JERSEY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LTD ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 SEASON
President s Report As the Football Association for Jersey we are not only the Governing Body for football in the Island, we also have a clear role and responsibility for providing the structure and support that facilitates the growth and development of the game to high standards of excellence that meets the needs of our stakeholders. With over 2,500 players registered to affiliated clubs, an extensive schools programme and the significant numbers who play other formats of the game, such as six a side or just for recreation, football is by far the most popular participative sport in the Island. This report provides the details of our achievements and the challenges we faced during the past season, which, in summary, was one of continued progress for the Association in meeting our short term goals, whilst retaining focus on achieving our longer term strategic priorities. As reported last year, a key focus of the JFA board has been to obtain UEFA membership, which would undoubtedly bring significant benefits to local football. We were disappointed by the initial rejection of our application and appealed that decision to the European Court of Arbitration for Sport. The hearing was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 28 June and we will be advised of the Court s decision within a three-month period. The arguments are complex and nothing to do with football, but the Court s decision, if they find against us, is final. Any further application to UEFA would be dependent on them changing their membership criteria. Alongside the UEFA application, we have also been working hard on improving the structure and standards around the senior Men s and Women s game programme. Much has been achieved and we now need to move towards providing a calendar of regular high quality fixtures for both of these teams. Our programme for Football Development continues to grow through the Capita Centre of Excellence for boys and Player Development Centre for girls. In addition, we have run more training courses than ever before and we have been successful in maintaining FA Charter Standard status across the Jersey Football Combination League and its affiliated Clubs. Safeguarding of Children is of paramount importance in any environment but particularly in a sport played and enjoyed by so many youngsters. The crisis that hit the FA in late 2016 has prompted us to review all of our procedures and checks and to increase the levels of safeguarding awareness in the local game. We have had tremendous support from Club Welfare Officers in ensuring we continue to provide a safe and enjoyable environment. As can be seen from our accounts and the Finance Director s report, our financial position has improved this season, mainly as a result of income from the 100 th Muratti celebrations. During the season we have also raised significant funds towards sending our teams to the Gotland Island Games and we intend to continue our fund raising activities to support and enhance our Representative Team games programme. Looking forward, we still face a number of challenges as do our League and Clubs. A key objective for us is to find ways in which we can all work more collaboratively in order to understand the issues we face and to seek ways of resolving these, as well as offering support and working more closely together. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who contribute towards the success of football in Jersey. In particular, our sponsors who are key partners in supporting and assisting us towards meeting our goals, the vast number of volunteers who work behind the scenes running clubs, managing teams and coaching players, our Referees and, all those others who provide admin and support within the game. Thanks also to my Board and to the Council for their support and to all of the Officials and the Volunteers who have helped and supported me and the Association during the past season. Phil Austin President Jersey Football Association
Chief Executive Officer s Report Introduction In terms of size, with 16 clubs, 166 teams and 2,500 players Jersey is one of the smallest member associations affiliated to the Football Association (FA). Yet, despite our much smaller size and lack of economic scale, football and the Jersey FA face many of the same issues and challenges that larger County Associations have to deal with. Over the past year, the Association has continued to benchmark well against the targets laid out in the FA National Game Strategy and in our own 2015-19 Business Plan. We should be pleased with the excellent progress made, which reflects the continued, drive, enthusiasm and teamwork within the Board, and those working for the Association. This report reflects on the main highlights of the past season, the issues and challenges that we faced and provides a high level, forward looking view of our future plans. Governance The JFA Board under the Chairmanship of Phil Austin met on a monthly basis during the season to direct and organise the affairs of the Association and to drive forward a number of key strategic objectives. Robust governance procedures are in place and through them progress against achieving Business Plan objectives is evaluated and monitored. The Board appraises progress against business plan priorities, key performance indicators and financial performance on a monthly basis. Quarterly, the Board review it s longer term strategic priorities, agrees resource allocation to meet commitments and considers the challenges and risks facing the Association, including what actions are to be taken to mitigate these. A well-defined organisational structure ensures that there is a clear communication path that flows downwards from the Board to individual members of staff via the Senior Management Team. The JFA Council continued to meet on a quarterly basis during the season to assist the Board in the Governance and Administration of local football. The changes to the Memorandum & Articles of Association and Rules of the Association, agreed at the last AGM have allowed a clearer and more effective way of working for both the Board and Council. Quarterly Management reports are provided to the FA and regular audits are undertaken by the FA Senior Regional Manager of progress being made towards meeting the 2015-19 Business Plan objectives and key performance indicators. A formal review takes place on an annual basis at which the President and CEO meet with the FA Senior Regional Manager to discuss performance of the JFA over the past year and to outline and agree priorities for the next twelve months. In 2017, this has involved a full review of our Strategic Priorities, our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats and our Risk Log. This review has been approved by the FA.
