AFC Worthing Divas

17/12/2025

13/12/2025

A sunny start for our Wildcats today! If you have a daughter between 5 & 7, come and join us from 11th January for some football fun. Broadwater Green, Saturdays, 9-10am with Worthing Divas and We Make Footballers Sussex
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25/08/2025

A few of our players representing Worthing Divas at the carnival today. Special thanks to thebroadwaterpub for having us! What a beautiful day for it!
If you have a daughter aged 8-12 who loves football, why not give us a try? Training is from 9-10 on Broadwater Green every Saturday.

08/05/2025

One of our coaches posted this the other day, and it is really relevant as unbeknown to them, I have been having a conversation with a parent from another club where the only thing that is cared about is not loosing a game of football.
It’s such a shame that in grassroots football some people who call themselves coaches don’t really have the understanding of what coaching actually is….

“We are blessed at the Divas to have people who do understand this and they show they understand every single week. Even when they are not on the training ground or match pitch, they still show they understand by posting things like this….

Nobody said "winning is bad". Winning is great Some people miss the point of what winning actually is though....

As a coach, winning isn't always about the result.

Winning is when you have a young player that lacks the confidence to try something new and one day finds that confidence to do something in a match that you've been working on in training.

Winning is when you have a team that have lost every single game of the season and manage to get a final day draw.

Winning is when you work on patterns of play in training and in your next game, despite losing, they score a goal using those patterns of play.

Winning is developing someone who has never played in goal before, and despite losing the next match, they pull off countless saves with the techniques you've been working on in training.

Winning is seeing them progress, little by little, week after week as people and footballers.

Lots of small wins often outweigh the big win.

Don't lose sight of what winning is as a grassroots coach!”

26/04/2025

Our good friends at Worthing have taken the next step in Women and Girls football.
Please check out the link below. Sam is a great coach so drop them a line if you have a daughter or friend who is interested.

And if you are not quite old enough for this drop us a line and we will help you out.

Worthing Divas, proud to be collaborating with Worthing Women FC

https://www.facebook.com/100064601895120/posts/1090438833119503/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The club is pleased to announce details of a new women's under-19's team

09/03/2025

The Divas held a minute silence for Poppy before our matches today. Our thoughts are with her family, team and coaches at this time. Every child should make it home from training. 🖤

30/11/2024

The Striker’s Poem

You’re rapid and fast, a total speed machine;
No one sees you coming, always quick onto the scene.

Your right foot or left will always connect.
With the ball, and end in the back of the net.

Your touch is sensational—one is all you need,
To bring the ball down and turn to proceed.

You have to stay in the other team’s half,
Just waiting for the ball to be played or passed.

If the game is in favor of the other team,
You wait in the cold, a little bored, it would seem.

When your teammates play it, you run into space,
Receiving the ball with so much elegance and grace.

The defenders are quick, but no match for you;
You turn with the ball and see the goal in your view.

You swing your leg back and send the ball soaring;
You beat the keeper and celebrate the scoring.

To your friends, you run to celebrate in style;
They lift you up and give you a big smile.

And while sometimes you feel like a spectator,
Scoring goals is for you—there is nothing greater.

26/11/2024

JOB VACANCY: GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL COACH

Key Requirements:

Tactical expertise: Familiarity with modern formations and playing styles, like inverted wing-backs, False 9 etc; possess the ability to get this information across to 7 year olds.

Meteorologist: Able to predict match conditions, days or weeks in advance.

Negotiation skills: Be able to inform parents that their “mini-Messi” is unlikely to become a professional footballer, and they might need to pin their financial hopes on winning the lottery.

Mathematician: If X = match time, and Y = number of players, but A didn’t come to training, and B has a “hurty foot”, work out a schedule that means all players have a decent amount of game time, and a reason why “mini-Messi” is not playing every minute, and also isn’t taking every penalty & free kick.

Groundskeeper: Must be comfortable doing early morning pitch inspections (& liaising with league, opposition, & parents); putting up goal nets, parental barrier, corner flags; retrieving lost balls from thorny bushes; as well as clearing up other people’s dog mess.

Accountant: Stretch a shoestring budget to cover all kit, equipment, training venue, referees, pitch, & league registration fees.

Conflict resolution: Calmly diffuse spats between parents, players, and referees.

Training visionary: Create fun, engaging drills that keep the team engaged, and ready for match day; ensuring players aren’t cold in rain & freezing temperatures.

Laundrette: Ensure team kits are washed, & smell nice.

Motivational speaker: Encourage the team with pre-match & halftime speeches.

Event planner: Oversee the annual awards evening, ensuring trophies are distributed, and egos remain intact.

Other role expectations: Don’t ever have a late night before a match (Saturday nights are for mentally preparing for Sunday’s game, not for enjoyment). Must also undertake a separate full time job; and where possible, maintain some semblance of a family life

Pay: £0 / hour, but double pay for weekend working

23/11/2024

The Goalkeeper Mum….

Why did my child have to pick this position?
A goalkeeper, of all things—what is their mission?

To give me a heart attack watching them play.
Don’t even get me started on penalties or when it doesn’t go their way.

Goalkeeper gloves are now part of the kit;
Who knew there were so many different fits?

Negative cut, roll finger, gloves with spines—
We’ve become glove experts, I think you’ll find.

And don’t mention the goalkeeper glove smell;
No matter the washing, they still stink like hell.

When you look at your child, all covered in dirt,
You’re thinking, How am I going to get the stains out of that shirt?

You watch them get upset when a goal is scored,
Blaming themselves, thinking they could have done more.

We wipe their tears after the game;
It breaks our hearts when they think they’re to blame.

We know that they love diving around,
But the anxiety is real watching them hit the ground.

Hoping they haven’t broken a bone—
A hospital trip on a Saturday, I hear myself moan.

But we shout and we cheer when they save the ball,
Because we could not be prouder of anything at all.

Watching our little goalkeeping legends,
There’s not much I’d rather do on the weekends.

So bring on the stress of the penalty shootout,
Fingers in our mouths, ready to shout.

Feeling so proud of them that you could cry—
A goalkeeper is the hardest position, I will not lie.

So from one goalkeeper mum to another,
Try not to stress more than the others.

One day it’ll end, the gloves set aside,
So let’s share in their joy, every dive, every stride.