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Role and Responsibilities of the Team Captain

The team captain has no special status or privileges, but has a degree of responsibility for the behaviour of the team. The team captain (or any player or team official) has no right, according to the Laws of the Game

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DRAFT Finals Series Schedule 2023

FFNC has released a DRAFT schedule (i.e. applicable weekends) on which the various semi-finals, finals and grand finals are proposed to be played in season 2023. Planning for a centralised grand finals series, will again be prevented, with neither Oakes

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Players not Permitted to Wear Jewellery

We remind everyone that players are not allowed to wear jewellery during a competition fixture (meaning 12’s to seniors). It is also recommended that miniroos players also remove jewellery. There were several instances during the most recent weekend, where players

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Local Champion Awards return for 2023

It is time to get around the champions in your club and celebrate the people doing great things on and off the pitch with the return of the Northern NSW Football Local Champion Awards for 2023. The NNSWF Local Champion

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MiniRoos Set to Kick-Off

The respective pools for each MiniRoos age (6 – 11) has been confirmed and advised to clubs with the first week of games set to kick-off this Saturday 29th April). A total of 344 teams (including 44 all-girls teams) have

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ANZAC Day Cup & Callan McMillan Finals

Football paid its respects to the extraordinary contribution made by Australian servicemen and women over more than a century, when six finals of the  respective Tursa Employment & Training Anzac Day Cup and Callan McMillan Memorial Shield Finals for 2023

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Football Resumes after the Easter break

We remind participants of the following dates relevant to the recommencement of football after the Easter long weekend; Senior football will re-commence from Tuesday 11th April (Men’s Championship). Junior competitive football (Grades 12-16) will recommence on 28/29/30 April, which comes

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Fixtures Published for period ended 26/27/28 May

The draw for each junior competition (age 12 – 16) and each senior league is now published to the FFNC website for the period ended 26/27/28 May. The following information is highlighted: The construction of the draw for this period

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How to Lead by Example

The role of a team official (generally known as the coach), is more influential than organising a training session and giving a talk at halftime. The way that a Team Official speaks and acts on Match Day, will typically set

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More Opportunities to Become a Referee in 2023

Football Far North Coast is urging current and past players, coaches and supporters (including parents) to take up the whistle in 2023, with more people required to become a referee (match official) to cover the expanding number of games across

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