Female Football Week Events – FNSW

This year, Female Football Week will take place from Friday 19th May 2023 – Sunday 28th May 2023: https://footballnsw.com.au/players/ffw/ FNSW Referees Department is hosting two referee specific events!! Please see details below. The direct rego link for both events (which includes all the details) is here: https://bit.ly/3niPRTZ  Referee Practical Training Session During this session participants will run through referee […]

Football NSW Communication – 4th May

Dear Associations & Branches, Last weekend we had a stark reminder of the violent extremes that can occur within our game and the rare, but present, incidences that occur on football fields across Australia and the world. Whilst the severity of these types of incidents are rare, lesser forms of assault, verbal abuse, misconduct and […]

The Art Of Good Report Writing

Refereeing Advice – Report Writing When writing send off or incident reports, make sure your reports are as detailed as possible and always include: What happened – be as descriptive as possible Where it happened – where on the field did it occur, how far you were from the incident, did you have a clear […]

2023 School Holiday Referee Clinic

Interested in improving your refereeing ability and skills? Then the SGFRA Referee Clinic is for you! Experienced Nationally accredited referee coaches and instructors will take you through a series of informative and educational sessions on many referee aspects. TOPICS Player Management – Situation Management – Wall Management Penalty Kicks – Positioning [General & Set Plays] […]

Don’t Cross the Line!

During recent seasons Football NSW have seen alarming increases in ‘sport rage’ at some of our associations. As a result, we have seen some Associations writing to clubs threatening to halt competitions and some unwarranted media criticism. It is simply not acceptable that children and young people are exposed to any form of abuse whilst […]

2020 Finals Series

Information for the 2020 Finals Series is located in the Coaching Folder of the Documents and Links Library. Please refer to them before your matches on the next two weekends.

Vale Les Murray

Dear Members, As you would be aware, the football community was saddened by the passing of Les Murray earlier this week. Les was not only the figure head for the sport nationally, but had deep connections to the St George area. As a mark of respect, the SGFA has requested that ALL SENIOR games, played […]