The Team Manager role is one of the most important volunteer positions at any football club. Team Managers are appointed by the coach and need to register with the club as an official. Registration is free.

Team Managers also need to have a valid Working With Children’s Check (WWCC).

Team Manager Duties

Team Manager’s Kit

Football Operations prepares a Team Manager’s kit for each team prior to the start of each season. It includes all equipment required on match day and needs to be brought to each game. The kit includes officials’ uniforms and armbands, goal umpire flags, scorecards, first aid kits, water bottle carriers and other equipment.

Dress

Team Managers must wear an official EFNL ‘Team Manager’ armband on match day so that he/she can be readily identified by umpires and opposition clubs. The armband is available in the Team Manager’s kit.

Team Uniform

The Team Manager must ensure that all players are correctly attired.

Other Officials

Team Managers are to ensure that persons are designated for each of the following roles where required and that they are aware of all necessary dress requirements, age requirements and duties:

• • • Trainer
    • Runner
    • Interchange steward
    • Timekeeper
    • Boundary Umpire
    • Umpires
    • Water carrier.

Umpires Comfort

Team Managers ensure that the umpires room is adequate in terms of cleanliness and security.
Team Managers also make sure that umpires are offered refreshments during quarter breaks.

Team Sheets

Team Managers are provided access and training in the use of the Gameday platform. Prior to each match Team Managers must fill out the team sheet with correct jumper numbers on the Gameday platform. The Team manager will sign off the team sheet on behalf of ALL players in ALL junior grades who play on a given day. Any players listed on the team sheet but not playing needs to be crossed out on the team sheet and post-game removed from the online team sheet in Gameday. The Team Manager must ensure that the team sheet both online and in hard copy format is 100% accurate.

Team Managers must print three copies of each team sheet:
– Copy 1 is provided to umpire at half time
– Copy 2 is provided to the opposing team by half time
– Copy 3 is submitted to the club.

Match Footballs

At home games (Liberty Reserve or Carrington Park) the Team Manager is to present the two match balls to the umpire before the game.

Interchange Steward

During matches the Team Manager needs to act as Interchange Steward and complete the EFNL Interchange form (click here for instructions and duties about this role).

Match Reports

Match reports are completed by umpires after all games. The team manager must attend the umpires room after the game to collect the report. If the team manager does not attend the umpires are instructed to leave the report in umpires the room.

Reported Players

The Team Managers ensures that all details of any reported players are handed to the appropriate club officials as soon as possible and that players involved are informed.

Umpire Report

If feedback (positive or negative) is warranted to be provided to the EFNL about umpires, an Umpire Report can be submitted to the EFNL in the days following the match. The Coach and Team Manager must complete the report by 8pm on match day and submit it to Football Operations for review and discussion. The report can only be submitted to the EFNL by the Club Executive or Football Operations.

Results Entry

From Under 10s and above, following the completion of matches Team Managers enter the match scores and goal kickers into the Gameday platform.

Player Votes

From Under 10s and above, the Team Manager is also responsible for facilitating voting for the team Best and Fairest (Most Consistent in Under 10s). Votes should be collected from three people, being the coach and two people agreed with the coach. Votes are to be completed on the club’s voting forms, sealed in an envelop and submitted to the locked box in the club bar on the same day as the game is played.

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