Welcome to your EDSSA website
The AGM will be held on Tuesday 31 January at Caldwell Hall, Torrance at 8pm. Please ensure that your club is represented to keep the meeting quorate. Any clubs not in attendance will be fined.
Please ensure that your application forms are sent in NOW as the deadline is fast approaching.
Please download the Team Registration document for 2012 from the Document Download tab.
The good news is that this form will cover the full year from March to November. Any changes to coach or coach details should be advised as it happens throughout the year to allow EDSSA to maintain its database up to date.
The draft Minutes from the meeting held on 21 November 2011 are now available to read. Click on the Meetings/AGM tab to view Minutes now.
It was pleasing to see the yellow jackets being worn by the vast majority of coaches with one or two being reminded to put them on. The yellow jacket is as much a part of the coaches kit than the ball, whistle and stopwatch. Thank you for your co-operation.
The monitoring form is now uploaded to the website under Document Download tab.
East Dunbartonshire has a strict zero tolerance policy on dogs and smoking in their schools and football venues. It is a condition of our lets that no dogs are allowed at venues and no smoking inside the venue perimeter. For the avoidance of doubt that means anywhere inside the school or sports venue grounds.
We want good behaviour emphasised to everyone associated with EDSSA football on and off the pitch. Coaches need to be good role models and parents are there to support and encourage, not berate and abuse! Inappropriate behaviour and bad language anywhere on or around the pitch must be stamped out immediately by the coaches. Stop games if you feel it is appropriate to do so for your kids safety in line with Child Protection policies and bring to the attention of your Committee by e-mail within 3 days.
It has come to the Committee's attention that yellow jackets are not been worn by all of the coaches in the cage at Kirkintilloch Fun 4s. Everyone has a responsibility to police this as a group. NO ADULT IS ALLOWED INSIDE THE CAGE WITHOUT A YELLOW JACKET AND SHOULD BE POLITELY CHALLENGED and asked to provide their name, club they represent. This information should be forwarded to Brian. If they do not provide this information they should be asked to leave the cage. This is for the protection and safety of the children.
If there are further reports then the relevant clubs will be fined and possibly banned from participating following disciplinary action from Committee.
Please advise Brian Martin by e-mail of club and coach name if they were not given a yellow jacket.
Please click on your age group "Division"
then "Fixtures"
then "More Detail"
to get your fixture, time, venue and allocated pitch.
As their are odd number of teams in some Divisions please give plenty of notice if your team cannot play so that the idle team have a chance to take up the fixture.
The final EDSSA meeting of the season is due to take place at Caldwell Hall, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance on Monday 29 November 2010 at 7.45pm prompt. The Agenda is to include a look forward to next years Player Pathway and in particular 1999's going to 11-a-side, 2003/4's Development 4's and the aspect of supplying referees to games on a trial basis. Every club needs to be represented and Fines will be issued to non attendees if a club is not represented.
Each coach of the 2002 age group teams is responsible for ensuring correct footwear is used on Science Park pitches per Martin Lyons e-mail reissued 26 Oct. Any team reported by SP staff for not adhering to this will have their fixtures withdrawn.
A new season started on Saturday 28 August and we have four separate incidents reported at three venues in three different age groups and a no show as well.
In order to see at a glance how many games your team has played and quick details on your next fixture, I have keyed 0-0 results or marked free weeks as cancelled. Your next fixture will now be at the top of the fixtures link on your age group web page.
It has come to the attention of your Committee that some teams have been publishing results and/or match reports in the local press. This is against SYFA rules for non competitive football and the practice must cease immediately.
Your club websites are now available to view from the Club Links tab.
Please advise if you have a club website that is not on our list or if you have some information you would like to add to your club tab.
A series of questions were raised at the AGM and clarification was sought from SYFA. These were categorised together and responses have been received.
