With the wet weather affecting various coaching courses over the past weeks, the MFA will be hosting a GRASSROOTS COACHING EVENT at Lynwood Park starting this Saturday 19th of March, from 8:30am onwards.

Our Coach Education team will be hosting the following courses:

• MiniRoos Certificate for coaches of U6-U8 teams
• Skill Training Certificate for coaches of U8-U12 teams
• Game Training Certificate for coaches of U12-U17+ teams 

or more details and to register visit: https://macarthurfootball.com.au/course-calendar/ or contact kevin@macarthurfootball.com.au

It is also being promoted on the MFA's Facebook page, MFA on Facebook 

*Updated March 17, 2022 @ 3:00 PM 

With the 2018 season around the corner it is an ideal time to remember that it is paramount that we all respect and allow the officials to adjudicate the game “At All Times” without interjection from coaches, parents or players.

 *Published March 28th 2018  @ 11:15pm  

MFA TEMPORARY DISMISSALS

Background

The Macarthur Football Association in association with the MDFRA implemented modified Temporary Dismissals in the 2018 season for junior games. This document sets out the modified application of Temporary Dismissals in MFA competitions for the 2019 season. The application is generally in accordance with the Laws of the Game subject to the modifications as per this document.

Application

Temporary dismissals will apply to all MFA Competitions including M-League. The Temporary dismissal period will be five (5) minutes for all junior matches (excluding SSG) up to and including U16. The Temporary Dismissal Period for all other competitions including M-League will be ten (10) minutes.

Implementation 

The Temporary Dismissals will be implemented as per the Guidelines for temporary dismissals (sin bins) as per the 2018-19 Laws of the Game (LOTG) subject to the following (the applicable guidelines from the LOTG are extracted at the end of this document.

• Only cautions to players for dissent (YC) will be punished by a temporary dismissal.
• A player who is cautioned for dissent receives a yellow card and is punished with a temporary dismissal.
• A player who receives a second caution (YC) will receive a red card for receiving two cautions in the same match. That player takes no further part in the match and cannot be replaced.
• A caution punished by temporary dismissal will be marked on the match card as a Y2 caution.
• The temporary dismissal area will be the team’s technical area.

Refer to attached PDF for full detail - 2019 MFA Temporary Dismissal Rule.PDF 

 *Published March 29.03.2019