteria:� to increase participation and the identifica-�tion of the most talented through a structure that allows a player to progress�at his level and be supported in that process�Support Services:� To have effective and efficient systems and support�services for the delivery of the Player Pathway in relation to facilities,�coaching volunteers and administration�Funding :� To establish a clear funding strategy, based on a sound business�model, with clearly directed criteria led funding.�The Scottish Youth Football Association have, with a number of reserva-�tions, signed up to the Programme Brief for the Youth Action Plan. The�SYFA have sought clarification on the budget proposals for the plan for its�full duration. In particular it is opposed to any proposal to introduce�registration fees for individual players. It has reserved its jurisdiction over�youth football under it’s auspices as it wants more consultation on the�proposed composition of the Board and Council of the SFA, the manage-�ment of the SFA and the membership of the SFA.�The SYFA has again restated the wishes of it’s member clubs to continue�playing trophy free 11-aside football at the age of 12 years.�The 78 Senior Full member clubs of the SFA have themselves still some�movement to make on the recommendations contained in the Youth Re-�view. Not least of which is the reduction of the number Regional FA’s from�nine to six.�

Cove Boys Club’s Donald Smith , received £3,000 for the club to further its activities�and the accolade of overall winner in the Sport category of the 2005 BT Chairman's�Awards. He was presented with the award by BT Chairman Sir Christopher Bland�on Thursday, June 30.�

Donald received the award in recognition of his exceptional commitment to voluntary�service. His dedication to developing the football club in Cove Bay, Aberdeen made his�application stand out ahead of hundreds of entries from across the UK.�

The annual BT Chairman's Awards scheme recognises and rewards the 'out-of-hours'�commitment BT employees give to local voluntary groups and charities. In 2004-05, BT�has supported its employees' charity work by awarding more than £190,000 to community�organisations throughout the UK.�

With members ranging in age from seven to 19, the club's main objective is to promote the�enjoyment of football in an environment that fosters skill, fair play, personal responsibility�and team work. It also runs coaching courses for those too old to qualify for one of the�sixteen teams. An amazing 240 young footballers regularly play or train at the club.�

Donald said: "What a surprise and honour it is to win this award. Everyone involved with�Cove Boys is over the moon! We'll certainly be putting the £3,000 to good use by replacing�equipment that is now ten years old - particularly the rather unsafe portable goalposts!"�

Donald started the club in 1995, as there was no local team for his son and his friends to�play for. He now coaches two of the teams and holds the post of secretary. He uses many�of the skills he has acquired at BT to grow the project in an organised and manageable way�and is sure that the confidence he's gained through working with Cove Boys has also�helped him in the workplace.�

Sir Christopher Bland, congratulated Donald and everyone involved with the Cove Boys�Club: "The percentage of his free time that Donald devotes to this cause is truly amazing -�no wonder the Club is such an important part of Aberdeen sporting life. Every year this�award scheme demonstrates�to me - as clearly as anything we do across the whole�organisation - that it's the passion and dedication of our extraordinary people that makes�BT so special."�

Coincidentally Donald was awarded a Life Mebership at this year’s Annual General�meeting of the Aberdeen and District Juvenile FA�

Donald rings up�£3,000 for Cove BC�

Offside Explained�Here is an explanation of the Offside Rule and it’s interpretation by Mike Riley a�leading English Premiership Referee in his column in The Times.�Step 1� A player is in an offside position if he is nearer his opponents goal-line than�the ball and the second last opponent.�Step 2� If a player is level with the second last opponent , he is onside. The only�parts of a player’s body that can be offside are those that he is allowed to score�with ; the arms may be ahead of an opponent and the player onside.�Step 3�. A player in an offside position will be penalised if , when the ball is played�by one of his team , he is in the opinion of the referee involved in active play.�Step 4.� A player is active if he has a chance of playing the ball, is interfering with�an opponent or , or is is gaining an advantage by being in that position . In recent�years, the area on the pitch in which players are deemed to be active has got�smaller, so players now have to be closer to the play to be treated as active. The�emphasis is to allow goals.�Step 5�. To make judgments, match officials split the attack into phases of play. For�example, suppose that the ball is played to the winger and a forward is ambling�back -- but is not deemed to be active because he is too far from play. If the�forward turns and scores from the winger’s cross, the goal will be allowed because�it is considered to be a different phase of play, assuming that the player is onside�during that phase.�Step 6� A player cannot be offside from a throw in or a corner kick.�So now you know. But remember its is the referee who decides. And his decision�is final�

Women Understand�it better then men�

A survey carried out by the sports bar group�Walkabout found that 59% of women cor-�rectly identified instances of offside com-�pared with only 55% of men. 65% of�women also correctly referred to the person�flagging for offside as assistant referees�compared with 60% of men .�These statistics will come as no surprise to�association match secretary Carol Baxter�and Treasurer Ann McKenzie both are�qualified referees.�

The female interest in the laws of the game�is a way of attracting male attention. Ex-�actly 75% of those surveyed admitted nur-�turing an interest in the game as a way of�gaining attention from potential partners.�38% of men admitting to preferring a part-�ner who had a love of the game of football.�It just goes to show that you should keep up�to date with the 17 Laws of the Game. You�never know you may have to discuss the�finer points of offside on a date.�

