CLUB HISTORY
SKELMERSDALE UNITED YOUTH ACADEMY WAS FIRST KNOWN AS OLD SKEM BOYS JFC THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2004 FOUNDERS ARE PAUL NICHOLSON AND TONY DALEY FOLLOWING THERE CHILDREN PLAYING FOR A CLUB THAT THEY WERE UNHAPPY WITH, THEY DECIDED TO DEVELOP THERE OWN CLUB , THIS CLUB WOULD BE CALLED OLD SKEM BOYS JFC. ONE DAY WE WOULD DEVELOP TO BE SKELMERSDALES JUNIOR ACADEMY AND THIS WAS ALWAYS ARE GOAL.
IN 2004 THEY STARTED THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPED ONE TEAM , WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THIS BECAME 2 TEAMS WHOM WOULD PLAY IN THE SKELMERSDALE JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE BOTH TEAMS WERE WINNING TROPHIES AND THE CLUB NAME BEGAN TO DEVELOP , AS INTEREST GREW BY 2005 WE HAD 4 TEAMS AS THE TEAMS GREW THE CLUB GREW ALL ARE MEMBERS WERE LIKE A FAMILY EVERY ONE KNEW EACH OTHER, WE CALLED IT ONE BIG FAMILY !!
WE RAISED FUNDS BY HOLDING EVENTS RACE NIGHT,BINGO,RAFFLES SO THE CHILDREN IN THE CLUB COULD HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY AND DAYS OUT AS A CLUB, WE HAVE ALSO DONATED TO MANY GOOD CAUSES WITH SPONSORED WALK TO ORMSKIRK FROM SKELMERSDALE AND DONATED FUNDS TO ODGH BABY UNIT, RAISED FUNDS FOR TWINKLE HOUSE IN SKELMERSDALE DONATED KITS TO AFRICA .AS WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN 2005 WE REALIZED HOW MUCH MORE ORGANIZATION WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE CLUB CONTINUED TO DEVELOP , THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED ALL MEMBERS AND THERE SAFETY AND PROTECTION WITHIN FOOTBALL, WE HAD MANAGERS WITH FA LEVEL ONE ,SAFEGUARDING , FIRST AID AND FA CRB BUT THE CLUB REQUIRED ALL MANAGERS AND MEMBERS TO HAVE RELEVANT CERTIFICATES IN PLACE SO WE FUNDED MANAGERS TO GO ON COURSES WITH THE FA AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. ALL MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL ONE AND UPDATED SAFEGUARDING,FIRST AID AND CRB IN PLACE.
BY 2005 DEDICATED MEMBERS FORMED ARE FIRST COMMITTEE WE HAD CHAIRPERSON, TREASURER,SECRETARY,SUBSCRIPTIONS SECRETARY AND FUNDRAISING THIS WAS THE SECOND STAGE TO ARE DEVELOPMENT WE HAD PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE FOLLOWING FA GUIDELINES , TO PROTECT ARE MEMBERS AND ARE CLUB. WE WERE GRANTED A FIELD TO TRAIN ON BY WEST LANCASHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL TOWER HILL PLAYING FIELDS IN UPHOLLAND WERE WE STILL TRAIN TODAY.
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ENTERED MANY TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WINNING LOTS OF TROPHIES , THE MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ARE A CREDIT TO THE CLUB AND THAT IS HOW WITH ALL THEIR SUPPORT WE ARE WERE WE ARE TODAY. SOME PLAYERS HAVE GONE ON TO PROFESSIONAL CLUBS AND WE WISH THEM WELL FOR THE FUTURE ,WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES OVER THE YEARS SPONSORING ARE TEAMS, WE PROVIDED TEAM PICTURES AND UPDATES TO THE SPONSORS AND STILL TODAY WORK CLOSELY WITH ARE TEAM SPONSORS.
MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS BUT THEIR PRESENCE AT THE CLUB THROUGHOUT THE TIME THEY WERE WITH US HELPED DEVELOP THE CLUB MOST MEMBERS ARE STILL WITH IS TODAY IN 2011, THE WORK AND DEDICATION PEOPLE PUT IN FOR THE LOVE OF THE CLUB IS OUTSTANDING AND IS MUCH APPRECIATED .
