Winter Futsal 2009

• It is a 7 week program  - Sunday 11 January 2009 until Sunday 22 February 2009
• 5 a side Futsal. Squads can be larger.
• Teams will be located at either World of Soccer or Dalkeith Campus
• The SFA will hold a Festival of Football for all clubs on the last week (22 February 2009). This will be at World of Soccer.

ESSDA Quarterly Meeting

The next ESSDA Quarterly Meeting will take place at 7:30pm at The Jewel Miners Club on Sunday 16th November 2008.

Items for the agenda should be submitted using the "Contact Us" page as soon as possible.

Under 12s - Soccer 7s

ESSDA will be merging with ELSSDA (East Lothian Soccer Sevens Development Association) to provide a joint Soccer 7s programme for the Second Half of the 2008-2009 Season.

The proposal will include:

• SFA "In Service" training for Coaches
• Mixed fixtures between ESSDA and ELSSDA teams
• A "Festival of Football" at the end of the season at Peffermill organised by SFA.

Please see the Under 12s page for more details.

Please use the Contact Us page to register interest in this proposal.

SFA October Soccer School

For an application form for the SFA/City of Edinburgh Council Holiday Courses at Meggetland 20th - 24th October 2008, please see the attached application form (PDF- 1.1MB)

EDINA HIBS BOYS CLUB CYP

YOUR CHANCE TO PLAY IN A HIBS STRIP - COME AND JOIN US !!

Edina Hibs are looking for players at boys club level (Pele League born 1998) to join their club this season

Training every Thursday 6.30pm – 8.00 pm @ Holyrood High School, Edinburgh.

Please contact our first team Coaches:
David Waddell the_waddells@hotmail.co.uk
07941795329 or 0131 669 0461

City of Edinburgh Council 

Corporate Services – Culture & Sport

Leasing of three new build pavilions at Bingham Park, East Pilton Park and Fernieside Recreation Ground

The City of Edinburgh Council is inviting football clubs to register their interest in acquiring a long term lease on individual pavilions at Bingham, East Pilton and Fernieside Park.

The pavilions are being built by John Dennis & Company (Scotland) Ltd and accommodation includes a home and away changing room, male & female toilets, disabled toilet, first aid room, officials changing and storage space. The scheduled completion of all three pavilions is the end of December 2008.

The pavilions are available on a full repairing lease and insuring basis with an annual rental charge for the pavilion and an upfront security bond payable. Clubs will also be responsible for all utility bills.

Applications will be assessed on a number of criteria that includes club management and sustainability, youth development and links with the local community. The deadline for applications is Friday 17 October 2008. Applications will be accepted by post, email, fax or hand delivered to Waverley Court.

Once applications have been marked, and there is no clear successful applicant, clubs may be asked to do a small presentation to a panel to determine who will be awarded the lease.

Ultimately the decision on the successful clubs will be approved by the Council’s Culture & Leisure Committee.

For more info, contact:-
Colin Mackay, Club Development Officer, City of Edinburgh Council  at  c.mackay@edinburgh.gov.uk   or  www.clubsportedinburgh.org

Coaching In-Service Day

The Developing Creative Player In-Service on Monday 8th September 2008 will be held at Dalkeith Campus Indoor Hall 6pm to 7.30pm.
Could all coaches wishing to attend this In-Service please apply to Keith Wright

Under 11s and Under 12s

Please note that the playing format changes for Under 11s and Under 12s discussed at the ESSDA Meeting and demonstrated at the In Service Session last night come into immediate effect this weekend.
The Guidelines page will be updated shortly, but for a summary of the rule changes, please see Rule Changes page.

ESSDA Fixtures

Fixtures for the First Half of the 2008-2009 season are available on this site.

Note: Fixtures issues for Under 10's were 4 days out, please make alterations and/or check the website for full details.

Note: Bonnyrigg Rose have joined the Under 9 Maradona League as the Spare Team.

If available, please contact  Jen Malone (Office and Events Coordinator) on 0131-442-1538 or email southeast@scottishfa.co.uk

ESSDA / SFA Football 4s

Details of the Football 4s programme for Under 8s is available on the Under 8 page now. The programme will start on the weekend of Saturday 30th August and Sunday 31st August 2008.

Coaching In-Service Session

There will be two In-Service Sessions next Monday given by SFA Coaches:

• 4v4 Game Formats
• 7v7 Game Formats

Venue: - Meggetland

Date & Time: - 6:30pm - 8:00pm on Monday 25th August 2008

All coaches are invited to attend, and should confirm with Jen Malone (Office and Events Coordinator) on 0131-442-1538 or email southeast@scottishfa.co.uk

If any club can supply teams of children to help out with the demo, please contact Jen above - We need 16 children for 4v4 and  22 for 7v7 sessions. Thank you.

