Cadbury Athletic Football Club aims to provide youngsters and adults with the opportunity to play and enjoy the game of football.

It promotes good sportsmanship and fair play, encourages loyalty and team spirit, and values each child or adults contribution to its team. It also recognises its moral and legal obligation to ensure that its managers and coaches who have a responsibility for young people within the club, provide them with the highest possible standard of care.

Cadbury Athletic places great importance on its relationship and standing within the community, requiring its members to show respect towards Match Officials, representatives of its opponents, and the facilities on all occasions when recognised as representing the football club.

Please take a minute  to read the following poem, and consider your role as a parent and a spectator.


LET CHILDREN PLAY

THEY STAND ON THE FIELD, THEIR HEARTS BEATING FAST
THE WHISTLE HAS BLOWN, THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST
MUM AND DAD CANNOT HELP, THEY STAND ALL ALONE,
A GOAL AT THE MOMENT WOULD SEND THE TEAM HOME.

THE BALL NEAR THEIR FEET, THEY KICK AND IT MISSES,
THERE'S A MOAN FROM THE CROWD, SOME BOOS AND SOME HISSES.
A THOUGHTLESS VOICE CRIES "GET THAT KID OFF".
ITS ALL SO EASY TO CRITICISE AND SCOFF

TEARS FILL THEIR EYES, IT IS NO LONGER FUN.
KNOWING THEY FAILED WHAT YOU SAID SHOULD BE DONE.
IF YOU ARE TEMPTED, TO SHOUT OR TO GROAN,
REMEMBER ITS A CHILD, WHO STANDS THERE ALONE.

SO OPEN YOUR HEART, AND GIVE THEM A BREAK,
ITS MOMENTS LIKE THIS A PLAYER YOU MAKE.
KEEP THIS IN MIND, AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET
THEY'RE ONLY CHILDREN, AND NOT ADULTS YET.