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SSYFL 2025/2026 Registrations

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:13:08 GMT

SSYFL Registrations 2025/26 Club & Team Entries and Renewals

Clubs are now able to register Teams for the SSYFL 2025/26 season. See the Register 25/26 pages on the SSYFL website for full details.

SSYFL 2024/25 Club Registration Owners who manage entries for their Club have been contacted about renewal arrangements for 2025/26.

SSYFL AGM

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:33:12 GMT

AGM 2025: Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 7pm

The meeting will be on-line - please contact secretary@ssyfl.org in advance for details.

Please send at least one representative from your club.

SSYFL 2023/2024 Registrations

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:07:24 GMT

SSYFL Registrations 2023/24 Club & Team Entries and Renewals

Clubs are now able to register Teams for the SSYFL 2023/24 season. See the Register 23/24 pages on the SSYFL website for full details.

SSYFL 2022/23 Club Registration Owners who manage entries for their Club have been contacted about renewal arrangements for 2023/24.

Silent Support Weekend 5th & 6th November 2022

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:58:49 GMT

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We’re joining in with the first National Silent Support Weekend to promote Respect in Youth Football, and our teams and clubs will play an important part.

We’re encouraging spectators and coaches to show their support during the match through applause only. This will reduce pressure and confusion and give players a better opportunity to find their own voice and develop their game.

So, all you have to do is not talk, you can applaud good play from both teams, and then tell us your thoughts about the experience so we can feed into a national campaign to make improvements for the future. A digital link to a survey will be shared after the weekend for you to fill in to collect this information.

Join us and play your part on Silent Support Weekend 5 ^th and 6 ^th November 2022.

Player Registration Open

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:58:50 GMT

FA's Club Portal available to register players

The Player Registration system has re-opened. Please inform the relevant Officer/s in your Club. Authorised Club and Team Officers are now able to register players with SSYFL for the 2022/23 season by submitting player records to the League for approval.

All players intending to participate in SSYFL in 2022/23 must be submitted to the League in the PR system for registration approval. This includes existing players who participated in SSYFL last season and new players joining this season. Approval to play for a team in the League does not roll-forward automatically to the next season.

When registering players please note the following points supported by SSYFL and FA rules:

Minimum number of players to be registered by 31st August

U7, U8 Teams = 5
U9,U10, U11/12 Girls Teams = 7
U11/U12 Mixed Teams = 9
U13-U18 Teams = 11

Providing a player is eligible to play for a Team in all other respects..…..

Development age groups U7 to U11 & U11/12 Girls - A player may be registered for one or more Teams from the same Club (but not different Clubs) playing in the same SSYFL age group
Competitive age groups U12-U18 – A player may only be registered for one Team playing in a SSYFL age group
All age groups - A player may be registered for more than one team from one or more Clubs if the teams play in different SSYFL age groups
All age groups - A player may be registered for more than one team from one or more Clubs in the same age group if the Teams play in different Leagues

SSYFL AGM 2022 Minutes

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:31:19 GMT

AGM 22 Minutes

Thanks to all those who attended the recent AGM – the draft minutes of minutes are attached and will be approved at the next AGM.

The highlights include:

Plans for the Girls football are underway and the pilot leagues will start in September. Details available on request
Various Whole Game System and Full Time developments have been successfully integrated
Importance of valid contact info in Whole Games System for Result Reporting and accurate data entry in set format emphasised
Squad lists MUST be shown before each match to ensure player registrations are valid & current

Download approved AGM Minutes 2021

Download draft AGM Minutes 2022

Waverley Cup 2022

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:24:14 GMT

Farnham United win in dramatic fashion through an U17/18 penalty shoot-out

SSYFL were delighted to lend our support to the 2022 Waverley Cup by co-sponsoring and arranging the Trophies for this excellent event involving many of our member Clubs and Teams. We have been involved both years of the Waverley Cup and see this as a great opportunity to extend our support for Clubs who do a great job providing youth football in their local areas. We are open to suggestions from other SSYFL Clubs, a Mole Valley Cup perhaps?