The Extra-ordinary General Meeting to agree amendments to the Constitution will take place on Monday 15 March (note date change) at 7.30pm in Caldwell Hall, Campsie Road, Torrance. All member clubs must attend to form a quorum to agree. Please click on Meetings/AGM tab to see full amended Constitution
A disgraceful turnout of only 5 out of 16 member clubs meant that the EDSSA meeting of 17 May could not progress due to lack of numbers to form a quorum. Fines will be issued to all clubs not in attendance.
Monday 29 November 2010 meeting has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Items will be held over to be discussed prior to AGM on Monday 10 January 2011.
The minutes are available to view by following the Meetings / AGM link.
These will be offered for approval at the next meeting which will now be Monday 10 January 2011.
The AGM will be held in Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre Conference Room, Woodhead Park, Kirkintilloch G66 3DD on Monday 10 January 2011 at 7.30pm.
All clubs must be in attendance as there will be items pertaining to the Spring Event 2011 that people need to be aware of to enable them to enter a team to particpate in this event.
Invoices for Autumn 2010 will be e-mailed out shortly and must be paid within 28 days.
There is a Code of Conduct that must be followed by everyone to enhance the enjoyment of non competitive football and help to develop young players playing the "beautiful game".
There will be a meeting at Caldwell Hall on Monday 31 January for coaches of teams participating in the EDSSA league for next season. This meeting will give everyone an opportunity to have their invoices paid up to date and get your Registration in for 2011 - one form per team will be sufficient for the year.
Baljaffray v EDFC Locomotiv - St Helens Primary, Bishopbriggs 11.15am to 12.15pm
EDFC Rovers v Kirkintilloch BC - St Ninians High, Kirkintilloch 11.30am to 12.30pm
Teams will need to sign in and out at the site co-ordinators office.
7-a-side game
Celtic CA v Milngavie - Wester Cleddens Primary, Bishopbriggs 9.15-10.15am (nets can be picked up at 9am and taken back for 10.30am)
So much for Spring as the snow decimated the playing card and stopped the Fun 4's getting up and running. The good news is that there was plenty of communication and the website was updated at 7.50am and again at 9.25am with details of pitches off as we got reports in.
THIS IS YOUR REFERRAL POINT WHENEVER THERE IS A DOUBT DUE TO WEATHER RELATED ISSUES.
1st Lenzie are unavailable to play their fixture this weekend so North Kelvin United have stepped in to provide opposition for EDFC at Merkland Pitch B (10am) to ensure nobody misses out. Well done to them and thanks.
The next EDSSA meeting will be held in Caldwell Hall, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance from 7.30pm.
All clubs to attend.
The Draft Minutes for last meeting held on 31 January can be found by clicking the Meeting / AGM tab above.
Please be at Kirkintilloch High School for set up at 10.30am so that the kids can play from 11am. Pat Bradley and Simon O'Neill are your main contacts.
No lets are available during May weekend on Saturday 28 May however we have been able to extend lets into June by securing 4/11 June. Please advise asap if your team are unable to participate on either date due to Tournaments (EDFC teams not available on 4 June due to their Festival on same date).
Draft Minutes from the Meeting held on Monday 28 March are now available in the Meetings section.
The new Registration Form will be posted on the website in the next few days. Please download and send back as soon as possible.
The draft Minutes fron the meeting in June will also be released by Thuesday 7 July.
Please complete the attached Form and e-mail to brian.martin7392@ntlworld.com BY TUESDAY 2 AUGUST to guarantee your team entry to Autumn 2011 Event.
Don't delay, DO IT NOW!!!
All coaches and active adult team members MUST attend the COMPULSORY In-Service day at Caldwell Hall, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance on Saturday 20 August between 9.30am and 11.30am.
All coaches named in the EDSSA Registration Form for each individual team together with First Aiders and other adults who actively take part in coaching at training and match days must attend this session which will be taken by Alan Taylor, SFA Development Manager, Central Region.
Failure to attand may result in fixtures for your team being withdrawn until a Disciplinary meeting can be convened to understand the reasons for non attendance. Whilst 100% attendance would be welcomed, there will be some valid reasons why a small minority of the EDSSA coaches may be unable to attend. If this relates to you then please advise Brian Martin immediately by e-mail and prior to the event, as to the reason for not being able to attend.
