
Currently we have more than 650 players (boys, girls and disability) registered in over 50 teams with an age range of 8 - 18 years (up to 25 years for Disability teams). The Management Committee of Managers, Assistants and 10 Officers give their time free. We do employ and develop a number of full time apprentice coaches to help us achieve our aims. Currently we have 5 Apprentices. We try only to cover our costs each season, charging players registration fee to cover insurance’s at the same time we try to make the cost of playing for our club as reasonable as possible for parents/guardians.
Each team costs between £1500 and £2000 per year to run which includes kit, pitches, equipment, referees and first aid etc. Additional money is raised by the Officers, Management, Players and Parents by fund-raising, sponsorship etc.
Each team is provided with match kit, this can come from sponsorship, grant applications, parents or club funds, if a team grows out of a kit and it is still in good condition it can be passed down to another team. Once it reaches a certain age it is shipped out for use in Africa. The funds needed to run a club of our size requires in excess of £100,000 per year to operate, If you can help with donations or sponsorship please contact David Wray on 01727 858577 or Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
We also provided coaching, skill practice and football fun for, at the last count, 150 youngsters under 9. This is provided every Saturday and during school holidays. We now ask the parents if they could pay us an annual fee of £25 purely to cover the cost of insurance and field maintenance. The Club as a whole are insured for in excess of £1,000,000. Club Membership includes all the Officers, Managers, Coaches, Players, all the Non-Players (Supporters, Parents etc.)
The club also supports Schools within the St Albans area by promoting School-Club links and providing coaching courses and experience for sixth formers training for their Coaching Badges.
The Disability Section have plans to replicate the School-Club coaching experience throughout their section and with Special Olympics.
Towards the end of each season we encourage teams "to tour" using our links with Europe, America and Africa.
President:
Malcolm MacMillan
Life Vice President:
Robert Murphy
Vice Presidents:
Jim McGregor, John Veasey, Mike Day, Carol Day, Ray Anderson, Pete Harvey, Malcolm Elliott, Brian Gibson, John Warriner, Jeff Lawrence, David Atkinson, Ray Parker, John Churchill, Phil Smyth, Wilfried Veldhuigzen, David Wray, Richard Gaskin, Geoff Watts, Ged Deacon, Mervyn Morgan, Kerry Pollard, Mark Clark, Alan Heaffey, Chris Mawhood, Chris Pearce, Duncan Lowthian
Board of Trustees
Mervyn Morgan (Chair), Robert Murphy, David Wray, Neil Deacon,
Ian Woods, Jeff Lawrence, Gill Savory, Brian Pyke, Lesley Wray, Pete Harvey, Alan Moorhouse, Amanda Derrick
Management Committee
Chairman - Geoff Watts
Vice Chairman - Neil Deacon and Mervyn Morgan
Secretary - Ian Woods
Development Manager - David Wray
Apprentice Community Coaches
Sam Mardle, Sam Crafts, Jason Cousins, Tom Ward and Graham Tuitt







































