Every Player Counts is a leading Football League Trust project and is supported by the New Football Pools. It will see the Trust deliver a three year PAN-Disability Scheme that will develop football opportunities for people with all types of disabilities in Hertfordshire. This is a community-based sports programme providing opportunities for general participation, work force development as well as an exit route for the elite performer.

Below is a number of activities that we deliver:

Schools Programme - There are 26 specialist schools in Hertfordshire and over the last three years of the programme we will be offering them the following coaching opportunities:
•    Curriculum Time Coaching
•    Lunch-time Club
•    After-school Club
•    Festivals-Primary and Secondary

Disability Football Competitions - In Hertfordshire there has never been a competitive structure in place for Specialist schools, in partnership with the schools we organise a programme of competitions as follows:
•    Primary MLD tournament
•    SLD tournament
•    EBD/MLD Secondary School competition
•    EBD/MLD Secondary School competition-Girls

Adult Disability Team - We have two teams entered into the East Regional Ability Counts League.  The Premiership team is made
up of players who have been involved in the programme whilst the League team is made up of players from the Borehamwood
Multi-purpose Day Centre

Coaching Disabled Footballers Course - In partnership with the Hertfordshire FA a Coaching Disabled footballers Course has taken place every year of the three year programme. The programme targets clubs and coaches who had expressed an interest in developing Disability football at their clubs.

Pan Disability Football Session - Every Saturday at Hemel Sports Centre. This session is run in partnership between Dacorum Sportspace and Watford Football Club.
Time: 11am - 12noon
Cost: £2.50
Age: 8 – 15 year olds

Hertfordshire Inclusive Football League
In the 2009/2010 season the Trust and Hertfordshire FA worked with key partners to create the very first football league specifically for people with disabilities/ The Hertfordshire Inclusive Football Leage (HIFL) launched through the work of the Hertfordshire Disability Football Forum (HDFF) and is an evolution of the Disability Games Festivals that started in 2008.

The League holds fixtures on the second Sunday of every month throughout the season and is held at a central venue (hosting club) and all teams play each other once in each division. At the end of the season all the points are totalled up and the champions are crowned!

If you are a school or individual and you would like to get involved in any of our Disability activities please contact Gareth Jones.

Other Playing Opportunities in Hertfordshire