Following a further search of SYFA Registration information the following teams were found not to be registered with SYFA:-
Campsie 2000s, 2001s, 2002s, 2003s
North Kelvin United 2002s
The upshot of this is that I have had to pull fixtures from these teams which unfortunately means that the teams who are SYFA registered have had to have their fixtures rearranged or in the case of Baljaffray Thistle 2000s, their fixture has been cancelled altogether as there is no spare team available to play.
Re-arranged fixtures as follows:-
2000s - Baljaffray Thistle v Campsie cancelled - no replacement fixture
2001s - Campsie v Petershill BC A cancelled - new fixture is Petershill BC B v Petershill BC A at Wester Cleddens Primary kick off 9.15am
2001s - EDFC v NKU Athletic and EDFC Utd v NKU now reinstated
2002s - EDFC Th v NKU and Campsie v Rosebank United both cancelled - new fixture is EDFC Thistle v Rosebank United at Merkland Pitch A kick off 10am
2003s - Campsie will be excluded from Fun 4s until SYFA registration is in place. Westerton United are noe cleared to play.
This is in relation to an alarming trend in foul mouthed bad behaviour on and off the pitch. Remember with the advent of video phones, any incident captured and relayed to your Committee WILL result in the strongest possible action being taken by your Committee.
Fixtures are being uploaded to the website over the next day or so. Please note venue and time each week and do not rely that a fixture you have on 26 November will still be the same time and venue as it is now.
Please note that the venue at Wester Cleddens allows for time from 9am to get the nets from the janitor to put up and the last two teams must remove and return them to the janitor at the end of the game.
Refer to Fun 4s or Soccer 7s tabs for further information on venues and times.
Club Development and Fun 4's have new items on their web pages for you to check out.
Seasons Greetings from your EDSSA Committee to all football volunteers and also to the young footballers playing under EDSSA banner
The attached document is the up to date SYFA Policy on Player Protection issues. Please ensure that this policy is read by everyone who has contact with children, particularly via coaching, first aid and also your Player Protection Officer.
The following is an extract from the Scottish Football National Player Pathway booklet for Soccer 7's.
Care re different guidelines for the different age groups particularly retreat lines.
The following is an extract from the Scottish Football National Player Pathway booklet for Developmental 4's.
One year on as the website is getting bigger there are lots of things happening which clogs up the Home page therefore all club development related information will be posted on Club Development page including details of SFA courses and in-service days, EDCSportscotland courses, SYFA and PVG/Disclosure Events
If a game is called off by the Letting department or by coaches then we need to know asap and before Sunday night so that we can advise the appropriate people so no charge accrues. Reason for cancellation is also required.
This link is for all coaches, teachers, parents and leaders to provide real examples of how to encourage children in a positive manner. (uploaded 4/5/10)
Deadline extended to midnight on 16 AUGUST to submit applications for your teams for the Autumn Event. The registration form was e-mailed out and can be downloaded in the link below this one.
Teams must also register with SYFA per link to the right =========================================>>>>
SYFA Registrtaion requires the signature of Brian although any Committee member should be able to sign on behalf of EDSSA.
If everything is not in place prior to the August meeting then you will lose out - NO EXCUSES
EDSSA has affiliated to SYFA for next season 2010/11. Clubs may now register their teams at the U8 (2003) through to U12 (1999) age groups at the following SYFA Registration page:- http://www.syfaregistrations.co.uk/
Some teams have not yet registered with SYFA at syfaregistrations.co.uk. Failure to do so will result in your fixtures being removed - NO TEAMS ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN EDSSA WITHOUT THE PROPER SYFA REGISTRATION AS THIS PROVIDES THE INSURANCE COVER FOR ANY INJURIES CAUSED TO THE YOUNG PLAYERS. Any club/team playing their games whilst not in possession of SYFA Insurance will be brought before the Committee and may be expelled from the Autumn Event.