Workforce & IT Despite employing a very small team of individuals, the Association is required to carry out the same governance, planning, reporting and development functions as much larger Associations. This requires our members of staff to be knowledgeable, flexible and experienced across a wide range of processes and systems. In that respect I would like to thank all of our staff and those who assist us on a voluntary basis for their considerable support the season. The Association is also reliant on efficient IT systems to deliver its services. We have completed a review of all data and records held in the FA Whole Game System (WGS) and we are now in a position to further extend access to the system to Club and League Officials to allow them to review and amend data themselves. The disciplinary process has now been fully automated and this has eliminated the need for printing of reports, postage costs and manual interventions. Apart from improving efficiency, the automation of payments for fines has provided more robust and auditable functionality. The next stage is to automate Club affiliations for the 2017/18 season and to build a greater understanding of what other benefits the system can bring us and the football community. Marketing, Communications & Brand Positioning A key challenge in the last twelve months has been to develop our Marketing and Communications to improve the positioning of the Jersey Football brand and by doing so, attract more interest in local football and ultimately attract more sponsorship funding into the sport. Good progress has been made in developing communication channels through the media, our website, social media and newsletters but more still needs to be done to communicate directly with our clubs. We are working with the FA on a total revamp of our website into a new format for the 2017/18 season. We continue to work with our sponsors to ensure we are providing them with value for money and the benefits they seek from the sponsorship agreements. Sponsors & Sponsorship Sponsorship of the Associations activities, particularly in football development and enhancing the player pathway is essential if we are to continue to deliver and enhance our programme of work. We would like to thank our main sponsors, Jacksons, Capita and The One Foundation for their on-going support of the Association and the States of Jersey, for their support with our Community Programme to deliver on key priorities identified in the Fit for Future Strategy. We also thank all of our other corporate partners who support us either financially or in kind. Without you we would not be able to deliver our work programme. We are delighted t confirm that Jacksons have agreed to continue their sponsorship of the Senior Men and Women Representative Teams for a further three years and we look forward to continuing and enhancing our successful partnership during the 17/18 season.
Leagues & Clubs The Association is responsible for affiliating all Leagues and Clubs within the Island with the majority of football being played under the auspices of the Jersey Football Combination League. For the 2016/17 season, 16 Clubs affiliated to the Jersey FA and between them they ran 43 senior, 68 youth and 55 mini soccer teams, providing football for circa 1,000 adults, 1,000 juniors and 500 minis. If we add to these numbers, those who play in schools, the other different formats of the game or who simply play recreationally, football is by far the most popular participative sport in the Island We are aware that some JFC clubs continue to struggle financially and/or from a lack of volunteer resources, particularly in the senior game and this has been highlighted in the Associations risk log as the number one concern for local football. We need to do more to engage with the Council, JFC and its member clubs to understand the issues and challenges and find ways to assist our Clubs, not only to survive, but also to be stronger and able to meet future demands. This is high on our list of priorities for 2017/18. Overall, however, we are seeing growth in the game, particularly at mini soccer and junior levels and in new small sided formats of the game. As part of our affiliation process, we require our Clubs to achieve FA Charter Standard status through an annual health check process. This scheme is aimed at maintaining and improving standards of administration, coaching and on and off the field conduct in Clubs. We would like to thank the One Foundation, who inject 17,000 of sponsorship into this scheme, providing financial incentives to clubs who complete the process. We will be revamping the scheme for the 2017/18 season to include provision of support to Clubs in the areas of Governance, Business Planning and Structure. Safeguarding Children As a result of high profile cases of child abuse in the UK, football has been under intense scrutiny to ensure that all possible measures are being taken to provide a safe, healthy and fun environment for children to enjoy our sport. We have followed the guidance and instructions from the Board of the FA and have met all of their mandatory requirements on safeguarding issues. As part of that work, we have undertaken a complete audit of all Clubs and Coaches to ensure that relevant safeguarding children training and criminal record checks are in place and up to date. Every club running youth teams is required to have a qualified Welfare Officer actively working in the club and Club Committee members are required to undertake a safeguarding children on-line workshop. We have also appointed Alan Williams as a second part time Welfare Officer to assist us in this work and to ensure any referrals or cases relating to safeguarding children are properly handled. Whilst we can, and will not be, complacent on any matter in relation to safeguarding children within football, we are currently satisfied that controls in Jersey are strong and we thank our clubs very much for the hard work they have put in to achieving this position.
