The North East.
The centres is staffed by fully qualified FA coaches and also offers the opportunity to progress to national Squads. The North East centre operates at U17’s and U14’s from season 2007 / 08. The Centre runs for 20 weeks per year at Benfield Comprehensive School, Newcastle.
For more information please contact ian.skinner@northumberlandfa.com
Yorkshire
The centre started in October 2004 and is one of 12 centres across the Country. These centres are part of the FA`s disability player pathway and talent identification programme and are a major part od the FA`s disability strategy.
This programme is about the of talented and elite disabled players from local centres and Ability Counts Clubs, to the Performance centre and eventually to a national team.
The Yorkshire Disability Football Performance Centre is based at the excellent facilities of Barnsley FC Academy and is held once a month.
The sessions cover coaching, and some theory modules, and games against other centres. B Licence coaches take the sessions and Wayne Perry, who is the Centre Director, runs and organises the programme.
If you require further information, or wish to nominate players, or need further assistance on disability football issues please contact Brian Peck at Sheffield and Hallamshire FA on Brian.peck@sheffieldfa.com.