NEW MEMBERS REGISTER WITH THE CLUB ALL THE TIME THEREFOR THE CLUB HAS HAD TO DEVELOP FROM A FEW TEAMS TO TODAY WERE WE HAVE 12 AND A UNDER 6S DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED FROM TEAMS INTO A LARGE FULLY ESTABLISHED JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB .
NOW IN 2011 WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED CLUB CONSTITUTION , CODE OF CONDUCTS,POLICIES , RULES FOR TEAMS AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL THE WORKFORCE. WE ARE HOPING AND ARE 99% READY TO SUBMIT ARE CHARTERED STANDARD AWARD TO THE FA WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE YEARS TO DEVELOP THE CLUB TO WERE IT IS TODAY .
WE WERE RECENTLY ASKED BY SKELMERSDALE UNITED TO BECOME THERE JUNIOR ACADEMY AND RUN THE YOUTH TEAMS AS WE DO OLD SKEM BOYS AFFILIATED TO SKELMERSDALE UNITED WE ACCEPTED THIS REQUEST AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH SKELMERSDALE UNITED . OLD SKEM BOYS HAS GOT US TO WERE WE ARE TODAY AND ALL THE DEDICATION HAS BEEN WORTH IT , WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND WHAT IT HAS TO HOLD , ARE MEMBERS MAY GO ON TO PLAY FOR THE FIRST TEAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF THE MEMBERS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CLUB.
TONY DALEY CLUB FOUNDER HAS SINCE LEFT MANAGING TEAMS AND SEEN HIS FUTURE WITHIN A REFEREE ROLE HE DOES COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE CLUB AT TIMES WITH TRAINING SESSIONS AND REFEREEING FRIENDLY GAMES FOR US BUT HIS FUTURE IS REFEREEING THE JUNIOR TEAMS DOWN AT SKELMERSDALE JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE. PAUL NICHOLSON FOUNDER IS STILL WITH THE CLUB TODAY HE MANAGES 3 TEAMS AND RECENTLY TOOK ON A NEW ROLE AS ACADEMY MANAGER WITHIN ARE CLUB , PAUL HIMSELF HAS PLAYED GAMES WITH SKELMERSDALE UNITED FIRST TEAM AND LIVES FOR FOOTBALL HIS ROLE NOW TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH TEAMS WITHIN ARE SKELMERSDALE UNITED YOUTH ACADEMY ALONG SIDE HEAD COACH CHRIS CONNAUGHTON .
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS SKELMERSDALE UNITED YOUTH ACADEMY IN THE FUTURE , BRINGING FOOTBALL TO ARE TOWN AND BEYOND.
IN 2004 THEY STARTED THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPED ONE TEAM , WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THIS BECAME 2 TEAMS WHOM WOULD PLAY IN THE SKELMERSDALE JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE BOTH TEAMS WERE WINNING TROPHIES AND THE CLUB NAME BEGAN TO DEVELOP , AS INTEREST GREW BY 2005 WE HAD 4 TEAMS AS THE TEAMS GREW THE CLUB GREW ALL ARE MEMBERS WERE LIKE A FAMILY EVERY ONE KNEW EACH OTHER, WE CALLED IT ONE BIG FAMILY !!
WE RAISED FUNDS BY HOLDING EVENTS RACE NIGHT,BINGO,RAFFLES SO THE CHILDREN IN THE CLUB COULD HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY AND DAYS OUT AS A CLUB, WE HAVE ALSO DONATED TO MANY GOOD CAUSES WITH SPONSORED WALK TO ORMSKIRK FROM SKELMERSDALE AND DONATED FUNDS TO ODGH BABY UNIT, RAISED FUNDS FOR TWINKLE HOUSE IN SKELMERSDALE DONATED KITS TO AFRICA .AS WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN 2005 WE REALIZED HOW MUCH MORE ORGANIZATION WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE CLUB CONTINUED TO DEVELOP , THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED ALL MEMBERS AND THERE SAFETY AND PROTECTION WITHIN FOOTBALL, WE HAD MANAGERS WITH FA LEVEL ONE ,SAFEGUARDING , FIRST AID AND FA CRB BUT THE CLUB REQUIRED ALL MANAGERS AND MEMBERS TO HAVE RELEVANT CERTIFICATES IN PLACE SO WE FUNDED MANAGERS TO GO ON COURSES WITH THE FA AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. ALL MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL ONE AND UPDATED SAFEGUARDING,FIRST AID AND CRB IN PLACE.
