FA Girls' Talent Development

Our mission statement

To allow players opportunities to access appropriate levels of coaching and support throughout the talent pathway, enabling the programme to reach our ultimate goal in producing elite English female players to compete on the world stage.

IMPORTANT PLAYER INFORMATION – FA GIRLS’ CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Any new registered players within The FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence programme must qualify to play for England from the 2011-12 season (existing players registered with the Centre prior to 2011-2012 season may remain for their duration of time).

Any player that is not part of The FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence programme will not be eligible for Elite Performance Camps or International squad selection.

The FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence for 2011-12 are:

Arsenal	jbayer@arsenal.co.uk
Aston Villa	martin.harrison@avfc.co.uk
Birmingham City	heather.cowan@blueyonder.co.uk
Blackburn Rovers	gdonnelly@rovers.co.uk
Brighton & Hove Albion	girlsfootball@bhafc.co.uk
Bristol Academy	daniel.tanhai@filton.ac.uk
Cambridge	kdacosta@camre.ac.uk
Chelsea	robert.udberg@chelseafc.com
Colchester United	kanderson@cucst.org.uk
Derby County	simon.carnall@dcfc.co.uk
Devon FA	matthew.hodgson@devonfa.com
Everton	andy.spence@evertonfc.com
Gillingham	psayer@priestfield.com
Hampshire FA	natasha.angel@hampshirefa.com
Leeds United	gary.waddington@leedsunited.com
Leicester City	chloe.jones@lcfc.co.uk
Lincoln Ladies	info@lincolnladiesfc.co.uk
Liverpool	kevin.quigley@live.co.uk
Manchester United	emma.fletcher@manutd.co.uk
Middlesex FA	stuart.allen@middlesexfa.com
Millwall & Lewisham	paulanthonypalmer@gmail.com
MK Dons	charlene.ward@mkdons.com
North Yorkshire	gail@gailcolling.orangehome.co.uk
Norwich City	emma.fletcher@ncfc-canaries.co.uk
Oxford United	rblackmore@oufc.co.uk
Sheffield United	tinastringer@btinternet.com
Somerset FA	aaron.clements@somersetfa.com
Sporting Club Albion	neill.hornby@albionfoundation.co.uk
Stoke City	liam.peart@stokecityfc.com
Teesside University	p.kreczak@tees.ac.uk

The FA Girls’ Player Development Centres for 2011-12 are:

Bedfordshire FA	stacey.smith@bedfordshirefa.com
Berks & Bucks FA	naomi.ball@berks-bucksfa.com or lwelling@buckssport.org
Birmingham FA	rachael.blunt@birminghamfa.com
Cheshire FA	stephanie.knott@cheshirefa.com
Cornwall FA	warren.parker@cornwallfa.com
Cumberland FA	helen.aitchison@westmorlandfa.com
Devon FA	matthew.hodgson@devonfa.com
Dorset FA	clare.nichols@dorsetfa.com
Durham FA	lindsey.robinson@durham.gov.uk
East Riding FA	gemma.thomas@eastridingfa.com
Essex FA	emma.burden@essexfa.com
Gloucestershire FA	scott.milne@gloucestershirefa.com or grace.bunker@gloucestershirefa.com
Herefordshire FA	alexis.lunn@herefordshirefa.com
Isle of Man FA	michael.baker@isleofmanfa.com
Lancashire FA	michael.nadal@lancashirefa.com
London FA (North)	natalie.doyle@londonfa.com
London FA (South)	emma.barnes@londonfa.com
Manchester FA	shirley.veevers@manchesterfa.com
Northampton FA	kathryn.hall@northamptonshirefa.com
Northumberland FA	alysha.cook@northumberlandfa.com or nicola.hepworth@northumberlandfa.com
Nottinghamshire FA	kevin.sanders@nottinghamshirefa.com
Shropshire FA	eve.bailey@shropshirefa.com
Suffolk FA	suzanne.wells@suffolkfa.com
Surrey FA	jon.burr@surreyfa.com or paul.jones@surreyfa.com
West Riding FA	caroline.hulme@wrcfa.com
Westmoreland FA	helen.aitchison@westmorlandfa.com
Wiltshire FA	mike.benson@wiltshirefa.com or emma.small@wiltshirefa.com
Worcestershire FA	andy.norman@worcestershirefa.com

For further information on any of The FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence or the FA Girls’ Player Development Centres please contact the Centres directly via the e-mail addresses above

In 2011 the FA completed a comprehensive 18-month consultation and review into our talent development programmes for girls and based on these findings restructured the pathway. As part of this, The FA committed to an ongoing review of this new structure and to communicate by March 2012 if there were to be any modifications.

• Subject to the continuation of both FA and external funding, the existing 30 FA Girls’ Centres of Excellence, that fulfil their FA Licence agreement and meet the strict criteria going forward will retain their FA licence until the end of the 2013-14 season
• A 31st FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence licence will be available to an organisation in the north east of the country that can meet the strict criteria. This is to run a brand new Centre to start at the beginning of the 2012-13 season to service the geographical need of talented players, particularly in Sunderland and Newcastle, that cannot access the existing nearest FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence programme
• In 2014 The FA will reopen the application process for these 31 FA Girls’ Centre of Excellence licences to all organisations that wish to apply. This timescale has been agreed to dovetail into the plans to explore the introduction of a second tier of The FA WSL in 2014, ensuring that the whole talent pathway of women's football is developed in parallel
• Funding will be also be available to develop eight more FA Girls’ Player Development Centres for the 2012-13 season. This will offer more support to more grassroots players who show future potential for our game. This will be developed further in conjunction with the County FAs and their local partners.