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TEAMS
What We’re All About
Our Club The Belsize Park Football Club is affiliated with Middlesex County FA and have at a minimum the Charter Standard award. The Charter Standard award is a best practice guide that sets standards of coaching, administration, and child protection for all clubs outside the Football League and Premier League. As a benchmark for quality, it will improve the playing experience for all. Our Teams • The Belsize Park Club teams play in local Sunday youth football leagues • Teams are for under 7’s (year 2 children) and upwards • Depending on the age group, boys will play either 5/7/9 a side football • For our under 6’s we have the Grasshoppers teams which is a preparation for playing youth league footballl
Teams
U9 Belsize Park Rangers
U9 Belsize Park Stags
U8 Belsize Park Bucks
U8 Belsize Park Bucks Blacks
U7 Belsize Park
Grasshoppers Teams
League Info
Watford Frendlye League
Harrow Soccer League
The Matches There is no league football for our under 6’s, so we provide our own teams for this age group called the ‘Grasshopper Squads’. This is a preparation for the following year when the players and teams join our local youth league at Under 7 level.
5 A-Side & 7 A-Side
Young players aged 6 to 10 will play on small pitches with appropriate sized goals with the aim of them getting as many touches of the ball as possible. There is a mandatory retreat line which requires opposition players to be in their own half of the field when goal kicks are taken and this encourages the children to play the ball out from the back rather than just booting it upfield. The players use a Size 3 football until the U 10 age group when they are ready to play with a Size 4 ball. The older boys and girls will be playing 9 v 9 with offsides on larger pitches using mid sized goals. The U 11's will play development football but once they get to the U 12 age group in School Year 7 they will be playing in competitive leagues with published results and the teams are allowed to enter various Cup competitions. When joining our teams we provide: • BPFC personalised training kit • BPFC personalised match kit • Midweek team training sessions • League, Cup and Friendly matches • Match day referees • All required team equipment • End of season presentation • Public liability insurance cover • Personal accident insurance cover • FA & League affiliation • Summer Tournaments
9 A-Side
The Boys & Girls are starting to get older and have more experience as footballers. They will be plying 9 v 9 with offsides on larger pitches using mid sized goals. The U 11's will play development football but once the get to the U 12 age group in School Year 7 they will be playing in competitive leagues with published results and the teams are allowed to enter various Cup competitions.
11 A-Side
Once the players reach School Year 8 they will have had 6 years experience of playing football and they will be ready to play 11 v 11 football on larger pitches with bigger goals. We try and run several teams in the various age groups in order to cater for players with different ability levels. The players continue to play with a Size 4 football until they reach the Under 15 age group when they are ready to move up to a full size adult football.
Grasshopper Squads (Under 6’s)
There is no league football for our under 6’s (school year 1) so we provide our own teams for this age group called the ‘Grasshopper Squads’. This is a preparation for the following year when the players and teams join our local youth league at Under 7 level. The players will train midweek with all our league teams, play a number of friendly matches throughout the year and also play in end of season summer tournaments.