BY 2005 DEDICATED MEMBERS FORMED ARE FIRST COMMITTEE WE HAD CHAIRPERSON, TREASURER,SECRETARY,SUBSCRIPTIONS SECRETARY AND FUNDRAISING THIS WAS THE SECOND STAGE TO ARE DEVELOPMENT WE HAD PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE FOLLOWING FA GUIDELINES , TO PROTECT ARE MEMBERS AND ARE CLUB. WE WERE GRANTED A FIELD TO TRAIN ON BY WEST LANCASHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL TOWER HILL PLAYING FIELDS IN UPHOLLAND WERE WE STILL TRAIN TODAY.
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ENTERED MANY TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WINNING LOTS OF TROPHIES , THE MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ARE A CREDIT TO THE CLUB AND THAT IS HOW WITH ALL THEIR SUPPORT WE ARE WERE WE ARE TODAY. SOME PLAYERS HAVE GONE ON TO PROFESSIONAL CLUBS AND WE WISH THEM WELL FOR THE FUTURE ,WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES OVER THE YEARS SPONSORING ARE TEAMS, WE PROVIDED TEAM PICTURES AND UPDATES TO THE SPONSORS AND STILL TODAY WORK CLOSELY WITH ARE TEAM SPONSORS.
MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS BUT THEIR PRESENCE AT THE CLUB THROUGHOUT THE TIME THEY WERE WITH US HELPED DEVELOP THE CLUB MOST MEMBERS ARE STILL WITH IS TODAY IN 2011, THE WORK AND DEDICATION PEOPLE PUT IN FOR THE LOVE OF THE CLUB IS OUTSTANDING AND IS MUCH APPRECIATED .
NEW MEMBERS REGISTER WITH THE CLUB ALL THE TIME THEREFOR THE CLUB HAS HAD TO DEVELOP FROM A FEW TEAMS TO TODAY WERE WE HAVE 12 AND A UNDER 6S DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED FROM TEAMS INTO A LARGE FULLY ESTABLISHED JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB .
NOW IN 2011 WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED CLUB CONSTITUTION , CODE OF CONDUCTS,POLICIES , RULES FOR TEAMS AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL THE WORKFORCE. WE ARE HOPING AND ARE 99% READY TO SUBMIT ARE CHARTERED STANDARD AWARD TO THE FA WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE YEARS TO DEVELOP THE CLUB TO WERE IT IS TODAY .
WE WERE RECENTLY ASKED BY SKELMERSDALE UNITED TO BECOME THERE JUNIOR ACADEMY AND RUN THE YOUTH TEAMS AS WE DO OLD SKEM BOYS AFFILIATED TO SKELMERSDALE UNITED WE ACCEPTED THIS REQUEST AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH SKELMERSDALE UNITED . OLD SKEM BOYS HAS GOT US TO WERE WE ARE TODAY AND ALL THE DEDICATION HAS BEEN WORTH IT , WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND WHAT IT HAS TO HOLD , ARE MEMBERS MAY GO ON TO PLAY FOR THE FIRST TEAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF THE MEMBERS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CLUB.
TONY DALEY CLUB FOUNDER HAS SINCE LEFT MANAGING TEAMS AND SEEN HIS FUTURE WITHIN A REFEREE ROLE HE DOES COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE CLUB AT TIMES WITH TRAINING SESSIONS AND REFEREEING FRIENDLY GAMES FOR US BUT HIS FUTURE IS REFEREEING THE JUNIOR TEAMS DOWN AT SKELMERSDALE JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE. PAUL NICHOLSON FOUNDER IS STILL WITH THE CLUB TODAY HE MANAGES 3 TEAMS AND RECENTLY TOOK ON A NEW ROLE AS ACADEMY MANAGER WITHIN ARE CLUB , PAUL HIMSELF HAS PLAYED GAMES WITH SKELMERSDALE UNITED FIRST TEAM AND LIVES FOR FOOTBALL HIS ROLE NOW TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH TEAMS WITHIN ARE SKELMERSDALE UNITED YOUTH ACADEMY ALONG SIDE HEAD COACH CHRIS CONNAUGHTON .
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS SKELMERSDALE UNITED YOUTH ACADEMY IN THE FUTURE , BRINGING FOOTBALL TO ARE TOWN AND BEYOND.
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