Board and Staff
Meet The Team
Board MembeRs
The Suffolk FA Board currently comprises:
- Phil Lawler – Chairman 07904 323030
phil.lawler@suffolkfa.com - Nigel Johnson – Finance Director 07768 705862
- nigel.johnson@suffolkfa.com
- Bruce Badcock – FA Council Representative 07506 015486
bruce.badcock@btinternet.com - Geraldine Day – Board Safeguarding Champion 07591 166902
gaday1971@gmail.com - Julie Mulcahy – Non-Executive Director
julie.mulcahy@suffolkfa.com - Kit Morrison – Non-Executive Director
kit.morrison@suffolkfa.com - Amy Grantham – Non-Executive Director
amy.grantham@suffolkfa.com - Richard Neal – Chief Executive 01449 776317 / 07903 842747
richard.neal@suffolkfa.com
Board of Directors' Roles
Phil Lawler – Facilities
Nigel Johnson – Finance
Bruce Badcock – Adult Football, County Cups & Football Services
Geraldine Day – Board Safeguarding Champion & Youth Football
Julie Mulcahy – Governance & Human Resources
Kit Morrison – Risk Management, Inclusion & Equality
Amy Grantham – Marketing & Public Relations
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07903 842747, email: richard.neal@suffolkfa.com
Senior Safeguarding Lead, Strategy, Governance, Culture, Financial oversight, Performance management, Brokering new partnerships, Business planning & development, Procurement of services, Health & Safety, HR
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07572 107791, email: darryn.marsh@suffolkfa.com
Designated Safeguarding Officer, Discipline, Affiliations, League sanctioning, Representative teams, Management of FA systems, CRC verifications
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07432 735961, email: jodie.allard@suffolkfa.com
Adult leagues & clubs, Facility development, Love Football Live Football campaign, Lead for RESPECT, Grassroots Festival, Development and delivery of the Suffolk FA Development Strategy, Suffolk FA Small Grants Scheme, Silent Weekend
Tel: 01449 616606, email: julie.cole@suffolkfa.com
Financial management, Sage accounting & auditing, Benevolent Fund, Payments and invoicing
Tel: 07702 240122, email: adrian.moye@suffolkfa.com
Management of the Suffolk FA County Cups
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07508 838181, email: nick.garnham@suffolkfa.com
Website lead, Maintenance and development of media links, Social media lead, Suffolk FA Awards, Sponsorship, Groundsman of the Year
Tel: 01449 616606, email Lily.chiang@suffolkfa.com
Website maintenance, social media, video and photographic production
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07432 735986, email: rebecca.bolton@suffolkfa.com
Female game development, GDC, ACC, Girls’ & Women’s leagues, Female 4v4 Festivals, SSE Wildcats Centres
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07432 735985, email: kirsty.smith@suffolkfa.com
Enhancing opportunities for people with a disability, Disability talent pathway, Rainbow Laces
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07976 957094, email: james.morley@suffolkfa.com
Deputy Safeguarding Officer, Youth leagues & clubs, Football Futures, 4v4 Festivals, Premier League Primary Stars, Charter Standard lead, Youth Conference, Suffolk Schools’ County Football Association development, County Cups administration, CRC verification
Tel: 01449 616606, email: ruth.ward@suffolkfa.com
Suffolk FA Learning administration, Suffolk County Schools’ Football Association administration, Youth Council and Football Futures administration, Website Maintenance, Room bookings at Suffolk FA HQ, Event support
Tel: 01449 616606, email: phillip.barber@suffolkfa.com
Discipline, Whole Game System
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07890 587228, email: alan.dale@suffolkfa.com
Overview and implementation of strategies for Referee Recruitment and Referee Retention, Support and enhance Referee Development Opportunities and Pathways including Youth Referee Academy, Promotion Scheme and Transition Group
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07890 587247, email: ian.atkins@suffolkfa.com
Deputy Safeguarding Officer, Support implementation of strategies for Referee Recruitment and Referee Retention, Recruitment and Retention of Level T referees through strategic appointments, Support Referee Development opportunities. Verify CRC documents
Tel: 01449 616606 / 07432 581341, email: melissa.stickland@suffolkfa.com
Discipline, Whole Game System, Appoint Referees to Youth Football across the county
Tel: 07885 298363, email: ian.smillie@suffolkfa.com
Appoint and Re-Appoint Match Officials to Saturday County Cup Competitions and U18 Midweek Cup
Tel: 07711 145420, email: graham.apperley@suffolkfa.com
Appoint and Re-Appoint Match Officials to Sunday County Cup Competitions & County Women’s Football