Report of the Waverley Cup and final standings…

The Waverley Cup returned for its second consecutive year having started as a pilot tournament in 2021 post lockdown with six competing clubs (Farncombe Youth, Milford Pumas, Cranleigh, Elstead Sharks, Albury and Chiddingfold). With thanks to sponsorship from the South Surrey Youth League, Godalming Borough Council, Chelsea Football Foundation, Kitlocker and the Hall Hunter Partnership, the tournament was re-visited in 2022 and extended to eleven teams, with Farnham United, Ewhurst Juniors, Beacon Hill, Churt Juniors, Haslemere Youth added to the mix in an exciting

weekend across the 28th/29th May.

There were nearly 150 teams competing from U6 through to U18, with 17 gold, silver and bronze medals the prizes in each section of the tournament. The ‘Olympics style’ medal table saw Farnham United victorious, winning in dramatic fashion through a penalty shoot-out in the U17/18 section to take their fifth gold medal and the overall cup.

Well done to all the competing teams on the day and thanks to those who hosted namely Farncombe Youth, Farnham United and Cranleigh.

Replying to Results Text

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:29:40 GMT

Detailed information about how to receive texts and reply

Full-Time result texts are sent for U8-U18 fixtures. Information has been added as a quick guide to submitting results so they update correctly in Full-Time - Replying to the Results Text .

This is an important topic as we must reduce the amount of time League officials are having to spend each week following up problems with the results.

Please take a look even if you think you’ve cracked submitting results. The vast majority of results are published accurately in Full-Time over the weekend or gathered for development age group planning purposes, so on the surface things look ok, but you may not be aware that to make this happen there are many League interventions taking place every week to determine accurate results and update the system. If the item just confirms you’ve been submitting results correctly, thanks for that.

Hopefully this will help improve things significantly in the short term so we can focus on any remaining individual issues.

Thanks for your attention and for correcting any practices if required.

Kind regards,

Alan Priddy

Competitions South Surrey YFL

FA Discipline Guide

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:39:50 GMT

For Grassroots Football

Download the latest FA Grassroots Disciplinary Guide 2021-22

Local Authority Pitch Availability

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:02:19 GMT

Document Published by Surrey FA

Surrey FA has published information on Local Authority Pitch Availability in Surrey

Discipline Information

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:31:03 GMT

From SSYFL Discipline Officer - Paul Judge

All discipline matters and comments on this email to : pauldavidjudge@gmail.com

As Discipline Officer with the SSYFL it always disappoints me when I have to see reports of matches that have got out of hand after certain on-field incidents that maybe haven’t been dealt with to everybody’s satisfaction.

I am seeing a small but steadily rising number of incidents reported to me throughout last season and a worrying trend starting for this season, where the two sides involved have suffered a breakdown of their relationship over some on-field incident, or series of incidents that had not been resolved adequately on the day. At the risk of being preachy, I would ask you please to read the following:

Respect

Football is a passionate game and by its own very nature it is tribal – we all want to see our team win and we can look at the opposition as an obstacle in achieving that aim. This can lead to our viewing of the “other team” as not playing by the rules of the game correctly, being the instigator of on-field incidents and always the culprit when things turn ugly. But the “other team” will think the same way about you – it’s just a matter of perspective from our own tribal position.

This is why we have such an important role as coaches and managers of our youth teams to do things the right way: to instil in our players respect for the rules of the game, the sportsmanship that is required to play and appreciate the rewards of success, the understanding that our own interpretation of an incident on the pitch can be seen another way by both the referee and the opposition.

These points can all be rationally incorporated in the one word that we all have seen many times with regards to FA sanctioned football at all levels but particularly at the youth level: RESPECT.

The Respect code is something that should be emphasised repeatedly before, during and after the season to all attendees at our matches: the players, the staff and also the supporters and parents on the sidelines.

When I was coaching I made every parent and player sign a copy of the code before the season commenced and then reminded them that they had made that commitment when things maybe had a risk of getting out of hand. Did it mean that we didn’t have on-field incidents? No. But what it did achieve was the notion that a time of reflection on what that Respect code meant was important, if we were all to enjoy the experience of playing football.

Referees

Our referees are a rare breed: they make themselves available every Saturday to rule on contentious decisions that invariably 50% of the attendees at the match will not agree with! They need to be neutral and will make the calls as they see them at the time. While there may be a wide range in levels of experience in the referees available to us in the SSYFL, I can honestly say that their integrity is never in question. Even if I was in disagreement with the decision that a referee had made against my team, I always respected that decision.