SFA Player Pathway

At the ESSDA Meeting on Sunday 17th August 2008, Mark Munro (SFA South East Regional Manager)  talked through the Player Pathway for young footballers. The documents he referred to during that session are available for download:-

Proposed Player Formats for ESSDA (PDF - 235KB)
Proposed Player Formats for ESSDA (DOC - 152KB)
4v4 Information (PDF - 162KB)
4v4 Information (DOC - 157KB)

PDF - Adobe Acrobat format
DOC - MS Word Format

4v4 In-Service Coaching

The 4v4 In Service Coaching due to take place on Wednesday 13th August has been postponed. An alternative date will be published shortly.

ESSDA Applications for season 2008/2009

All clubs are reminded that applications for next season were due in by 1st August 2008. Teams failing to register run the risk of being excluded from fixture lists for the start of the season.

ESSDA applications are available from the Forms page on this site. Each team playing 7 a side needs to complete one ESSDA form. Under 8s registering for 4 a side need to complete one form per club.
Each age group must register with the SYFA. SYFA Applications may be requested from me - see Contact page. These forms are signed and can be forwarded with a stamped SAE direct to Hampden. Clubs intending to play 11 a side  - please read the next news item.

SFA In Service Days

There is an in service day for clubs who will host the Soccer 4 Central Venues on Wednesday 25th June at Meggetland from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Clubs will be able to pick up their SFA 4's equipment at the event.

Loanhead, Spartans, Leith, Fernieside, Youngstars, Tynecastle, Musselburgh are al invited to attended.

Another event for clubs participating in Soccer 4s will be announced shortly - probably on 17th August.

SFA Activities

The SFA are running "Midnight League" - 5 and 7 a side football for 12y to 16y
and
Summer Holiday Courses:
o  Children 5y - 14y
o  Girls Only 8y - 14y
o  Goalkeeping 8y-16y

For details read Midnight League (PDF - 751KB) and
SFA Summer Programme  (City of Edinburgh) (PDF - 1.3MB)
SFA Summer Programme (Midlothian) (PDF - 1MB)

All applications to :-

SFA Coaching Courses                

Please note that application forms and payments must be in 7 days prior to course commencement as this is the closing date for the courses. Application form can be downloaded here - Application Form (PDF 152KB)
Cheques should be made payable to City of Edinburgh Council and places are limited.

All forms and payments should be sent to:                        

David Sheldon
SFA Football Development Officer
City of Edinburgh Council
5-7 regent Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5BL

ESSDA Season 2008/2009

Application Forms for the ESSDA 2008/2009 season should have been picked up by all clubs at The Jewel on 8th June 2008.

Clubs without forms can download their ESSDA forms from the new FORMS page on this website. To get SYFA forms, please contact me - see Contact page.

All forms must be returned by 31st July 2008. Clubs submitting forms late run the risk of not being admitted to the association.

Hearts FC Community Coach

Hearts FC are looking to recruit a new Community Coach. This is a new full-time position based at Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh.

The post-holders duties will include supporting grassroots provision and developing opportunities for local children's and youth clubs. 

Further information and application details can be found at either of theses links.

www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Jobs/0,,10289~1319148,00.html

www.s1jobs.com/job/248547295.html

The closing date is 20 June 2008

SUMMER FOOTBALL - CENTRAL   VENUES are CANCELLED

Unfortunately, summer football at the central venues will not be going ahead this year.

As no new fixtures will be made available, clubs are asked to revert to the original fixtures for June 2008 as issued earlier this year. If these games are not possible, please arrange your own fixtures with clubs in the association, if you have a suitable venue to play the match.

East and Mid Lothian teams can play normal home fixtures. Edinburgh teams can switch venue where possible.

FOOTBALL  4s    FOR  UNDER  8s 

From  August  2008

As  part  of  the  SFA  Player  Pathway  which  Essda  endorse  the  new  intake  of  under  8s  in  August  will  play  Football  4s.  We  are  trialling  this  programme  form  August  so  that  we  will  hit  the  ground  running  come  March  09  when  the  Player  Pathway  kicks  in  for  real.

To  enable  this  programme  to  run  effectively  4s  centres  will  be  set  up.  We  are  asking  Clubs  to  run  these  centres  on  behalf  of  Essda  and  the  SFA.  Centres  already  in  place  are  LOANHEAD, FERNIESIDE  &  BINGHAM  PARK. We  are  hoping  to  secure  at  least  3  other  centres  (  these  will  be  confirmed  soon ).

Due  to  each  of  the  hosting  clubs  logistical  issues  the  centres  will  run  on  either  a  Saturday  or  Sunday  morning.

Each  of  the  centres  will  be  provided  with  the  equipment  shown,  the  equipment  is  the  property  of  the  SFA  but  the  hosting  club  will  have  control  over  it.  To see the equipment, please click on the equipment link

MORE  DETAILS  TO  FOLLOW  SOON

Disclosure Scotland

If  anyone  would  like  to  become  an  additional  signatory  within  your  club  please  contact  General  Secretary.  After  an  evenings  training  from  the  SYFA  Protection  Officer  you  will  be  able  to  carry out  Disclosure  checks  for  your  club.  This  is  a  responsible  position  to  hold  and  will  also  enhance  your   club's Quality  Mark  status.