For ages 6-18 year old.
Every Tuesday from 5:30pm till 6:30pm.
Brittons Academy 3G Pitch. Ford Lane RM13 7BB.
To register please fill out the registration form available HERE.
For more information about our Disability Football please visit our
Disability Page.
Tigers JFC Boys section is one of the largest football clubs within Essex with over 35 teams competing in the Echo Junior Football League in the 2021-22 season and also have 6 teams in The Chelmsford Youth League and 3 in the Brentwood Community Football Alliance League. We have teams at every age group between U7 to U17. If you are interested in being part of our club then please visit our club contacts page & contact our managers directly to see if they have any availability.
All of our teams at under 7’s now start their journeys into grassroots football by coming through our Tigers Cubs Devevelopment Centre where we take them on from Reception school age and work with them for 2 years to eventually join up to teams when they reach school year 2.
The boys section play their games at either Bretons Outdoor Centre or Harrow Lodge Park every Sunday and have training sessions on saturdays and varied week nights depending on which team.
Tigers JFC Girls is now one of the largest and expanding clubs in Essex for Girls grassroots football. For the 2022/23 season we have teams at U8,U9,U10,U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16 age groups and a Womens team, also providing open training at our Wildcats centre which runs every Saturday morning for all ages with over 70 girls applicants already for this season.
If you are interested in being part of our club then please visit our club contacts page & contact our managers directly to see if they have any availability.
Our Wildcats section for all new girls is headed up by our club Chairman Keith Di Palma with coaches Terry Burke, Stuart Keen along with our AWARD WINNING Futures and qualified referees
We encourage girls of all abilities to come and see what we do and how we do it so please contact us to book a place so we can enter more teams for the 2023/24 season
To enquire further please contact Keith Di Palma from the Club Contacts section of the website and we will get your girls enjoying football as much as we do.
Tigers JFC introduced their Wednesday night Futsal sessions for their Cubs and Girls Development players to give them a more in depth training session based on skill and small sided games.
We had 24 applicants wishing to take up this opportunity and from when we started in May we have gone from strength to strength and our current year 2’s and girls that attend are showing the skills they have learnt out on the pitch in their league fixtures.
All the coaches are unpaid volunteers that want to give a little of their experience and time in giving these very young players some of their knowledge, We are hoping to spread our Futsal venture to the older age groups but firstly we want to make sure that what we are offering is a valued asset to the players and to offer them a different experience.
The Futsal sessions are all set out based on skill, passing and attacking all using the official waited Futsal bail approved by FIFA.
our sessions are £2.50 per hour paid on a 4 week rota with all funds raised going towards Hall Hire and equipment.
If any coaches want to get involved with helping out at our Wednesday sessions then please email tigersjfc@googlemail.com for more information.
Tigers Junior Football Club decided to launch their Futures project 7 years ago to give something back to the players that had played for us and wanted them to experience the chance to become a coach or a referee. The sessions we hold are based on helping out at our Cubs and Wildcats sessions every Saturday alongside qualified coaches where they gain basic training ideas and gain experience dealing as a coach instead of playing. This year we have seen 5 of our u14’s Girls join the Futures project along with boys from the U15’s & U16's who have only just started but settled in very well.
The aim is to teach them our very own Tigers DNA and to be able to pass on the clubs ethos and proposals to the young players who are just starting on their journey with Tigers JFC.
We have invested in this project so we can have a healthy amount of coaches and referees within the club and to one day be able to have an official qualified referee on every game. We would also like to be able to host midweek soccer centres for all abilities not just for the elite players and also our very own half term football schools. If we are successful in our goal and the Havering Council Bretons Project eventually does go ahead we will be able to say we have achieved this by investing in our youth for the future of Tigers JFC.
Our partner in this venture is Sovereign Windows. Please come and visit us at www.sovereignhome.co.uk
(Recepotion & Year 1 section are NOW FULL
PLEASE NOTE: even though we try our hardest to get players into teams at the end of each year it is not a guaranteed pathway into any team at the end of any term.
Our Girls section is getting bigger and bigger and we are pleased to have unlimited spaces as we are really promoting girls football and want as many girls participating as possible. Please visit our Girls Development Page for more details.
School year age groups are based on children starting school in September 2023 so reception will be Under 5’s and Year 1 will be Under 6’s
Tigers Cubs training will be held at Bretons Outdoor Centre, Rainham Road South Hornchurch Rainham Essex RM13 7LP and we ask EVERYONE to arrive at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Training sessions are every week unless notified and are on Saturday mornings 9am till 10am for Reception age children and Year 1 ONLY.
