The youth division of Oxshott Royals is a fully constituted charity. The purpose of the club is “to provide local children the opportunity to play competitive football at a level commensurate with their ability”. This objective is supplemented with a number of codes of conduct and provides a clear framework within which club managers can operate.
- Oxshott Royals measures its success by the overall enjoyment of everyone involved with the club, whether it is parents, players, or officials. Whilst the objective of a team on the pitch is to win, the overall objective of Oxshott Royals is to provide a framework and infrastructure through which everyone can enjoy playing and watching football.
- There will be an annual membership registration fee for all players in the club. The fee is reviewed annually prior to the publishing of the registration forms for the following season.
- The AGM will be held in June.
- Officers of the Executive Committee for each year will be elected at the AGM
- The club provides all players with a football top, shorts, socks and a tracksuit. The colours of the club are red and white shirts, white shorts and red socks
- The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Youth football Association
A FAQ is what is the clubs policy towards player rotation in a squad and whether a manager must use substitutes. The following guidelines should be considered:
- The policy is that the team must come before any individual player;
- Most managers will play a substitute for at least half a game. By doing so players do not become disillusioned, which benefits the squad over a season. Some managers will not do this, and “play to win”. This is not wrong, the team should come before an individual. However, this MUST be advised to parents/players before they are registered with the club;
- In some situations (e.g. cup semi final) a manager will often field only the strongest side, in which case the substitutes should be aware of this before the start of the match;
- The size of most squads means that some rotation is inevitable. As a guideline managers should play each player in at least 75% of matches. If the manager does not expect this to be achieved, then the players should be made aware of this before they are registered;
- Overall, whilst some managers will adopt different practices, the main issue is that everyone “knows the score” at the start of the season.