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Save Watford FC Girls Centre of Excellence

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Guest#76 Jun 04, 2011, 17:03
Crewe Alex Girls petition, they are all devastated and could face 100 mile round trips to trial at Everton, Liverpool and Man United. We've sent your petition link to all our parents. Give all the girls their opportunities to play football.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wewantourclubbackplease/
lynnxx#77 Jun 04, 2011, 17:04

Re: Girls v Boys

#39: - Girls v Boys 

 How can they just say because of the standard and then make blanket decisions to close one of the better ones!

Watford are highly commended for the work they do with boys football and yet they are now not able to follow their work with the girls, pure legalised discrimination!!  Outrageous.

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Guest#79 Jun 04, 2011, 17:06

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 Birmingham has 3 centres, sporting club albion is West Brom !!

Lynnxx#80 Jun 04, 2011, 17:06

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#77: lynnxx - Re: Girls v Boys 

 

The closure of the centre of excellence, also affects Charlton girls as well, seems they just dont like some clubs!  Nothing at all to do with standards!

Guest#81 Jun 04, 2011, 17:19
The North East has no centres now, girls in Cumbria have nowhere to play. Shouldn't all the closed centres act together to fight the FA and their new struture. Girls across the country must be devastated at the loss of their clubs and their footballing futures!
Guest#82 Jun 04, 2011, 18:06
save watford fc girls ...
Guest#83 Jun 04, 2011, 18:07

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Fully agree, which is why I've just signed the Crewe Alex petition.

I do believe some of the Southern clubs e.g. Reading and Watford are talking to each other about this and the best way forward. Hopefully this can grow into a national campaign.

Here's hoping Graham Taylor will be able to help spearhead something.

Guest#84 Jun 04, 2011, 18:14

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 Fingers crossed, we need work for all girls, all clubs across the country. They can fob us off individually but united we are stronger

Guest#85 Jun 04, 2011, 18:47
Get your act together FA. You're not as bad as FIFA, but you're not well regarded by most British Football fans because of continued faux pas like this.
Guest#86 Jun 04, 2011, 18:57
The FA are a complete bunch of arses.
I think the clue is in the name FA!
Guest#87 Jun 04, 2011, 19:18
Teenage girls need a focus for fitness and friendship or obesity will cascade down the generations.
Guest#88 Jun 04, 2011, 19:26
From reading the comments from other clubs it seems that some kind of organised protest is required. It is clear that the FA have made the wrong decision. How can talented girls be left with no club at all.
Guest#89 Jun 04, 2011, 19:48
i have played against watford many times and they are a fantastic team....by shutting them down you may be endangering the future of our countrys football!
Guest#90 Jun 04, 2011, 20:15
Its ridiculous how they are closing watford academy. They are on of the best girls centre of excellences in the country. The reason in which they are closing is due to arsenal being a club from london basing themselves in the hertfordshire area this isn't fair. It also isn't fair that boys clubs get more funding. I don't see any boys academys being shut down!
Feli#91 Jun 04, 2011, 20:15

FA = FIFA

The FA have some nerve, moan about FIFA being corrupt, making bad decissions and being run by dinosaurs. Well the FA should look hard at themselves because they are exactly the same.
Maybe we should vote them all out the inept fools!!!!
Guest#92 Jun 04, 2011, 20:21
As the mother of a girl who has played for Crewe for 2 years and also trained as an under 8 for a year, I totally understand how upset and angry you are. We need to make the FA see that we won't just roll over and accept what they are doing to our children.
Guest#93 Jun 04, 2011, 20:28

Re: FA = FIFA

#91: Feli - FA = FIFA

If only we could vote them out. Despite it being the people's game, these idiots are not accountable to anyone.

It is time for the government to act to curb their powers and make them truly accountable for their actions.

Guest#94 Jun 04, 2011, 20:29
why why why when the so called EXPERTS !are telling youngsters to get out and exercise are they taking this backward step ? SHOULD WE CLIMB THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT to have our voices heard .come on BORIS help us we do not even need bikes, Irate from Greenford
Guest#95 Jun 04, 2011, 21:06
HELP OUT THE GIRLS, WE ALL KNOW THE NEED IT !
Guest#96 Jun 04, 2011, 21:12
Best Club In The World <3
Guest#97 Jun 04, 2011, 21:18
Ladies footbal in Great Britain needs as much support as possible, the closing of such a successful centre of excellence shows a real lack of vision by the FA, it wouldnt happen in Scotland, and they dont have the revenue the FA have.
Guest#98 Jun 04, 2011, 22:01
Go on girls!
Guest#99 Jun 04, 2011, 22:02
keep up the good work
Guest#100 Jun 04, 2011, 22:03

Another opportunity taken away...:(

We have to support women in sports! Women's sports might not make the kind of money that men's sports do, but they provide such an important message to our girls - You can do anything you want to do ladies! Is the FA trying to send the message that this is not the case?! Bad call!