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Football Facilities (Soccer) Policy Report

February 2009

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The provision of the necessary supporting infrastructure to all football (soccer) clubs within Western Australia, no matter in what level of competition they are currently participating, is a priority for Football West. Similarly, the Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR), and local governments, which receive a large number of funding requests each year from football clubs to improve current infrastructure, have a role in determining funding priorities.

This document is designed to assist by providing facility classification guidelines from which to assess the merits of individual club requests for infrastructure funding. This will enable both the DSR and local governments’ access to the relevant criteria when they have to decide whether or not, and to what level, they support a club application for DSR Community Sport & Recreation Facilities Funds (CSRFF).

One of the aims of the study, undertaken by Syme Marmion & Co for Football West and DSR, was to develop a classification system within a football hierarchy based on the sustainability of individual clubs that will serve as a basis to plan for future infrastructure provision and upgrades. This would ensure those clubs which currently have facilities below the new classification system are given priority for upgrade expenditure over clubs which already meet the standards.

The development of this football club hierarchical classification will be linked to current demographic profiles for each football zone from which the development of a strategic plan for the provision of future club facilities for five years and ten years hence can be based.

The overall study is divided into five stages, with Stages 1 and 2 preceding this Stage 3 report:

  • Stage 1 – Scoping Report
  • Stage 2 – Needs Assessment Report
  • Stage 3 – Facility Review & Development
  • Stage 4 – Policy Development Report
  • Stage 5 – Strategic Plan

This report, the Policy Report, is the fourth report in the study and covers the development of the following
policies:

  • Division of state and metropolitan areas into facility districts
  • Management of facility requirements, especially expansion in areas of lighting, clubrooms and seating
  • Co-location, relocation and winding down of clubs
  • Access to existing and new school facilities
  • Allocation of land in developing areas for playing fields
  • Criteria for the development of new facilities
  • Methodology for CSRFF funding for facility improvements
  • Policy review mechanism
  • Communication
  • Climate change and facility development/management

These draft policies are covered in the following sections of this report. The report has been prepared based on the information obtained from direct consultation with Football West and input from the Department of Sport & Recreation and Local Government. Football West is recognised by State and Federal Governments, and Football Federation Australia (FFA) as responsible for the administration, promotion and delivery of football in WA.

 
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