North Riding County Football Association

North Riding County Football Association

North Riding County FA logo
Purpose Football association
Location
Coordinates 54°28′08″N 1°10′45″W / 54.468783°N 1.17923°W / 54.468783; -1.17923Coordinates: 54°28′08″N 1°10′45″W / 54.468783°N 1.17923°W / 54.468783; -1.17923
Tom Radigan
Website http://www.northridingfa.com/

The North Riding County Football Association, also simply known as the North Riding FA, is the governing body of football in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Its headquarters are located in the town of Stokesley, seven miles south of Middlesbrough. Affiliated members pay a fee commensurate with the level of competition they play in. Affiliated members benefit from access to support and guidance on such areas as health and safety and access to finance or grants. The County FA is directly responsible for the governance of County Cup competitions.[1]

Membership

Clubs located within the geographical area of the old North Riding of Yorkshire boundaries are eligible for affiliation to the Association, including those participating at the higher levels of the Football League System in England. Clubs who enter teams into Saturday and Sunday competitions are required to have a separate affiliation for each. The Association consists of two District Associations and six Saturday and Sunday leagues covering the old North Riding of Yorkshire, as well as eight Junior leagues and three Women & Girls leagues.[2]

Membership of the governing council of the County FA is allocated among five geographic divisions and the proportion of councillors in each is determined by the relative size of each division. The divisions are Whitby to Redcar with 3 members; Grangetown to Thornaby with 4 members; Northallerton and Dales with 2 members; Scarborough & District Association with 1 member and the York & District Association with 2 members.[3]

Affiliated Leagues

Saturday leagues

The six Saturday leagues are listed below with the relevant level in the English football league system shown in brackets. Each of the leagues run their own cup competitions.[2]

Sunday leagues

Youth leagues

Women's & Girls' leagues

County FA Competitions

All affiliated clubs of the County FA are required by Rule 18 of the Membership Rules to enter at least one of the County FA Cup competitions. There is a financial penalty if an exemption is applied for by any affiliated member.[4]

North Riding Senior Cup

Any team that has entered an Football Association competition such as the Challenge Cup, F.A. Trophy or F.A. Vase must enter the Senior Cup. The Senior Cup was first competed for in 1881 as the Cleveland Cup mostly by clubs from the Middlesbrough area. The first winners were Middlesbrough, who were also the first winners of the competition in 1902 when it was renamed to the current one. Middlesbrough have won the competition fifty three times, which is the most by any team, their last success being in 2014-15. The current holders are MIddlesbrough F.C., who won the 2015 competition on 12 May 2015 by defeating Guisborough Town by two goals to nil.[5]

Other Cup competitions

Adult

Junior Cup competitions

References

  1. ↑ "About us". North Riding County Football Association. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 "North Riding FA Affiliated leagues". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ↑ North Riding County FA Handbook 2012-13. North Riding County FA Ltd. 2012. p. 44. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ↑ North Riding County FA Handbook 2012-13. North Riding County FA Ltd. 2012. p. 47. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "2015 Senior Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Saturday Cup Winners". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "2016 Sunday Cup Winners". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "2015 Saturday Challenge Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "2015 Sunday Challenge Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "2016 Senior Ladies Cup Winners". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Junior Under 11 Cup Winners". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Junior Under 12 Cup Winners". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Junior U13 Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Junior Under 14 Cup Winners". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Junior U15 Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Junior Under 16 Cup Winners". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Junior U18 Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Junior Girls U14 Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Junior Girls U16 Cup Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2015.

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