Community Programme Following the appointment of Daniel Seviour as JFA Community Coach (5-11s) in June 2015, the Community programme is now well established and continues to go from strength to strength. Working in partnership with the States of Jersey Community Sports Team, a programme of football opportunities has been delivered to support the delivery of targets identified within the Fit for Future Strategy. Football coaching sessions were provided in 8 targeted Primary Schools in the Springfield area, specifically aimed at the development of Physical Literacy skills. These sessions were delivered to over 200 children each week. After school skills sessions were organised each week during term time and delivered at Springfield Stadium for boys and girls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons to over 250 children. In addition, 7 JFA Fun weeks were also held at Springfield Stadium during the school holidays with 2 of these being in partnership with Saints FC Foundation. These Fun weeks were attended by a cumulative total of over 400 boys and girls. Lucy Even was appointed part-time (8 hours per week) JFA Community Coach (girls) in July 2016 specifically to provide a programme of playing and coaching opportunities for girls. On Wednesday afternoon during term time an after school skill session (girls only) was organised and delivered with approximately 25 girls attending. 6 free fun nights were also organised at Springfield Stadium and at Haute Vallee Secondary School with around 30 girls attending each one. We also organised and delivered 4 mini-soccer festivals for boys and girls at Springfield Stadium in partnership with our affiliated Clubs and Jersey Primary School Sports Association (Football Section) with over 350 players taking part. The Community Coaching team has been expanded to include 7 part-time coaches who have all completed the FA Level 1 Coaching Football Award as part of their coach development plan. These coaches are all provided with a mentoring programme through JFA Community Coaches, Daniel Seviour and Lucy Even. Alternative Formats for Football Changing lifestyles, new facilities and new initiatives have opened up fresh opportunities for people to play and enjoy football at both competitive and recreational levels. Following the launch at Springfield of the popular and successful Soccer 6ixers programme in the summer of 2016, we have also seen the development of a Corporate Six a side League competition, played between business entities on Sundays. We have also seen interest in the new concept of Walking Football which is currently being provided at Fort Regent by the Jersey Community Sport Development Team. Players aged 55+ are getting together to try this new format of the game, which although sounding simple, is highly skilful. We anticipate future growth as the awareness and understanding of this new opportunity to play football becomes wider spread. Disability Football In March 2016 we appointed Paul Greenwood, on a voluntary basis, as our Disability Officer. Paul has worked tirelessly to introduce a regular programme of coaching opportunities for players with mobility disorders through Frame Football. Fortnightly sessions have been provided at Springfield Stadium for children 5-11 years ably supported by PDC coaches Jodie Botterill and Libby Barnett. We also work closely with Jersey Sports Association for the Disabled who provide regular coaching and playing opportunities for adult players with learning disabilities. We have plans to look at the introduction of further coaching opportunities for players aged 7-14 years with learning disabilities during the 17/18 season.
Coach Education Over 70 coaches committed themselves to continued professional development during the season by attending a wide range of courses and in-service training events organised and delivered by the Jersey FA. In August 2016 the FA re-launched its FA Level 1 and 2 Coaching Football courses and over 75 coaches attended courses held at Springfield Stadium which look at the key messages from the England DNA. Each of the courses looks at key DNA themes of How We Coach, How We Play, The Future Player and How We Support. With the assistance of Adam Furness, our FA County Coach Developer, we ran 1 FA Level 1 Coaching Football Award attended by 12 coaches, which included FA Safeguarding Children and FA Emergency Aid workshops. We also organised and delivered the new FA Level 2 Coaching Football Award Block 1, Block 2 and Block 3 courses, as well as FA Level 2 GK Coaching Course with cumulative 65 coaches attending. To support coaches to keep qualifications up to date and to maintain FA Licence Coaches Club (FALCC) membership, a further 8 FA Safeguarding Children and 5 FA Emergency Aid Workshops were delivered during the season. In