If you take into account that even in the Premiership the professional referees make mistakes – that was why the controversial implementation of VAR was made – it is understandable how the non-professional referee will make decisions that you will not agree with.

It is also brought to our attention in some reports of incidents that state the referee seemed to be in conversation with the home team and could be seen laughing and joking after the match. When you consider that the way we organise referees in the SSYFL, with no central referee allocation by the league, the home team will always try to organise a referee that they know and have probably used many times before, hence a degree of familiarity is formed between the home coach and the referee. We all do this and it will not be a surprise then to see the referees and opposition coaches and players communicating at the end of the match.

Many of our younger teams have organised referees that are also young – they are just starting out in their refereeing lives and will inevitably make mistakes. These referees are vulnerable to heckling from the sidelines and in some cases their abuse by parents or coaches could well be a Child Welfare issue.

Our players MUST be told to respect the referee, whatever his or her level of experience, and we should set the example as leaders of our teams in never making comments or abuse at this essential figure. This does not stop you or your players from politely asking the referee for an explanation of a call.

Parents and Spectators

This can be the source of many provocative issues; a couple of partisan shouts of support can be misconstrued by the players, coach and fans of the opposition.

We need to be able to show our support for our teams and children on the pitch but we need to know what is acceptable and what is not.

I believe that a reminder to the parents to read the Respect guide for Parents is a good start. A quick word to any parent that may cross the line can usually keep a lid on a developing situation.

We must also remind you all that it is never acceptable for spectators and parents to enter the pitch at any time unless expressly instructed to do so by the referee, probably only for medical reasons.

Players

Passion is a constant in the game and sometimes physical contact between players can escalate into something uglier.

The referee is there to deal with all of these incidents. The card system is there for when the contact is deemed to be reckless, unsporting or overly aggressive. The referee may interpret the incident differently from you – he or she can only action what they actually see on the pitch.

You should instruct your players to walk away from any altercations, or if there is simmering bad blood between players perhaps you should consider a quick substitution to calm things down? This is surely preferable to a Red card and the prospect of losing that player for several matches for a violent reaction.

Our own Role as Coaches

We are role models – the players in your team will react to the standard of behaviour that you set. If you question the integrity of the referee, denigrate your opponents, shout abuse or show disrespect this will be echoed by your players and maybe even your spectators.

Almost all of our coaches understand this and lead teams that are sporting, respectful and fully enjoy the competitive experience that youth football can offer. The SSYFL is a well disciplined league and we should be proud of the standards that we set.

Sometimes though we must question our own behaviours when we let these standards drop, due to something that happens on the pitch that we disagree with and the effect that we can have on our charges.

Click the Code of Conducts below to enlarge

SFA Awards Volunteer of the Year

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:11:15 GMT

Winner – Alan Priddy, South Surrey Youth League

We’re very pleased to share the news that at last night’s Surrey FA Grassroots Football Awards Ceremony, this announcement was made:

Volunteer of the Year

Winner – Alan Priddy, South Surrey Youth League

Officially now the Registration & Competitions Secretary, Alan has taken on many roles to ensure the smooth running of the league. For much of the time since its formation in 2010, he combined the roles of league secretary with registrations and fixtures, entailing working up to 60 hours a week for long periods in the run up to the start of each season. His visionary, innovative, approach has been pivotal in building the league into what it is today. The award recognises the great lengths he has gone to in consulting, informing and educating club managers and officials so they fully understand and support the league's aims and activities.

On receiving his award, Alan Priddy said, “I am honoured and delighted to receive this award. I feel especially privileged because I know there is a large number of volunteers that work ever so hard in Surrey grassroots football to make it the success that it is”.

Latest FA Guidance

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:00:00 GMT

For Restarting Football

Read the latest information from Surrey FA on football activity in line with Government guidelines.

FA Guidance on Heading the Ball

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Age group restrictions on heading the ball

The updated Heading Guidance includes:

• Heading Guidance in training for all age groups between Under 6 and Under 18

• No heading in training in the foundation phase [primary school children]

• Graduated approach to heading training for children in the development phase between Under 12 to Under 16

• Required ball sizes for training and matches for each age group

• No changes to heading in matches, taking into consideration the limited number of headers in youth games