Egerton FC: An Inclusive Approach

Egerton FC continues to expand and the pitch project is now complete. The 3G pitch is open, providing a stunning facility for the area. The much improved car park makes parking much easier and safe, and the club house offers expanded changing facilities and a proper bar area.

This season the club will host 22 teams from U8 to U17, plus open age and vets teams, approximately 400 registered youth and adult participants, 100 Saturday Club members, at least 50 adult helpers (managers, referees, trainers and assistants) and a team of experienced paid staff (coaches, site manager and admin staff). Macclesfield Town FC now train at Egerton together with their Centre of Excellence, confirming the quality of our facilities. There are many reasons to be optimistic, but we need to hold a consistent approach and we need to be ambitious in the interests of our children's desire to improve.

FA charter status was achieved in 2007, an important development for Egerton. It means that the FA agrees that the club has met its best practice standard for training and development of young players, together with child protection. It allows the club to apply for grants from the FA (for example for the new facilities), but also means we are one of the few accredited clubs in the area. Parents can be confident that their children are getting the best guidance in football in the area. Egerton now has a full time development officer for the first time.

Egerton’s philosophy is to provide teams for all standards and to encourage children to play competitive football for fun in an inclusive way. All teams are provided with trained coaches to allow the players to develop to their potential, but always ensuring that the game is played in the right spirit. We like to win, but it is more important that the kids enjoy themselves!