Oxfordshire FA

Get in Touch 5

• Contact Oxfordshire FA
• Safeguarding
• Follow us on Social Media
• Are the Oxfordshire FA offices open now?
• Where can I find the Oxfordshire FA Handbook?

Formal Complaints 1

• How can I make a formal complaint?

General Enquiries 11

• How do I report breaches of Covid protocols in football?
• How do I report a concern of poor behaviour or possible abuse in football?
• I am parent who would like more information on Safeguarding how can I do this?
• As a youth referee how should I wear the yellow armband?
• How do I complete the safeguarding for committee members course?

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Disclosure and Barring Service 13

• Do I need a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS formerly called Criminal Record Check(CRC) check to be involved in youth football?
• How do I complete the DBS process (coaches, managers, club officials)?
• How do I get started?
• What is a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Check?
• What is the minimum age for an FA Enhanced DBS Check?

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General Enquiries 2

• Can a club change/amend their name?
• How do I add another team to my club?

County Cup Competitions 5

• What do I do if I am appointed to referee a County Cup fixture?
• Who pays the referee for a County Cup fixture?
• How do I report a result of a County Cup fixture?
• What happens when a County Cup tie is postponed?
• Do I need to send in a team sheet for a County Cup fixture?

Discipline 7

• What is a discipline hearing?
• What does sine die mean?
• When does a suspension start?
• How is punishment for a red card decided?
• How do I update matches for player suspensions?

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General Enquiries 4

• How can I get involved?
• What is the time commitment?
• How much does it cost?
• League contacts

General Enquiries 5

• Can I book a place for someone else?
• Can I miss some days of the course and make them up at a later date?
• I don’t know what my FAN is?
• How do I access the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course?
• I've forgotten password for my FAN

England Football Club Accreditation 8

• What is an FA Charter Standard Club?
• What are the benefits of becoming an FA Charter Standard Club?
• Which clubs can apply for FA Charter Standard Status?
• What is the criteria to become an FA Charter Standard Club?
• What criteria must be satisfied to achieve the entry-level club award?

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England Football League Accreditation 2

• What is an FA Charter Standard League?
• What are the criteria to become an FA Charter Standard League?

Booking a Course 4

• How can I make a group booking?
• I can't pay online, how do I book on a course?
• Can we arrange to host a course?
• How can I book on a course?

Coaching Pathway 5

• How can I become a member of the FA Licensed Coaches Club?
• What courses do you offer?
• What is the coaching pathway?
• I am looking to become a coach, where do I start?
• Can I go straight to a Level 2?

Payments 1

• How can I pay for a course?

Cancellations 1

• How do I cancel my booking?

Emergency Aid 1

• Can I use an external Emergency Aid qualification?

General Enquiries 2

• Are CPD hours required to maintain my FA coaching licence?
• Can I attend learning events outside of the county?

General Enquiries 3

• When should I contact you to help me recover a debt?
• What debts can you help me recover?
• Is this the only way I can recover a football debt?

General Enquiries 1

• I want to join the new league in Oxford - how do I get involved?

Youth Football 0

Players 4

• Do I need my own player insurance?
• Where can I find football to play?
• What recreational football can I get involved in?
• How can I find a club to play for?

Clubs 1

• How do I set up a new club?

General Enquiries 7

• What is Futsal?
• I'd like to Coach Futsal. How can I get involved?
• I'm looking to start a Futsal team how can I do this?
• We'd like to introduce Futsal to our club training sessions over the winter period - what do we need to do?
• Does a youth player have to have a parent/guardian added?

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General Enquiries 7

• Do I need playing experience to become a coach?
• How do I become a coach?
• What qualifications do I need to be a coach?
• How can I find out more away from courses?
• Does my FA Level 1 expire?

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General Enquiries 7

• How can I become a referee?
• Who can become a Referee?
• Do I need to know anything about football?
• How much time will I need to commit?
• Will it cost me anything?

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General Enquiries 5

• What support is there for new volunteers?
• How much time do I need to commit?
• Do I need any qualifications to volunteer?
• Where can I find out more about a certain role?
• What is the minimum age I can volunteer?