Delayed until February 2011.
Please click on the link to find out the latest developments in the new scheme which will replace enhanced Disclosure Scotland. Once fully rolled out and training has been undertaken by key EDSSA people we will arrange some evenings to get everyone through the new process.
Please see the information below with regard to the next opportunity to access CashBack funding.
The first ever SYFA Newsletter for January 2011. SYFA have tried to give you information that will be of advantage in a pleasant wrap around document.
If you have any thoughts or suggestions on future content please contact Aisling on playingitsafe@scottish-football.com
Please see attached an invitation / application to East Dunbartonshire's first ever Football Forum. The aim of the evening is for local clubs to have their say on issues at a local level.
Please apply direct to Stuart Alexander and return the form by Monday 31 January 2011.
If anyone is interested in the wisdom of Mr McLeish on the state of Scottish Football his second report is attached by following the link below.
New animated drills and pre season content have been added to the Scottish FA Developing Talent site. Please click on the link to access. (new 12/7)
The new coaching resource form the Scottish FA has been launched today. Visit the site to access free down loadable practices and information that will be appropriate to all ages and abilities of your players.
Draft Minutes now available in Meetings/AGM Tab. Please read prior to meeting on Monday 31 January 2011.
Please read the latest SYFA newsletter which reviews the PVG which goes live on 28 February. Volunteers who are currently disclosed via SYFA will not require to go through PVG until later however those that are not disclosed will have to apply when advised by EDSSA.
Schools (Douglas, St Helens, St Ninians, Wester Cleddens) 0141 578 8695 e-mail:- letting@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Merkland Sports Centre 0141 578 8403 e-mail:- michele.smith@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Teams must book under their own names and pay direct to letting.
During the last few weeks your Committee have been observing some games and are alarmed at the number of dogs being brought to games. Kids need to play in a safe environment and dogs should be left at home as they are not allowed on school premises nor Merkland cage.
Please also note the following standard requirements when using School 3G pitches.
In-Service day for ALL coaches taking teams in the Fun 4's Event in Spring. The session will be held at Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre from 9.15am and will last approximately 2 hours. Attendance is compulsory for coaches wtaking 2004/5 age group teams otherwise your team will not be allowed to take part.
Fixtures are being compiled and will be recorded on the website under 2000, 2001 and 2002 Divisions by 6pm on Monday 28 February with a start date of Saturday 5 March.
The EDFC Festival has been approved by SYFA and teams invited from EDSSA must obtain their Tournament permit from www.syfaregistrations.co.uk prior to competing in the Tournament.
I have attached correspondence received from David Little, National Secretary, SYFA the contents of which are clear. Any team taking part in ANY unauthorised football leaves themselves open to the strongest possible punishment. DON'T DO IT!!!
There is an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at Caldwell Halls, Torrance on Monday 13 June at 7pm sharp. As the main point of the meeting is to amend the Constitution, all clubs must be present in order for the meeting to be quorate to approve the amendments.
Children 1st publicised a survey for children and young people regarding their media campaign to highlight the poor behaviour of adults at childrens' sporting events. There is another survey for parents and adults and we would be obliged if coaches and adult volunteers could spend 5 minutes to complete. Click on the link below to access the survey.
There will be monitors from SFA at the venues this Saturday handing out Surveys to capture information on children playing football in our league. This is happening in leagues across Scotland and your Committee should be obliged if you would co-operate with the monitors and provide the information that they are looking for as this will help drive decisions relating to funding requirements, facilities and so on which are important to all of us going forward.
Alan Watt stepped down from the Committee at the AGM after many years service to EDSSA. In appreciation of his length of service to the association and its member clubs, Alan was presented with an incribed plaque and bottle of Jura Malt whisky at the meeting. I'm sure the bug will set in and he will be back with us before too long....
As part of the Spring Event 2010 we took £10 from each team and with only one club electing not to take part your Committee matched the sum raised to provide CLIC Sargent with a cheque for £780.
CLIC Sargent would like to thank all those who took part for your generousity.