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	Professional Footballers Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Professional Footballers Association is the association for professional footballers in the United Kingdom.
		In association with other football bodies they are the managing agents for the Football Scholarship Programme and the Football in the Community Programme.
		It is a member of the Institute of Professional Sport and FIFPro – the confederation of international football players' unions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_Footballers_Association (185 words)

	The Professional Footballers Association: A Case Study of Trade Union Growth - Geoff Walters - Football Governance ...
		The case study analysis of the PFA points to the interdependence of internal and external factors that have combined to strengthen the union and enhance its stakeholder position within the football industry, at a time when the trade union movement was experiencing member losses and a loss in power and influence.
		In contrast to the general decline of the union movement, the PFA experienced increases in membership throughout the 1980s and 1990s and sustained 100% union density amongst football clubs from the Premier and Football League, which contributed to a strong membership backing.
		Access to the PFA was through the Deputy Chief Executive who acted as a facilitator (Fetterman, 1989: 43), which enabled acceptance by other members within the PFA and provided an initial level of trust.
	www.football-research.org /papers/pfa-paper.htm (2506 words)

	Australian Professional Footballers' Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Professional Footballers' Association is an Australian trade union affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions that represents professional male, female and elite junior football (soccer) players.
		In 1994 the APFA won a standardised contract for footballers, and through the Australian Industrial Relations Commission won the abolition of a transfer system much hated by Australian footballers.
		Since the mid 1990s, the APFA has been active in advancing footballer's pay and conditions, and has also been active in protecting footballers from unfair dismissal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Professional_Footballers'_Association (218 words)

	PFA Rehab
		The PFA has continued to develop and expand since its formation at the Imperial Hotel, Manchester in 1907 when the meeting was chaired by Billy Meredith of Manchester United and Wales, a living legend and wizard of the dribble before the days of Stanley Matthews, George Best and David Beckham.
		The PFA recognise that the career of a Professional player can be threatened at any time by injury and we have always looked for ways to help players who have suffered career halting or threatening injuries.
		The PFA Injury Rehab Scheme compliments those services that are provided by the clubs and is easily accessible and free at the point of contact for our members.
	www.lilleshall.com /index.php?page=pfarehab (239 words)

	Football clubs and health services team up to encourage fitness, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Football clubs and local health services are teaming up to encourage people to get fit and healthy through an awareness campaign which will be launched tomorrow by new Public Health Minister Caroline Flint and the leading football authorities.
		With more than seven million adults and five million children playing football each year and 26 million fans passing through the turnstiles to see professional football matches each week, the footballing authorities, the NHS and Government are determined to harness this mass appeal to help reinforce and promote healthy living.
		Football, alongside other sports, has been ahead of the field in putting these healthy living messages into practise and recognising its role in influencing the lives of its fans and players.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=24951&nfid=rssfeeds (1078 words)

	GiveMeFootball.com - The Professional Footballers' Association
		Football is one of the most powerful ways that The Prince's Trust can engage with 'hard to reach' young people across the country.
		We are extremely proud of our long term partnership with the PFA, which harnesses the huge youth appeal of the game and motivates young people to seek out the opportunities we offer, to help them transform their lives.
		The Prince's Trust Football Initiative is a long term partnership with the FA Premier League, the Football Foundation and the Professional Footballers' Association who have jointly donated over £5.8 million to The Trust since the scheme was first piloted in 1997.
	www.thepfa.co.uk /pfasection/charity.cfm (1225 words)

	TheFA.com - Racism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Football may be the world game, played in every nation by every race, colour and creed, but in England, fl players have often been the target of the sort of racist abuse which simply would not be tolerated elsewhere in society.
		The campaign focused its attention initially on professional clubs: contacts were made and an action plan produced focusing on specific measures each club should take to clamp down on racist abuse and encourage a more positive attitude towards ethnic minorities.
		Football can, however, be proud of the lead it has given to other sports and society as a whole in making racism the exception rather than the norm.
	www.thefa.com /TheFA/EthicsAndSportsEquity/RacialEquality/13098.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished?page (556 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gordon Taylor was responding to a call from Leicester City's director of football Dave Bassett for the PFA to play a leading role in preventing incidents such as the one several of the Foxes players were caught up in during the club's trip to La Manga last week.
		Bassett said professional footballers should be educated in "life skills" so they could cope with the trappings of the film star lifestyle that many now enjoy.
		Around 600 16-year-olds begin the PFA's three-year apprenticeship scheme every year, which is supported by the Football Association, the Premiership and the Football League.
	www.ireland.com /sports/soccer/2004/0308/1077098585504.html (449 words)