General Enquiries 3

• Where will I find a kick about?
• When do the kickabouts take place?
• Who are Just Play! kickabouts for?

General Enquiries 7

• Why do we need to get our event sanctioned by our local County FA?
• What happens if we don’t sanction our event with you?
• How do we check to see if an event has been sanctioned?
• Are there any particular requirements clubs need to be aware of when seeking sanction to play a foreign team?
• Is there a deadline to get applications into the FA to play against foreign opposition?

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General Enquiries 1

• Social Media

General Enquiries 5

• Do I need any qualifications to be mentor?
• Do I get paid as a referee?
• Do I need to be a referee to be a mentor?
• I did the Referee Course a year ago - can I be a mentor?
• How much time will I need to commit?

General Enquiries 4

• How do I access these courses?
• What do I do if I LAUNCH the course but it says NOT AVAILABLE?
• Why do I need to provide a FAN and Password to access the courses
• How long will it take for my FAN to be updated once I have completed a CPD module?

General Enquiries 3

• Does our club have to Register Players on Whole Game System (WGS)?
• My league is not supporting online Player Registration. Does our club still need to register players online?
• What support is available to help my club through the Player Registration process?

Player Information 7

• How do I get duplicated FAN records removed?
• How do I correct Date of Birth/Gender/Name for individuals in WGS?
• Do I need to provide an address for a player?
• Does a player require a FAN to be registered?
• I have sent a consent request but the player has not received an email?

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Team Details 3

• What if a team is not shown under a list of club teams in WGS?
• What if a team is shown with the wrong league (or no league)?
• What do I do if a club has submitted a registration but the league has not received it?

Club Officials 1

• How do I add a Player Registration Officer to a club?

League 1

• Will my league integrate into Full-Time automatically?

General Enquiries 4

• Do I have to join the RA?
• Is there a cost to joining the RA?
• Does my referee registration include RA membership?
• Do I need to be an RA member to get promotion?

Courses 4

• How do I enrol onto a Safeguarding Children Course?
• How do I enrol onto a Referee Course?
• How do I enrol onto a Safeguarding Children Course?
• How do I enrol onto a Referee Course?

General Enquiries 4

• How is a referee nominated for the Doug Watts Award?
• Can I win it more than once?
• What factors are taken into consideration when choosing the winner?
• When is the award presented?

General Enquiries 7

• How do I report the result of a County Cup fixture?
• Where do I find the Match Report Form?
• What do I do if our club cannot fulfil the fixture?
• I have not heard from the opposition about the upcoming fixture what do I do?
• My Full-Time email notification is showing the wrong kick-off time?

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General Enquiries 1

• What is a school club link?

General Enquiries 13

• How can I find a session near me?
• How old do you have to be to play small-sided football?
• How can I cancel a course?
• What is St George's Park?
• Job Vacancies

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General Enquiries 5

• Is there a cost involved?
• Who can benefit most from Coach Mentor support?
• Who are the 'target' groups?
• Who are the Regional Coach Mentors?
• What if I would like to be a mentor?

General Enquiries 3

• How often do you run referee workshops?
• Do I have to be a certain Level to go on a training course?
• How do I get involved in the Referee Academy?

General Enquiries 1

• What are the benefits of volunteering?

Discipline 6

• How can I make an appeal?
• Where can I get help with processing my club discipline online?
• How can I make a payment for a fine or misconduct?
• How can I respond to a misconduct charge?
• How can I appeal against a Misconduct Charge?

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Leagues 1

• League Sanctioning

Logging In 7

• What is the Whole Game System?
• How do I log on to the Whole Game System?
• I can’t remember my FAN number?
• I've forgotten my password?
• How do I change my personal details?

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Club Affiliation 16

• How much does affiliation cost?
• What is Affiliation?
• Do I have to pay my Club Affiliation Fee immediately?
• What happens when I submit my Club Affiliation Form?
• How do I remove a Team?

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Referee Reporting 7

• How do I know if my report has been submitted?
• What should I do if the name of the player I intend to report is not shown in the Player drop-down box?
• What if I do not know which teams I was refereeing?
• What if my game is not shown on my Referee Dashboard?
• How do I get help with submitting discipline reports through the Portal?

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