RESPECT FOR EVERYONE
Protect Our Game is Football Queensland’s overarching respect initiative aimed at eliminating poor behaviour on and off the field and ensuring all players, coaches, referees, volunteers and spectators promote a positive environment and supportive behaviours within our game.
Three key elements underpin the campaign: Accountability, Awareness and Education.
Accountability
The Three Strike Policy provides a strong framework for dealing with poor behaviour on and off the field, including verbal and physical abuse directed at referees and other members of the football community.
The accumulation of Strikes will occur for clubs that continually fail to manage referee abuse or deal with unacceptable behaviours of members.
Members of the football community can help eliminate poor behaviour by reporting instances of abuse, violence and other incidents through FQ’s QR code reporting mechanism or online via the Protect Our Game Reporting Form.
Awareness
All Queensland clubs are required to display Protect Our Game posters outlining the Three Strike Policy and QR code reporting mechanism in high traffic areas to promote positive behaviours.
A range of posters are also available for clubs to display outlining Code of Conduct expectations for players, coaches, club officials and spectators.
Education
Participants can fatamiliarise themselves with the IFAB (International Football Association Board) Laws of the Game to gain a better understanding of the on-field decisions made by referees.
As part of #HarmonyWeek, FQ caught up with Sulaiman Zandinan to share his journey from Iraq to Australia, where he has found a new beginning through the Football Queensland Referee Academy. ⚽
Now officiating in Darling Downs, Sulaiman hopes to inspire other refugees searching for a sense of community, showing how refereeing can build confidence, connection, and new opportunities.
#FootballinQueenslandUnited
Mar 23
Your Sunday Evening is Sorted 🍿
Forget the meal prep and tuck into some top flight football, as freshly promoted @stgwfc test themselves against @wynnumwolvesfc in a blockbuster #NPLQLD at 5pm tonight!
🏟️ Get down to Perry Park for what promises to be an exciting clash!
📺 If you can’t make it, watch the game FREE and LIVE on #FQTV !
Mar 23
A massive congratulations to Queenslanders and #FQAcademy graduates Jonty Benfield, Charlie Parkin, Rhys Williams and Quinn MacNicol on their selection in the Joeys squad for the upcoming #AFCU17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia this April ✈️🙌
We can`t wait to see these young stars light it up on the international stage!
🗞️ Read more via socceroos.com.au
#QueenslandProud
Mar 21
Can City tame the Tigers tonight? ⚔️
After two weeks off, @brisbanecityfc and @easternsuburbsfc are ready to light up Harmony Round in a thrilling #NPLQLD Women’s battle! The defending Premiers look to assert their dominance, but the Runners-Up are hungry for revenge in a clash that promises fireworks!
🏟️ Get out to Imperial Corp Stadium tonight to catch the action!
📺 If you can’t, watch the game FREE and LIVE on #FQTV
Mar 21
