SANDLANDERS & SUPPORTERS DIRECT FIRST AFRICA FOOTBALL REPORT: CLUB STRUCTURES AND LICENSING DURBAN, NOVEMBER 2014 3 Contents Contact Us 1. FOREWORD – LINKING CLUB STRUCTURES AND CLUB LICENSING 4 SANDLANDERS 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5 For further information about Sandlanders, please contact: 3. ABOUT 5 Paul Jones Sandlanders Football 4. PART I - CLUB STRUCTURES 8 1st Floor CAN Mezzanine 49-51 East Road London, N1 6AH 5. PART II - CLUB LICENSING 14
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[email protected] SANDLANDERS & SUPPORTERS DIRECT SANDLANDERS & SUPPORTERS DIRECT © FIRST AFRICA REPORT: CLUB STRUCTURES & LICENSING FIRST AFRICA REPORT: CLUB STRUCTURES & LICENSING 4 5 “This report will provide an insight into how African football clubs are Foreword - Linking Club Structures and Licensing currently organised.” are often asked but the answers, despite ABOUT SANDLANDERS NOTE ON METHODOLOGY being crucial to understanding how Sandlanders works with African African football operates, are difficult The four countries featured as case football clubs, supporters’ groups to find. We have therefore provided an studies represent a geographical spread and associations.