PLEASE NOTE: There is a charge of £10 per player per Term which is less than £2 a week and is on grass. If in the winter months the ground is too hard or muddy to train on we will have to hire an all weather pitch and you will be notified in advance as there will be additional fees per session to cover the hire cost of the venue
The training is supervised by our Youth Development Coach Terry Claydon, along with his coaching team.
Children attend this session from all over Havering and anyone is welcome to come along and watch a session before committing to pay for your child just in case they don’t like it.
Please feel free to come along and see if your child would like to be involved in football at a club that puts development first.
PLEASE NOTE: Tigers policy is that you DO NOT leave your child at training and return later to pick him/her up. Our child protection policy states you are required to be available at all times for the welfare of your child.
For safety purposes Tigers insist that all players wear adequate footwear as well as a set of shin guards and brings along a drink (NOT FIZZY).
If you would like anymore information then please e-mail Lisa Di Palma
We look forward to seeing you for the class of 2023/24 and hope you will enjoy your time with us at Tigers JFC Cubs and Girls Development.
Tigers JFC introduced their Wednesday night Futsal sessions for their Cubs and Girls Development players to give them a more in depth training session based on skill and small sided games.
We had 24 applicants wishing to take up this opportunity and from when we started in May we have gone from strength to strength and our current year 2’s and girls that attend are showing the skills they have learnt out on the pitch in their league fixtures.
All the coaches are unpaid volunteers that want to give a little of their experience and time in giving these very young players some of their knowledge, We are hoping to spread our Futsal venture to the older age groups but firstly we want to make sure that what we are offering is a valued asset to the players and to offer them a different experience.
The Futsal sessions are all set out based on skill, passing and attacking all using the official waited Futsal bail approved by FIFA.
our sessions are £2.50 per hour paid on a 4 week rota with all funds raised going towards Hall Hire and equipment.
If any coaches want to get involved with helping out at our Wednesday sessions then please email tigersjfc@googlemail.com for more information.
These sessions are based on having a fun and enjoyable time for all girls ages from 5 to 11 to participate in organised grassroots football training with qualified coaches and young leaders. All of our coaches are qualified and along with our young leaders whom are over 16 years of age hold a valid CRB authorised check.Girls of any ability are invited to attend and all we ask is that they turn up to have a great time.
Training is held every Saturday morning at Bretons Outdoor Centre and the 2021/22 season has been a very succesful 1st year for Tigers as an official Weetabix Wildcats Centre forming 4 new girls team to league football
To attend these sessions please book your place using this booking form.
Tigers JFC following The England DNA The Under 5-8 Foundation Phase Experience The England DNA wants to inspire coaches to become excellent teachers of the game through a deeper understanding and knowledge of the young children they coach. We also want coaches to engage children in a way that makes them feel good about themselves, their capabilities and their worth. This can start with the experience we give them during our training sessions and matches.
1. Allow Enjoyment
Children of this young age come to football for a whole variety of reasons that will include a love of,or fascination with, football. It is very important that this first experience of football, physical activity and “coaching” is an enjoyable one, as it could lead to a lifelong love of being healthy and active.The England DNA acknowledges the importance of how young children feel and how this can affect their attitude towards sport and physical activity. A coach who is skilled at engaging the children in an enjoyable and age-appropriate way is likely to create an environment that children will enjoy and develop within.
2. Be Positive
When working with the children, try to notice when they do things well, when they quickly do whatyou ask, listen well, help each other and get better at things. You might say that this has nothing todo with being a football coach – you couldn’t be more wrong. It has everything to do with workingeffectively with young children, and shaping their behaviour and attitude for the future.The England DNA asks parents and coaches to be positive where possible. This comes fromfocusing on what children CAN do instead of reminding them of what they CAN’T do... YET!
3. Smile a Lot
Children are likely to form a stronger bond and relationship with people who smile (and make them smile). Their development leading up to 5 years of age has been driven mainly by their sensory motor system. How they “feel” is significant at this stage of their development and, if we want the children to develop a lifelong love of sport and physical activity, then this first introduction should be memorable, exciting and enjoyable.The England DNA asks coaches to connect with each individual child so that they feel valued, safe and ready to learn.This all sounds very basic, but the approach of the coach must be enthusiastic, supportive, positive,caring and kind. The England DNA encourages coaches to provide exciting, challenging and enjoyable activities for the children they coach. We must try to make their Foundation Phase experience a memorable one.
This is how we begin to prepare our youngest players to play, enjoy and develop through football.
Please select from the league links below to view fixtures or results for Tigers JFC 2021-22 season.