	England Player Honours - Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year
		The Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year award, first made in 1974, goes to the player deemed to have turned in the season's best overall performance in English league play.
		chosen by vote of the Association's members based on performance in the season ending in the year the award is made.
		Any player in England's football leagues is eligible for the award regardless of his country of birth.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamHons/HonsPFAPlyr.html (119 words)

	Soccer players screened for risks of heading ball
		DOZENS of young footballers are to be monitored throughout their careers in a study designed to establish whether repeatedly heading the ball heightens the risk of brain damage and leads to serious ill health in later life.
		On average, a professional footballer was estimated to head the ball 800 times each season.
		The cost of the PFA study, which is being carried out in co-operation with the Football Association's medical committee, will be met from the proceeds of television contracts.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/09/22/nsoc22.html (379 words)

	GiveMeFootball.com - The Professional Footballers' Association
		Everton, with their famous School of Science, were one of the country's leading clubs throughout the 1960s and Brian was a member of the side that won the Football League title in 1962-63.
		On leaving the professional game Brian spent many years working in insurance and was later employed in the commercial office at Goodison Park.
		The thoughts of all at the PFA are with his family and friends at this sad time.
	www.givemefootball.com /pfasection/pfa.html (714 words)

	everyman - press room
		The Football Association and the Professional Footballers' Association have lent their support to The Institute of Cancer Research's "everyman" campaign and Imperial Cancer Research Fund's "Dads & Lads" campaign.
		Gordon Taylor, Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, says: "This is football's opportunity to use its high profile to generate awareness of men's cancer, in particular for the young men who play and watch football.
		Geoff Thompson, Chairman of The Football Association, says, "The examples of Neil Harris, Alan Stubbs and Jason Cundy have demonstrated that testicular cancer can be successfully fought, and their courage has been an inspiration to us all.
	www.icr.ac.uk /everyman/press/releases/fa.html (669 words)

	UK-based Indian footballers get a look
		Courses in playing, coaching and management were also highlighted during the festival, supported by the UK Football Association (FA) and the Professional Footballers Association, who implicitly recognise that British football has so far failed to tap the large pool of available Indian and South Asian talent.
		Added to this is the absence of South Asian referees and coaches in top flight professional teams, which means the community is left to participate at the grass roots level, relegated to playing in non professional 11-a-sides or in small community organised five-a-side tournaments.
		The Football Association says it is delighted with the success of the AsiaEurope Football Festival and hopes it will lead to the first Asian football academy being opened in the UK.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/oct/06footshyam.htm (1355 words)

	Professional Footballers' Association
		The PFA has continued to develop and expand since its formation in 1907.
		The PFA employs over 250 people in key areas such as education and training for post-football careers, accident, medical insurance and benevolent grants, coaching, financial management, contract advice and pension management for all 4,000 current and 50,000 former members both here and abroad.
		The Football in the Community scheme was established to bring the opportunity for young people to enjoy football under the hand of professional coaching.
	www.literacytrust.org.uk /Football/rtgpartners/pfa.html (257 words)

	givemefootball - the professional football's association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Football industry, media or supporter, you only have to register once for our records.
		Pro-Footballers is undoubtedly further testimony to the PFA's continued commitment and contribution to the professional game.
		Web site content copyright ©2003 PFA, All other material in this site not owned by the PFA is the property of its respective copyright owner.
	womens.givemefootball.com /profoot.cfm (263 words)

	FIFPro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Whilst with the Eagles, Foster acted as the Club’s delegate to the English Professional Footballers’ Association, enabling him to become intimately aware of and involved with its world renowned programs and activities.
		In 2003, Foster was awarded Life Membership of the PFA in recognition of his distinguished service as a member of the PFA Executive and the Board of Directors of PFA Management Limited.
		Foster said today that his immediate priority is to ensure the PFA finalises Collective Bargaining Agreements for the Socceroos and the A-League that, firstly, reward the players for their outstanding contribution to the game’s reform agenda and, secondly, position Australian football as the sport of choice for Australia’s elite athletes.
	www.fifpro.org /index.php?mod=one&id=13863 (403 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News for Wednesday November 21, 2001
		The war of words between the Professional Footballers' Association and the Premier League this morning showed no signs of abating as the threat of strike action moved closer.
		ITV Sport bosses today pleaded with the Professional Footballers' Association and the soccer authorities not to leave huge gaps in the station's schedules in 10 days' time.
		The chairmen of English football's top clubs are threatening a 'fight to the finish' with players who plan to strike over TV cash.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2001/1121 (398 words)

