I am Oliver Couch, Chairman of the Chesterfield Junior Blues Football Club
Andy Morris, the legend of the Chesterfield FC cup run in 1997, and scorer
of CFC's first goal at Old Trafford, started running boys teams from
Chesterfield FC's Football in the Community in 2002. He is now the Club
President and one of our coaches.
Chesterfield Junior Blues Football Club was formed from Andy's work
in summer 2005 and we ran six boys football teams in the Rowsley
and District League, two winning their leagues and three reaching their
cup finals.
We have grown quickly since then. In season 2006/07 we had over 120 registered players in ten teams in the Rowsley and Sheffield and District Leagues, and in 2007/08 we'll have ten teams from u7s up to u14s. Last season, three teams won their leagues, three were runners up and one team won their cup final. We aim to build on that success whilst making the development of all our players our first objective.
Because our catchment area is within Chesterfield and surrounding areas, the teams play their home matches and train at a variety of grounds in the area and one team plays at Matlock.
We are a feeder club for Chesterfield FC's Centre of Excellence and regularly send boys to the centre for coaching under the eagle eye of Mark Jules, another veteran of the 1997 FA Cup run.
Our aim is to provide a first class, safe, and enjoyable environment for our players. All our coaches, managers and committee members are trained at least to FA level 1, some are at level 2, and all have emergency aid and child protection training. All have been CRB checked.
We operate to the FA codes of conduct for coaches, players, team officials and parents and spectators. If you would like to see our handbook which sets these out, together with our other policies and constitution, please use the Contact Page to request a copy.
The Club has ambitious plans for the future. We hope FA Charter Status is only a few months away; we are considering running teams for girls. If you would like to see our Development Plan email us on the Contact
Page to request a copy.