addition, an FA Junior Football Leaders Course was delivered at Victoria College for students taking the first step on the coaching ladder. The Jersey FA also facilitates the Enhanced Criminal Record Checking service for clubs and coaches and any other volunteers working within Youth Football. The annual audit of clubs through the FA Charter Standard assessment process shows that the majority of teams have qualified coaches to a minimum FA Level 1 Coaching Football Award with up to date FA Safeguarding Children and Emergency Aid certificates. Capita Centre of Excellence (Boys) Under the Management of Centre Director Paul Renton and a team of 12 qualified and experienced coaches, a 28 week coaching programme was delivered for 112 boys, spread across seven single year age groups from Under 12 up to Under 18. The groups are split into three Phases, Foundation Phase (u12, u13), Youth Development Phase (u14, u15, u16) and Development Squad Phase (u17 and u18). A common coaching and playing philosophy continues to be embedded and cascaded down throughout all the Phases within a high quality coaching environment and competitive games programme around 200 coaching sessions were organised and delivered during the season. All lead coaches have achieved the FA Level 2 Coaching Football Award and are working towards achieving the FA Youth Award. This season, a 24 match games programme, was organised on Friday evenings at Springfield Stadium in partnership with JFC Clubs and our Referee Development Centre. These fixtures provided an excellent learning environment for all the players, coaches and referees in attendance to work on and develop their skills. An extensive competitive games programme was also provided during the season with matches organised against teams from the Guernsey FA, Madeira FA, Bournemouth FC, Charlton FC, Chelsea FC, Fulham FC, Southampton FC Academies, US St. Malo, FC Dinard, the French districts of La Manche and Ille-et-Vilaine plus Northern Ireland Schools FA. We intend to incorporate our under 21 squad into the Centre during the 2017/18 season.
Capita Player Development Centre (Girls) As per the boys, the Capita Player Development Centre also enhanced its programme. Under the Management of Centre Director Jodie Botterill and a team of 14 qualified female coaches a 24 week technical coaching programme was provided for 80 girls spread across 5 groups from Under 12 up to under 21 years of age. The groups are split into three Phases, Foundation Phase (u12, u13), Youth Development Phase (u14, u16) and Development Squad Phase (u17-u21). Weekly sessions took play on the 3g pitch at Haute Valee Secondary School on Friday evenings and these were supplemented with games against JFC clubs over 100 coaching sessions were organised and delivered during the season. Competitive games were played against Guernsey FA x 2, Scotland Schools FA and the French districts of La Manche and Ill-et-Vilaine. The Player Development Centre (girls) continues to go from strength to strength with plans in place to build on the good work to date for the 2017/18 season. Referees Without Referees, we have no football and we are indebted to our 36 registered referees who between them covered more than 1,000 games this season, providing an excellent service. Increasing the number of Referees and Assistants remains a key Strategic Priority for the Association in order to satisfy the growing demands of the games programme in both 11 a side football and other formats of the game. Under the watchful eye of Paul Daniel, we ran for a second season the JFA Referee Development Centre supported by the One Foundation, building on the success of its first season. The RDC purpose is to recruit, train and develop young Referees to increase the number of available officials and provide succession planning through the delivery of a mentored training experience within a safe academy environment. Seven youngsters regularly attend the Centre s Friday evening sessions where they spend some time in the classroom enhancing their knowledge of the Laws of the game, before preparing for, and officiating in, the age group evening games. They then receive an aftermatch debrief from experienced Referee mentors. On top of the arranged games with the Centre of Excellence, the participants have officiated at countless Jersey Football Combination League and Cup games from age s u11 all the way up to senior men and women. Some guest local senior referees have attended the sessions and the youngsters involved are grateful for the support and encouragement of Dave Brunton, Jersey FA Referee Development Officer, Luke Nerac, Mark le Cornu and Gareth Bayley. We are especially appreciative of the financial support of The One Foundation which helps to both kit-out the Referees and to fund RDC activities.
