Welcome to the home of Warminsters Highbury Youth Football Club.
Highbury, the home of Youth Football in Warminster is a thriving club that has been
running for over 25 years now and caters for teams from Under 6's to Under 17's.
We also have support Girls football for the Under 13's.
We are proud to be an FA Charter Standard club, meaning that we meet the very highest
standards required by the FA. To become an FA Charter Standard club, you need to
have in place a management committee, formal rules and codes of conduct. Also, all
of our Managers and Assistant Coaches must be cleared through the enhanced Criminal
Records Bureau (CRB) check and also hold an upto date Child Protection Certification.
In addition, all Managers also hold the minimum of FA Level 1 certificate in football
training and are first aid qualified.
Please have a look around, comment in our guest book, contact our Managers / Committee
and most importantly let your children enjoy the safe, structured football that
we provide for Warminster and the surrounding villages.
Our training season is now coming to an end, as the teams move into entering tournaments
and having well earned rests over the summer period.
If you are interested in joining Highbury Youth FC or wish to find out what its
all about, your best bet is to have a quick chat with the relevent manager of the
age group you are interested in. Checkout our
Teams
Page for details on this.
We hope you enjoy looking around our site and seeing what Youth Football is like.
Also, check out our archive section, if you played for Highbury in the past, chances
are you will be on a picture in there somewhere.
Interested in Managing a team for Highbury?
Warminster Highbury Youth FC are urgently seeking someone that would be willing
to step up and run a team for the next season.
Due to a complex series of personal circumstances, we are left with no Manager to
run this seasons Under 12 team.
We are looking for someone that would like to get involved in youth football in
a growing, FA Charter Standard club that has its eye on bigger things over the next
couple of seasons. If you would like to be involved in the social and physical
development of our Under 12 boys, please contact us. There is no requirement
for the applicant to be a parent of one of boys in that age group. We are
willing to talk to anyone who is remotely interested in joining us and helping
the boys of Warminster and surrounding villages.
You will be ably supported by assistants that are already in place to help during
training and matches. In addition we have over 30 Managers and assistants
who can be called on for advice if needed, along with a well established
committee that runs the club.
The main attributes we are looking for are
- Interested in Youth Football
- Willingness to grow the team both physically and socially
- Ability to take full control of all team needs (Training, Fixtures, Match
Coordination)
- Able to liaise with other team managers when arranging fixtures
- Willing to attend Highbury Manager meetings when required
There is a small amount of paperwork, primarily marking of other teams after
matches, sending in result sheets, marking of referees.
All training and Match locations are already in place, the team is already in
place, we are just looking for someone to take the lead in running the team.
The mandatory requirements are that all Managers for Warminster Highbury Youth
FC must have at the least an FA Level 1 Club coach award and have completed an
FA Enhanced CRB disclosure. The club will pay for all training needs, so
there is no outlay required apart from your time.
Training and matches start first week in September, the season has finished now
and we are in summer "break".
IF this interests you, please contact Mike Read
for an informal chat on Warminster 216351 or via
email on
secretary@warminsterhighburyyouth.com