England Football Accredited Club ★★
Affiliated to Surrey FA
Nike Partner Club
Welcome to Woking Town FC
We are a community football club run by volunteers who are passionate about providing a safe and welcoming environment for all boys and girls from the age of 4 to 18.
Woking Town are proud to be partnered with Westfield Football Club. Westfield FC are members of the Isthmian League, playing in the South Central Division creating a pathway for Woking Town players into senior football.
Woking Town Football Club has been serving the local community since 1977, starting life as Woking Boys Club and developing through intermediate stages to its current day identity.
The Club registered as a charity in the name of Woking Boys and Girls Club operating as Woking Town Football Club in May 1986 and remains dedicated to football and currently has over 350 players across the age groups.
We promote respect between all players, officials and spectators and have an ethos of being supportive and inclusive.
Our longstanding key facilities partners include Woking College, Eastwood Leisure Centre, St John The Baptist School, Winston Churchill School, Woking High School and Woking Council/Freedom Leisure.
Our coaching is led by SkillZone, our professional football coaching partner.
Our charitable objective is defined in our Constitution as "to provide and encourage recreation and leisure time activities and occupations for boys and girls who reside in or near Woking, with the aim of improving their conditions of life".
In furtherance of this objective our Trustees and Officers are aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on Public Benefit and plan activities accordingly.
We run a Benevolent Fund providing financial support to enable children who may be socially excluded due to difficult circumstances to participate in our football programme and is administered in strict confidence.
The focus of our coaching activities, targets the development of our players football, team and interpersonal skills. This starts with basic skills development for our youngest players, continues through our mini soccer age groups with increasing skills training and progresses to youth football with more intensive training and competitive match play.
Woking Town FC Philosophy
How We Play
- We believe in streaming kids with the intention of allowing them to play with other players of the same ability
- Players taken to matches should play a minimum of 50% of the match
- Play in different positions to help their development and growth
- Win with modesty and lose with good grace
Coaches Values
- Work on education and personal development – use sports to develop decision making, problem solving abilities, life skills, social interaction and teamwork
- Teach players the importance of being positive, having a good attitude and staying fit and healthy
- Instil the correct attitude, teach players to be respectful and disciplined
- Encourage players to take calculated risks to improve and never fear failure
- Develop these young adults, build their confidence through coaching and sport
- Embrace the values of the club and always set a good example to the children
- Create a transparent environment and engagement with parents and ensure decisions are communicated well and clearly if changes are made. Act fairly.
Players Values
- Winning is not the most important thing – it is secondary to the spirit in which the game is played
- Respect opponents, referees, coaches and their team-mates
- Reject bad conduct, cheating, bullying, violence and any form of discrimination
- Be competitive but also enjoy playing the game
- Teamwork - work as a team and encourage their team-mates
- Show a positive attitude and work ethic
- Show sportsmanship, help and encourage team-mates.
- Be well behaved, listen and learn from the coach’s advice
Parents DNA
- Always be positive with your Children and the team
- Encourage teamwork and a positive attitude in your child
- Let the coaches do the coaching on match days
- Work with coaches on decisions made about the playing ability of your children – some changes may be good for the players development
- If you have ideas or concerns approach the coach at the end of the match
- Appreciate and recognise good play from the opposition
Club DNA
- Provide a safe and supportive environment for football with good facilities
- Measure the club’s success by the improvement of each individual player and team. The FA’s Four Corner model (Technical, Psychological, Physical and Social) will be used as a reference
- At all times respect, teamwork and sportsmanship will be expected from our players, coaches and parents outside of the club, during both training and match days. Empathy, encouragement and wellbeing are the club’s priority.
An FA Accredited Club
We are delighted to have successfully renewed our England Football Accreditation for 2024/25.
England Football Accredited is the framework for all grassroots clubs and leagues, replaceing The FA Charter Standard. It is an opportunity for The FA and County FA’s to recognise all leagues and clubs who raise the bar and set the best standards for football to thrive in England.
Football leagues and clubs accredited by The FA have positively changed the football landscape over the last 20 years. They create the ideal environments to nurture players, coaches and volunteers. The result is greater diversity and inclusivity through football
In order to receive accreditation clubs must satisfy specific criteria both on and off the pitch, demonstrating that all players - whether male, female and/or disability players – of all ages - have the opportunity to fully access the best of football in a well run, high quality, safe and sustainable environment.
The club infrastructure must be sound, robust, efficient and effective, centred around the “Respect” standards and behaviours needed to make football in England something we can all be proud to be part of.
Being an Accredited club is also a clear signal to the local community that we continue to value the importance of being accessible, sustainable, safe, and determined to offer the very best football experience for all of our members.
You can find out more about the England Football Accredited scheme here.
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Volunteers
Our club is run by volunteers please let us know if you can help support the development of the club and its young players.
Areas of volunteer support include:
- Coaching, supporting SkillZone (our coaching partner) to deliver training and managing matches
- Team admin, supporting coaches to run the team
- Club officials, we are looking for the following club wide/ committee roles:
- Club Welfare Officer/ Schools Liaison
- Events & Social Secretary
All volunteers require DBS checks. Coaches are required to complete the FA Introduction to Coaching Football course.
Any courses required will be funded by the club.
Anyone interested or to obtain further information, please contact the Club Secretary .