Discipline The levels of disciplinary incidents remains a concern and we are still seeing an unacceptably high level of misconduct reports brought against players and clubs, which are generally associated with verbal abuse of Referees by players and coaches. There have also been some incidents of multi-player fracas resulting in clubs being fined and warned as to future conduct. It is the responsibility of Clubs and their Team Managers to stamp down on this behaviour and to set out the standards of behaviour expected from teams and players. We will be looking for Clubs to do more in that respect during the 2017/18 season. One area of concern has been an increase in the number of reports of inappropriate behaviour by parents during youth league matches. It is not acceptable for any spectators to stand on the touchlines and shout abuse at players and criticise Referees. Clubs have Codes of Conduct in place under the FA Charter Standard scheme and we will be looking for them to educate spectators about what behaviours are unacceptable and to take positive action to deal with any incidents as they arise. It is the Club s responsibility to deal with offenders and not that of the Referee. The Association will continue to work closely with the JFC to monitor disciplinary levels within clubs and for individual players. We would like to place on record our thanks to the team of volunteers who make up our Disciplinary Committee and for the work that they undertake to assist the Association. Facilities The Association continued to provide support to the Jersey Football Combination League and its Clubs to develop local footballing facilities. Aside from facilitating grants for major projects, the Association can also support Clubs to obtain grants for small projects up to a value of 10,000. No major projects were undertaken during the past season. The Springfield 3G AGP continues to be fully utilised across all formats of the game with there being barely any time, all year round, during which there isn t some activity at the venue. More than 1,000 people train or play there each week with clubs benefitting from being able to guarantee training during the wetter winter months. The facility continues to be the centre for all JFA representative team training sessions and is also extensively used by schools and our own Community football programme. As reported in the section on Alternative Formats for Football, the venue has also been used for the Summer Soccer 6ixers programme and the new Corporate League. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Andy Matson, Manager of Springfield for his continued support in delivering the pitch usage plan in-line with the FA and Football Foundation agreement and to Steve Landick who is the Pitch Advisor for the Jersey FA, working to ensure playing surfaces at football venues are maintained to the highest standards.
Representative Teams - Senior Men Having lead our Senior Men s team to Muratti victory in 2016, Brian Little stepped down as manager and was replaced by the appointment of Martin Cassidy. Martin who is assisted by Andrew McGlaughlin and a coaching team have begun the process of taking the team through a period of transition as some players retire from Representative football and youngsters break through into the squad. As part of those plans for the 2017/18 season, it has been agreed that the Jersey FA Representative Under 21 side should be slotted in at the top of the Capita Centre of Excellence team pyramid thus providing better continuity for younger players to move through into Senior Representative Football. One of the priorities for the season was to provide a meaningful games programme in terms of standard of opposition and frequency of games. This has been difficult task but under the leadership of Board Director Iain McKenzie, tremendous progress has been made with fixtures against the likes of Leicester City Under 23 team, England C and away matches against the Football Association of Ireland. Many of these teams have indicated that they would like to arrange future fixtures with us on an annual basis and we will look to formulate a more structured approach by having a calendar of fixtures, which can be slotted into place at the beginning of each season. Another key challenge was to prepare a squad for the Gotland Island games and also raise sufficient funds to cover the high costs of sending a team. The fundraising was a fantastic success and we thank everyone who supported us and in particular those who attended the two football fund raising dinners. In the Senior Men s Muratti, we lost a close match 2-1 in Guernsey having come through a closely contested semi-final with a 2-1 win over Alderney. In the Ambassadeur Bowl Under 21 Men s Muratti, we lost 2-0 to a strong Guernsey team. Representative Teams - Senior Women Likewise, as for the Men s senior team, we are looking to establish a calendar of regular, high quality, matches across the whole season, which allows for better planning, coaching and training programmes to be developed. One of the objectives for the 2016/17 season was to strengthen the games programme for the Senior Women s team and some progress was made with games against Sheffield United and the Royal Navy as we looked to build momentum towards defending our Gold medal position at the Gotland Island Games. In March, the management team changed with Jodie Boterill and Daniel Seviour taking over the reigns from Simon Petulla and his team. One of the key challenges has been raising sufficient funds to get the team to Gotland and it s good to see that the Women have stepped up to the mark and surpassed the fund raising target. It is, however, disappointing to report that the Women s Muratti did not take place in 2017. Disputes in Guernsey between clubs, players and the GFA meant that the game could not go ahead but following discussions between the Association and the GFA, we remain hopeful that this important inter-insular fixture will be reinstated for next season. Representative Teams - Juniors In the annual Under 16 Nigel Gavey trophy Muratti match against Guernsey we lost 1-0 but our Under 18 team won a close game at Springfield Stadium in the Junior Muratti 1-0. Other matches played by our Junior teams are part of the Capita COE and PDC and are reported under those headings.
