01/06/2026
⚽️⚽️Important announcement ⚽️⚽️
💛What Banter Is – And What It Isn't🖤
Soccer has always had banter. It's part of the atmosphere, part of the enjoyment of the game, and part of what makes community sport unique.
Banter is light-hearted fun between people. It's friendly, good-natured, and something that everyone involved can laugh about.
However, banter is not an excuse for abuse.
Banter is not:
🖤Personal attacks on players, officials, coaches or spectators.
💛Comments about someone's appearance, weight, age, gender, race or ability.
🖤Abuse directed at referees or match officials.
💛Belittling, intimidating or humiliating others.
🖤Behaviour that brings our club or the game into disrepute.
At Parafield Gardens Soccer & Sports Club, we welcome passionate support. We encourage our members and supporters to cheer loudly, support our teams and enjoy the game.
What we don't support is behaviour that makes others feel unwelcome, uncomfortable or disrespected.
Without referees, volunteers, opposition clubs and spectators, we don't have a game. Everyone involved deserves to be treated with respect.
One of our key goals as a club is to continue growing our soccer community and creating an environment where our junior players and their families want to spend their weekends.
We want our junior players to come and watch our senior teams, look up to our players, and enjoy being part of the club. We want parents to feel comfortable bringing their children to senior matches and club events.
To achieve that, everyone who attends our games has a role to play.
Passionate support is encouraged. Cheering for your team, celebrating goals and getting behind our players is all part of soccer. However, abuse, derogatory comments, personal attacks and inappropriate remarks directed at players, officials or spectators have no place at our club.
The standard we set on the sidelines is the standard our young players will learn and carry into the future. We want them to learn respect for teammates, opponents, officials and the game itself.
Our aim is simple: to create a positive, welcoming and family-friendly environment where everyone can enjoy soccer and be proud to represent Parafield Gardens Soccer & Sports Club.
Be passionate. Be vocal. Support your club.
But remember the difference between banter and abuse.💛🖤⚽️
