Club Policies & Rules

CONTACT US

To contact Largs Thistle for any reason, please visit our Contact Us webpage and form.

Our day-to-day Club contact is Alistair McMaster. Alistair is contactable on largsthistlefc1889@gmail.com, or via 07775 578795.

DISABILITY POLICY

Largs Thistle Football Club’s Disability Access Officer is Tiffany Irvin. Tiffany looks forward to hearing from you and making sure your visit to Barrfields is enjoyable. You can check our Disability Policy to learn more and prepare for your visit.

You can contact Tiffany at any time via largsthistlefc1889@gmail.com.

CLUB POLICIES ON CHILD PROTECTION AND WELLBEING

Largs Thistle Football Club’s Child Wellbeing and Protection Officer is Tiffany Irvin. You can contact Tiffany at any time via tiffanyirvin@me.com or by 07973 199648.

Largs Thistle Football Club (“the Club”) is committed to ensuring that all children and young people who participate in our football activities feel safe, valued, respected, and protected from harm.

We recognise our responsibility to promote the wellbeing of every child, and we follow Scottish FA (SFA) Child Wellbeing and Protection policies, Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA) guidelines, and relevant Scottish legislation.

We believe that:

• The welfare of children is paramount
• All children have the right to protection from physical, emotional, sexual harm, and neglect
• Children have the right to express their views and have them taken seriously

Everyone involved in our Club is responsible for supporting child wellbeing. We will take all appropriate steps to make sure we do so.
Yours in sport,

Alistair McMaster

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Introduction, Policy Statement and Set the Standards

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Procedures

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Practice Notes

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Set the Standards: Behaviours, Expectations and Requirements

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Policy Summary

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Safeguarding Organogram

Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy – Concern Recording Form

CLUB POLICY ON UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT

Largs Thistle Football Club is open to everyone regardless of background. Your Committee is keen to ensure that all supporters, players, officials and visitors do not engage in any form of violent or disorderly conduct.

Violent conduct includes any actual, attempted or threatened physical violence against any person, or intentional damage to property.
Disorderly conduct includes, though is not limited to, conduct which is discriminatory and/or inflammatory towards individuals or groups of people because of:

1. Gender
2. Age
3. Colour, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin or Membership or presumed membership, of a religious group or of a social or cultural group with perceived religious affiliation or sexual orientation
4. Transgender identity
5. Disability
6. Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or conduct
7. Displaying writing or any other thing which is threatening, abusive or insulting

ANY PERSON ENGAGING IN UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANY, OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Removal from Barrfields Stadium
2. Suspension from attending matches or events involving Largs Thistle Football Club and Largs Thistle Community Club
3. Indefinite ban from attending matches or events involving Largs Thistle Football Club
4. Banned from our club social media
5. Reported to the police and possible criminal proceedings

Largs Thistle Football Club ask all supporters to report any such behaviour to any committee member, to allow your Club to maintain the highest standards both off and on the field of play and to ensure Largs Thistle remains a safe, welcoming Club for all supporters and friends of our Club.

Largs Thistle Football Club

To be reviewed and published annually:
Reviewed by Club on 4 December 2025
Next Review Date: no later than 4 December 2026

This Unacceptable Conduct Policy is also available to download. This is in PDF format.