Football NSW released a statement on Wednesday that it would stand down the majority of its employees while there would be a reduction in salary for the remaining staff.

On Thursday afternoon, Football South Coast admitted it had stood down some of their staff amid the crisis.

FSC chief executive officer Ann-Marie Balliana said these members had been given the option to use some of their leave before being stood down.

However, she said more pain could be on the way with further staff set to be stood down this month.

"It's an extremely difficult time for everyone impacted by COVID-19," Balliana said.

"During this time, as an organisation, we need to balance being commercially responsible whilst working with our staff to see them through this difficult period. There has already been some impacts to staff who have been stood down and will be utilising their leave available with further stand downs planned over April.

"Having said this, we are actively looking into all available stimulus packages for both the organisation and our staff. Football is extremely fortunate to have the staffing resources we have at FSC, and the guys have been extremely professional and understanding about our situation."

Football Federation Australia had originally suspended all grassroots football until early May. However, the FFA announced earlier this week that period would be extended for all competitions and training sessions.

There will be no football until at least May 31.

FFA chief executive officer James Johnson said the extension was made due to the increased strict measures being introduced across all levels of government.

"These are unprecedented times and at this moment, it is very difficult to predict what further measures will be introduced, or for how much longer current measures will be in place," Johnson said.

"As we have done with all of our decisions to date, we will remain agile and responsive to the prevailing circumstances."

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Balliana said Football South Coast would continue to work with local clubs to be as best prepared as possible for when football returned.

"Football South Coast is obviously also impacted with the suspension of football until the 31st to not only only our competitions, but also our junior development programs," she said.

"We have been working on different competition models and structures so that when football is up and running, we will be in a position to hit the ground running."

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