	Ex-professional association footballers have an increased prevalence of osteoarthritis of the hip compared with age ...
		Ex-professional association footballers have an increased prevalence of osteoarthritis of the hip compared with age matched controls despite not having sustained notable hip injuries -- Shepard et al.
		Ex-professional association footballers have an increased prevalence of osteoarthritis of the hip compared with age matched controls despite not having sustained notable hip injuries
		OA of the knee, which is associated with previous knee surgery
	bjsm.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/37/1/80 (1013 words)

	Players fight race bar to top jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Former and current fl professional footballers are to meet next week to launch a campaign to increase the number of fl managers and coaches following fears that many are not being offered such jobs through racism.
		Anger is growing within the fl football fraternity at the lack of fl managers and coaches at British professional clubs even though many have the required qualifications and have completed all the necessary coaching courses.
		Many former and current fl British footballers claim that while they may have proved themselves on the pitch, they are not being given the same chances as their white counterparts once they quit playing and that club chairmen are reluctant to appoint them as managers or leading coaches.
	www.blink.org.uk /print.asp?key=2494 (651 words)

	Keep Your Eye On The Ball - Press release 5th April 2005
		A recent survey of football fans, commissioned by the Everyman Campaign, found that a shocking 84% of men feel that they are less well informed about cancer than women.
		The survey of 315 male football fans was conducted on the PFA, FA and Everyman websites between the 17 th and the 29 th of March 2005.
		The PFA and FA set up the ‘Keep your Eye on the Ball’ campaign with The Institute of Cancer Research’s Everyman campaign to ensure that all footballers and their supporters are aware of the symptoms of male cancer.
	www.keepyoureyeontheball.org /press-release-050405.html (830 words)

	Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News: Professional Footballers' Association Members to Receive Strike Ballot Papers.@ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Oct. 14--For Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), the war begins this week when he sends out strike ballot papers to his members.
		The Premier League and the Football League are expected to seek court injunctions stopping the union's moves towards industrial action.
		They are also expected to report the PFA and Taylor to the Certification Office -- the government agency that regulates the behaviour of unions -- over the basis of the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:79176808&refid=ink_tptd_np (206 words)

	Inbox Robot - Search Result (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		And Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, claims the FA have undermined other "homegrown" candidates for the job by publicly...
		They were showcasing their at the Professional Footballers' Association awards dinner and the nerves were all a jangle.
		AFL Players Association is concerned the punishment has jeopardised the code that covers all footballers.
	www.inboxrobot.com /search.php?makesearch=yes&keywords=footballers (746 words)

	CNN/SI - English Premier League - Ginola gets second player of the year award - Thursday May 06, 1999 09:58 AM
		Posted: Thursday May 06, 1999 09:58 AM David Ginola was also voted Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers' Association.
		Ginola was named Footballer of the Year Thursday by the Football Writers' Association.
		The award comes less than two weeks after he was voted player of the year by the Professional Footballers' Association.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/news/1999/05/06/ginola_awards (412 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Taylor backs England bonuses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor insists England’s players will be worth every penny of their promised win bonus if they can deliver World Cup success next summer.
		Sven-Goran Eriksson’s squad are set to net up to £300,000 (446,400) a man if they lift the famous trophy in Germany after reaching agreement in principle with the Football Association over a lucrative bonus package.
		Exact figures have yet to be finalised, but it is understood the players have negotiated an increase on previous incentives, which would have brought them up to £250,000 (372,000) if they had lifted the trophy in 2002.
	www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=3445125&p=3445y4x&n=3445217&x= (485 words)

	Chelsea head Footballer of Year nominees
		Premiership champions Chelsea dominate the nominees for the 2006 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Footballer of the Year Award released.
		PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor is not surprised to see Terry, 25, again among the contenders.
		The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=118621 (632 words)

	Footballers seek cash for action replays
		PROFESSIONAL footballers are demanding that television stations pay them repeat fees when they re-run vintage soccer moments.
		Their union, the Professional Footballers Association, wants to put its members on the same footage as actors, who receive a cheque every time a programme in which they appeared is broadcast.
		Brendon Batson, the PFA's deputy chief executive, believes that players should benefit from their "intellectual property rights".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/09/17/nfoot17.html (299 words)

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