NON-LEAGUE truly harnesses the community spirit. Without it football at this level would fail to function.
After all it’s not just about turning up at 3pm on a Saturday. Hours of often unheralded hard work goes in behind the scenes from hundreds of committed volunteers.
Whether that be washing the kit, making tea for the officials or standing on the turnstiles come rain or shine, sleet or snow.
And they do it for one reason – love of the beautiful game. So we want to give a bit of the love back and say a big thank you to the people that keep football moving in this country.
The NLP‘s National Game Awards, in association with Budweiser Club Futures, is recognising this dedication and loyalty at our May 15 ceremony.
We’re proud to be introducing a new, and very special, prize – the Budweiser Club Futures Programme Unsung Hero.
We want your help to crown that very special person at your club or in the Non-League family, so start sending in your nominations.
From the groundsman who turns up at 6am to get the pitch looking like a snooker table to the person who makes piles of sandwiches for the fans or puts in hours of unpaid graft to produce a match day programme to be proud of.
What about the manager who does it all – picks the team, completes all the registration forms or even comes up with ideas to raise vital funds for the club – or even a photographer who snaps away game after game to help raise the profile of the club in the area?
Tell us in no more than 150 words who you think deserves to be at The NGA’s next month, by post or email. The winner will be invited to attend the Awards ceremony at Fulham’s Craven Cottage, mixing with the great and good of grass-roots at our May 15 ceremony.
Budweiser Club Futures is a programme investing £1m into grassroots football. Season two applications will be live on thefa.com from July 2013.
NGA 2012-13 LIST OF AWARDS
OUR GAME Player of the Year
SPORTSBEAT Young Player of the Year
REUSCH Goalkeeper of the Year
PRO DIRECT Golden Boot
SK KITS Step 3 & 4 Player of the Year
MARK HARROD Team of the Year
ESPN Cup Run of the Year
POWER HORSE Lifetime Achievement
PREMIER SPORTS Goal of the Season
WILLIAM HILL Fan of the Year
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION Community Club of the Year
THE PFA Fair Play Award
BUDWEISER CLUB FUTURES PROGRAMME Unsung Hero
S&C SLATTER Manager of the Year
THE FA England C Player of the Year
VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
SEND IN YOUR NOMINATIONS TO [email protected] OR BY POST TO: THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER, TUITION HOUSE, ST GEORGE’S ROAD, WIMBLEDON, SW19 4EU.
