Governance in Football

From the origins of the Amateur FA, we believe football should be played on a level playing field and should be accessible, fun, fair and safe.

We want to bring all abilities together through football. We want to create friendships and happy memories from football experiences. We want to bring the enjoyable experience of football in the Amateur FA to more people.

To do this, we will achieve the Code of Governance, which is underpinned by five key principles: structure; people; communication; standards and conduct; and policies and processes.

Our Structure

We have a Board of Directors including 9 nominated by our Council, our Chief Executive, and 4 independent Directors (including a Board Safeguarding Champion, a Human Resources Director and a Commercial Director).

Our Council is made up of nominated members from our competitions along with Life Vice Presidents and Life Members (elected from Council members by Council members).

We have an independent Inclusion Advisory Group, recruited from the community and an independent Youth Advisory Group recruited from participants from within and outside of Amateur FA football.

More information about our Board and its members can be found here.

Our Strategy

To grow and support a fun, fair, friendly football environment for all to take part in the game.

We want to use the power of Amateur FA football to improve the health (physical and mental) and wellbeing of as many people as possible.

To find out how we plan to do this, download our Strategy for 2024-28 HERE.

Find out more about our organisation and its governance by clicking on the links below.