Atherstone Town Community Football Club

Bar open from 1pm 🍺🥤 Food until 6pm 🍔🌭 Kick off 3pm ⚽️🐍

Manager Ivor Green has received a North Warwickshire Volunteer Award in the Leisure & Sports Category for his work with Atherstone Town Community Football Club......#UTA.

**SQUAD NEWS**
This close season has been the busiest for players and managers swapping clubs for many, many years. Therefore it is with great pleasure that I can post that we have retained all of last season’s squad for 2019/20. It is pretty much unheard of that the whole squad stay with a club from one season to the next, so on behalf of all at ATCFC we would like to thank our players for their ongoing loyalty to the club.... Any new signings made by the club will be announced further down the line 😜.
We would also like to welcome two new additions to the Coaching Staff, with UEFA B coaches Ross Innes and Adam Davies joining Ivor Green’s set up........Welcome aboard both...........#UTA.
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We are pleased to announce that Mark Webster Estate Agents has agreed to continue as 1st Team Kit sponsor for the 2019/20 season. In addition to the Match-day Kit they will also become the new sponsor of all the player and staff team wear. Everyone at ATCFC would like to give a big thank-you to Mark for his continued support of our club.................#UTA

Jonathan Gould was named MFL Division 1 Player of the Year tonight at the Midland Football League Presentation Evening. Congratulations Jono on another top season from all at ATCFC.............#UTA

Following today’s AGM Brian Henney has been appointed Chairman of Atherstone Town Community F.C. Brian was Interim Chairman last season, a season which saw Adders go from strength to strength on and off the field under his leadership. The future looks bright for the club, as they again look to push forward into the new season..........#UTA

🥂🍾💍 Congratulations to Adders striker Joe Obi and his beautiful wife Keeley on their marriage yesterday, from all at ATCFC. May you have many years of happiness ahead of you.

⚽️🤪LAW CHANGES🤪⚽️
Just when you thought you’d seen it all with the SIN-BIN rule, the International Football Association Board have come up with some more rule changes for the new season..🤪🤪🤪
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/4838 2254

looking for girls going into year 3 in September

Nottingham Trent University Student Alex Gothard’s feature on Atherstone Town Community Football Club is now on display at Nottingham Society of Artists Exhibition.

https://youtu.be/YBZF3V9aWAE

⚽️INTRODUCTION OF SIN BINS⚽️
As you may or may not be aware the 2019/20 season will see the introduction of ‘Sin Bins’ for all Yellow Cards issued for Dissent only. This initiative has been brought in by the F.A. and will be introduced into all Grassroots Football under the control of County F.A. Associations.
The initiative will be in place for all MFL League games and all Cup Competitions.
... Here are a few guidelines on how it will work......
• Sin Binnings will last for a period of 10 minutes actual playing time. (8 minutes in games of less than 90 minutes).
• The Match Official will administer a Yellow Card and point to the touchline.
• A Sin Binned player can return to the field of play after the ten minute period or can be substituted by the Manager after the same period of time.
• A player who has served his 10 minutes will be waved back onto the field of play by the Match Official whilst the game is active ( the same as any player who has been off for an injury).
• In the case of a Goalkeeper being Sin Binned, an outfield player must take over his position for the ten minute period. On completing his/her Sin Bin period, the Goalkeeper must re-enter the field of play as an outfield player, until which time there is a stoppage in play enabling him to change position.
• Sin Binned players will be asked to sit on their own teams substitute bench during the 10 minutes.
• The Match Official(s) will be the sole Administrator of the Sin Bin time period.
• Players in the Sin Bin are allowed to Warm-Up during the 10 minute period.
• A player receiving TWO Yellow Cards for DISSENT in the same game, will NOT be allowed to re-enter the field of play again for the remainder of the game. However the Manager will be allowed to put on a substitute after the 10 minutes has elapsed.
• Yellow Cards for DISSENT will be reported to the County F.A. and will be used in the ‘Totting Up’ process for Individual Players and Clubs.
• In F.A.Competitions two Yellow Cards for DISSENT in the same Competition will result in a 1 Game Ban for the individual.
• A Player receiving one DISSENT Yellow Card in any game will NOT receive a £10.00 Administration Fine from the County F.A.. However a player who receives TWO DISSENT Yellows in a game will be fined £25.00.
• If a team has 5 or more players in the Sin Bin at any one time, therefore falling below the 7 player threshold, the game will continue if the players are able to return to the game after their Sin Bin period(s).
Hopefully that will clear one or two things up, or maybe it’ll just be as clear as mud..........#UTA
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Some new places to visit in the 2019/20 season......Bring it on....#UTA

A great night to round off a great season. Thank-you to Danni Lucas and the staff of The Black Horse (Atherstone) for looking after us so well. Here are some photos of the award winners..........#UTA

Proposed MFL DIV ONE

Our Annual Presentation Evening takes place tonight at The Black Horse (Atherstone). All supporters are welcome to pop in and have a drink with the lads and find out who’s won the Individual Awards. The awards will kick -off around 8.00pm, hope to see you there. #UTA