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It’s Only�a Game�

Parents are setting a very bad exam-�ple to young footballers up and�down the country if the article in the�News of the World Magazine is�anything to go by.�It detailed the misdemeanors of par-�ents watching teams as young as�nine. It would appear hurling filthy�obscenities at opposing players and�managers is becoming all to com-�mon.�It cited the case of one parent who�was jailed for three years for biting�off the ear of an Under 15 Team�manager.�In another instance a 36 year old�mother was unrepentant for calling�her 9 year old son’s opponents�f****** cheats.�England and Chelsea star Joe Cole�advised parents to remain quiet. “ At�their age the players should be left�to enjoy the game. My parents�would only have a quiet word after�the game. It can’t no coincidence�that the parents of just about every�player whose made it behaved in a�similar fashion.”�This article is a timely reminder for�clubs that don’t already have a Par-�ents and Supporters Code of Con-�duct to seriously consider putting�one in place. Under SYFA rules�clubs are responsible for their sup-�porters behaviour.�

Someone at�FIFA reads the�Juvenile News�

In Issue No 35 of the Juvenile News�we raised the matter of players�standing in front of the player taking�the throw in.�In July this Year the updated edition�of the Laws of the Game was pub-�lished. Law Number requires play-�ers to satnd at least two metres away�from the place where the throw in is�being taken.�Get yourself familiar with the rest of�the amendments to the laws of the�game by going on to the FIFA web-�site�

Now what about�substitutes?�

Now that there has been a recogni-�tion with the new registration forms�that Youth Football is mainly about�Recreational� football when will the�powers that be see sense and allow�all five substitutes to be used at 19’s.�What is the sense of sixteen players�tuning up on a Saturday only for�fourteen to actually get a game.�It is little wonder that more and�more young adults are stopping tak-�ing part in sport when the sport itself�is denying them the opportunity of�the chance.�

With the Oil Industry Aberdeen and District has become a very cosmopolitan�area with many different nationalities working and living in the city and surround-�ing district. It is great to see the youngsters from these working families take part�in the Juvenile Leagues. The exposure of young people to all the different cultures�is the best way of breaking down barriers.�Unfortunately youngsters can also be exposed to ignorant prejudicial influences�and sometimes these can come to the fore in a physical contact sport such as�football. All good coaches should be on the guard for players verbally abusing�opponents or teammates because of their cultural origins. These players should be�taken aside by their coach and told the football pitch is not the place for such�ignorant intolerant views.�

Football is a multi-cultural� game�

Show Racism the Red Card�The current campaign by the footballing authorities to stamp out racism�does not just apply to the supporters on the terracings. Players themselves�must be educated to respect their opponents in every regard. When better�than when they are young.�We reprint in full the article first published in Edition 12 way back in March�1999. Whilst we have been fortunate that not too many instances have been�reported we cannot afford to be complacent.�

Why does the BBC award a bottle of�champagne to the Man of the Match in�it’s televised matches?�With the whole of Scotland going on a�health kick it seems it is all right to�give the message that to be successful�you must consume alcohol. And for-�eign alcohol at that.�Scotland heads the league table in alco-�hol abuse at underage level. This is not�the best message to give youngsters.�

Success at sports does not necessarily�mean that you must consume alcohol.�Just the reverse is true . To achieve�success in sport you must abstain from�alcohol.�Professional footballer s are so well�paid that a free bottle of alcohol is�meaningless. Would it not be better if�they were allowed to donate the mone-�tary value of the champagne to their�favourite charity. It is after all licence�payers money they are using.�

Juvenile News March 1999.�

Carol began a job as a primary school coun-�selor and she was eager to help. One day�during recess she noticed a boy standing by�himself on one side of a playing field while�the rest of the kids enjoyed a game of�football at the other side. Carol ap-�proached and asked if he was all right.�The boy said he was. A little while later,�however, Carol noticed the boy was in the�same spot, still by himself. Approaching�again, Carol offered, "Would you like me�to be your friend?" The boy hesitated, then�said, "Okay," looking at the woman suspi-�ciously. Feeling she was making progress,�Carol then asked, "Why are you standing�here all alone?"�"Because," the little boy said with great�exasperation, "I'm the goalie!"�

Corn Corner�

This joke was contributed by David Little�

Dyce Date with Lord Provost�

The Scottish Youth FA Dunfer-�mline Building Society Challenge�Cup winners Dyce Boys Club 17’s�were granted a Civic Reception in�recognition of their achievement by�the Council of the City of Aberdeen.�The squad are pictured showing off�their trophy to Lord Provost John�Reynolds.�

SPORTSMANSHIP�At the Reception Alex Lornie the�Dyce BC secretary told of the sport-�ing E-Mail he received from Lloyd�Gailey manager of beaten finalists�Clydebank BC congratulating Dyce�on their win. This was from a team�that were defeated in a penalty shoot�out after a pulsating 3-3 draw.�There are not many managers who�would respond in such a sporting�fashion after such a defeat.