Taking female football to new heights
The new NSFA Female Football Strategic Plan – What’s Best for Her – aims to reaffirm and energise our commitment to developing female football within the region. “There has been a lot of fantastic...
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10 Tips for Injury Prevention
Unfortunately, some aches and pains are inevitable when we try something new on the pitch or do “too much, too soon”. When those aches and pains force us onto the sideline, there’s lots of things...
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History Corner: The story of Hornsby Football Club
Hornsby Football Club only existed for 5 seasons but enjoyed extraordinary success in that time in Men’s All Age Division One. After the 1971 season a group of players from Hornsby Ku-ring-gai...
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XLR8 Coaching Spotlight: Shak Abdullah
What is your favourite team and who is your favourite player? My favourite team is Manchester United. I’ve grown up watching them from a young age and being so far away from England I have tried...
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INSPIRE Blog: Player Development on Match Day
“Hey, teachers, leave them kids alone!!” – Pink Floyd I am a big Pink Floyd fan. I love their music because of their mystic way of capturing the audience. When you watch them perform, it is a...
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Season Start Date Confirmed
Dear Members, I am sure you have heard the news already and I am extremely excited to announce the commencement of the NSFA Winter season from 3rd July. Over the past two weeks we have received...
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CEO Update
Dear Members, I hope you have enjoyed being back on the park, catching up with team mates and feeling reenergised for our football season. We are in early stages of the ‘Return to Play’ framework...
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History Corner: Phil Rees
This week we recognise NSFA Life Member and former President Phil Rees. Phil became involved in football in NSFA when sons David and Tim joined St Ives FC. From 1976 to 1979 Phil served as...
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Grassroots Spotlight: Lorin Lambert
West Pymble FC’s Lorin Lambert has kicked off 2020 in style, completing her coaching C Licence and featuring for the NSFA Women’s Select. Can you take us through your playing journey?...
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Return to Training Update
All our councils have approved a return to training. Your registered club will advise when your teams will be able to train based on their bookings and space requirements. We implore all NSFA...
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History Corner: The Quest for a Home of Football
The search for a true NSFA home ground has been a long and often disappointing journey. In the 1970s our representative teams and Ku-ring-gai SC played their matches at Acron Oval in St Ives and...
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History Corner: Metro League’s Golden Generation
Today we look at arguably the best group of talented young players in the association’s history; the Metropolitan League teams of 2008-09. The Metropolitan League (ML) was a representative...
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