U.E.F.A. We reported last year that we had made an application for membership of UEFA. That submission was turned back at the initial stage but we felt strongly that UEFA had not followed due process when considering our application and we took the decision to refer the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A hearing took place on June 28 th 2017 at which we were represented by JFA President, Phil Austin, JFA Director David Brookland, States of Jersey Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, Legal Advisor Dennis Dixon and our legal team. The arguments are complex and nothing to do with football, but the Court s decision, if they find against us, is final. Any further application to UEFA would be dependent on them changing their membership criteria. The Court can take up to three months to report its findings. Alongside progressing the application to join UEFA, we also received a visit from UEFA Official, Mark Esselink, who met with JFA Directors and Officials to discuss opportunities by which they may be able to assist the Association, outside of full membership, in developing an enhanced games programme. Also present at that meeting were Jane Bateman, Head of International Relations and Carol Isherwood, FA Senior Regional Manager. We intend to follow up on this meeting as we move into the 2017/18 season and once the result of our appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Business Plan This season was the second year of implementing our Business Plan as approved by the FA for the period 2015-2019 and as such, we have, in conjunction with the FA, undertaken a more detailed midway review of the plan and confirmed or amended our priorities, goals and objectives to reflect changes in the environment in which we operate and the achievements of the past two years. The Board continues to review progress against the plan and, in particular, considers if the Risk Profile has changed in such a way that requires any amendment to the overall Strategy and Objectives. Our updated plan has identified the following Key Priorities and Aims. Key Priorities a. Ensure all Safeguarding Children procedures are in place and adhered to b. Increase the number of Referee s and Assistants c. Provide increased opportunities for girls and women to participate in football d. Appoint a Jersey FA Community Coach (Girls & Women) e. Provide a structured programme of games for all Rep Teams f. Review the facilities and demand plan Complementary to achieving our Key Priorities is an overarching strategy, which is to improve the Football Brand. This is both an enabler and output of successfully delivering our Plan. Our Vision is Football For All and our Aims for 2019 remain as follows: Aims a. Football will be recognised as Jersey s number 1 community sport. b. There will be increased investment of time and money into the game. c. Player participation levels, across the whole game, will have increased. d. There will be sufficient number of qualified Referees to meet demands. e. There will be an established programme of games for players to represent Jersey at all levels. f. The Jersey FA will be acknowledged as an efficient, well run governing body that adds value to the game and the community.
Thanks The Association is reliant on the goodwill of a number of volunteers, without whom we could not function. I would like to thank them all as well as the President and Officials of the Jersey Football Combination League, the Referees Association and Committee, my staff and everyone else who has assisted me and the Association over this and previous seasons. Overall, the 2016-17 season has been successful and one of continued progress. We also recognise that we will face many challenges moving forward if we are to continue to be successful. We have strong foundations in place on which to build for the future and if everyone within the football community can work together to meet our challenges, we will see the game we love flourish and grow. Neville Davidson Chief Executive Officer
Finance Director s Report These notes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements, which are circulated as a separate document. It should be noted that the Annual Report is for the football season July 1 st 2016 June 2017 whereas the Association s accounting period is the year ended 31 December 2016. The Association made a surplus for the year ended 31 December 2016 of 26,255 compared to a loss the previous year of 9,709. The change in the results year on year is a swing of 36,000. The main reasons for the significant change in the results were the success of the Muratti 100 event and the increase in Registration Fee Income. If you look at the Association s main sources of income, there was little change in revenue year on year. The board and Council approved the increase in Junior Registration fees to bring them more into line with the senior registration fee. The playing of the Men's 100 th Muratti in Jersey gave us an opportunity to promote the match and history surrounding the event. The Board are indebted to Gavin Fraser who worked tirelessly to organise a promotional launch, souvenir programme and gala dinner. We also publicised the match more than ever before. The entire event generated a net profit of 29,000. The Representative Team expenses decreased significantly as the senior Muratti matches were played in Jersey. There was an increase in salaries of 19,000. Part of the increase was due to the full time employment of a media and communications person to help develop our social media capability and help to raise the Associations profile. Statistics show that this appointment has been a success. You will see a cost of 37,030 for UEFA expenses included in the analysis of Other Expenditure. Approximately 31,000 of the UEFA costs consist of payments we had to make to the Court for Arbitration of Sport. The Association and UEFA were requested to pay approximately 15,500 each to the Court to allow the hearing to proceed this year. UEFA refused to pay their share of the costs so we had to pay for them as well to enable the hearing to go ahead. We hope that we will recover the UEFA portion of these costs. We were also fortunate that we received two contributions totalling 15,000 towards the UEFA costs from people who believe that our application is in the best interests of football in Jersey. These contributions appear in sponsorship income. Our football development activities under the direction of Brian Oliver and Paul Renton continue to grow and funding is in place to allow this to continue. The Capita Centre and Player Development Centre expanded and provided more opportunities for our young players to improve their football experience. The Association s financial position at the end of 2016 was extremely strong. David Brookland Finance Director