SIR Trevor Brooking interrupts his search for England’s next manager on Friday when he launches the Kent County Football Association’s five-year strategy at County Hall in Maidstone.

Sir Trevor, the FA’s director of youth development, will be joined by FA vice-chairman and KCFA chairman and managing director Barry Bright in laying out the blueprint for the development of grass roots football in the county.

The strategy is the product of 12 months’ research by a project group headed up by Brian Sangha and comprising fellow KCFA officials Ralph Bradshaw, Kellie Discipline, Ray Foord, Geoff Stanborough, Phil Knight, Paul Dolan and Liz Symonds.

The project group carried out county-wide consultations, talking to more than 600 players, referees, volunteers, leagues and district councils. From those discussions they have shaped a future strategy designed to benefit the grassroots of the game and park footballers.

Listed are four key priorites, 25 targets, and is underpinned by partnership working. The strategy is closely allied with the Football Association’s National Game Strategy and supports much of the Government’s agenda for sport and health.

Importantly, it complements Kent County Council’s vision “Towards 2010” and Medway Council’s leisure strategy.

Mr Bright said that though it was a Kent document, it had been set in the context of the national game

He said: “At the launch, I will be setting out the main priorities for the KCFA for the next five years and how we intend to deliver the strategy.

“I am convinced that partnership working lies at the heart of success in delivering our aims and aspirations.

“I will also be explaining how we intend making future decisions about directing investment across the county and opportunities where, working together, we can more effectively lobby the FA and Government for investment into grassroots football in Kent.”

Among a multitude of issues needing to be tackled, the strategy cites the loss of referees in the county and calls for Charlton’s Referee Academy to be replicated around Kent along with a forging of greater trust between the Kent Referees’ Association and the KCFA.

It identifies a need to improve park changing facilties and so stop the continuing practice of players having to change in their cars.

The Kent Football Strategy also declares that it must be utilised to improve people’s perceptions of the KCFA.

Friday’s presentation starts at 10am and finishes at noon.