Ormskirk West End FC was formed by Bill Howard in 1970. The club has provided children from the local community with an opportunity to learn and play football in a safe and friendly environment.
The club is affiliated to the Liverpool FA and have boys and girls teams from Under 6’s to our First Team. Our teams play in local leagues including Skelmersdale Junior Football League, Craven Minor Junior Football League, Hightown Junior Football League and Liverpool County FA Premier League
We are proud to be an England accredited two star club which means that the club has a written constitution, FA CRB checked volunteers, all managers have FA coaching qualification and we are committed to supporting the FA’s Respect Campaign.
The England accreditation scheme provides a best practice guide that sets standards of coaching, administration and child protection for clubs working with young people. As a benchmark for quality, it improves the playing experience for all.
Securing England accredited two star club status demonstrates to parents, sponsors and the public that our team is well organised, safe and provides opportunities for all.
Our twelfth annual youth football tournament will take place on 9th June 2024. As well as great games of football there are also many off pitch activities during the day for all of the family to enjoy. Hot and cold drinks and snacks, side stalls and more are available during the event.
We will be running 8 age groups: Under 7, 8, 11 & 12 Girls in the morning and Under 6, 9, 10 & 12 in the afternoon. Girls teams are welcome to enter in there own age group or a group down. The morning tournaments will start at 9.30am and the afternoon tournaments at 3pm. The tournament will be held at the Ormskirk School, Wigan Road, L39 2AT.
The Ormskirk West End Junior Coaching is back from September 2023 Reception 5.30pm to 6.30pm and Year 1 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Ormskirk West End FC offers football coaching for current reception and year 1 boys and girls. The sessions are run by a highly experienced FA licensed qualified coaches providing a safe and fun environment. Each session will involve fun games and activities which give a great introduction to football. All the children require is suitable footwear, shin pads and a drink. We will provide everything else.
With the increasing popularity of “mini” shin pads, OWE FC has taken the decision to ban them. Any child turning up to training or a match without full size shin pads will not be allowed to play. The primary and obvious reason being we don’t believe they offer children a sufficiently reasonable degree of protection. Also, referees have the right to stop a child from playing if they don’t believe they have adequate protection. We are aware that this ban will be difficult for the club to enforce and will be reliant upon our managers and coaches to implement it. If you have any questions, please contact your team manager in the first instance. You can also contact the club chairman or either of the club welfare officers for more information. Contact details are on the club website.
I hope you can all support this and thank you for your understanding.
Ormskirk West End FC
Ormskirk West End FC is lending its full support to Play Safe – a national FA-led campaign to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding in football.Play Safe is being run in partnership with the NSPCC and has the full backing of the Premier League, EFL, Barclays FA Women’s Super League and the FA Women’s Championship. It’s also supported and being run across every other level of the game
The main element of Play Safe is a series of short films which emphasise the importance of clubs such as ours having safeguarding as an everyday reality. The films also explain to parents/carers and children themselves know what to do if they feel unsafe or worried, because nothing matters more than making sure football is safe for everyone, especially children and young people. You can see these films here.
Ormskirk West End FC are an official learning destination as part of the national Children’s University programme. CU Learning Destinations are places and organisations which provide high quality learning opportunities and activities.