Northamptonshire County Football Association
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The Northamptonshire County Football Association, also simply known as the Northamptonshire FA, is the governing body
of football in the county Northamptonshire
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The Northamptonshire FA’s strategy sets out the vision, key priorities and targets for investment into grassroots football from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2012. The strategy contributes to the delivery of The FA’s National Game Strategy over a four year period.
The County FA football development team provide support and guidance to aid development in the game, whatever an organisation or person's role may be. Whereas the football governance team are involved in the day to day running of key areas such as the administration of clubs, leagues and referees along with the running of the discipline process, County Competitions and the representative teams.
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of football in the county Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
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Organisation
The purpose of the Northamptonshire County FA is to lead the successful development of football within the county and to increase the participation, quality and enjoyment of football.The Northamptonshire FA’s strategy sets out the vision, key priorities and targets for investment into grassroots football from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2012. The strategy contributes to the delivery of The FA’s National Game Strategy over a four year period.
The County FA football development team provide support and guidance to aid development in the game, whatever an organisation or person's role may be. Whereas the football governance team are involved in the day to day running of key areas such as the administration of clubs, leagues and referees along with the running of the discipline process, County Competitions and the representative teams.
Men's Saturday Leagues
- United Counties League**
- Peterborough and District League**
- Northants Combination**
- Northampton Town League**
Footnote: **Part of the English football league system
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...
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Men's Sunday Leagues
- Daventry & District Sunday League
- Kettering Area Sunday League
- Northants Sunday Combination
- Northants Sunday Conference
- Peterborough & District Sunday League
- Peterborough Sunday Morning League
- Rushden & District Sunday League
Ladies and Girls Leagues
Youth Leagues
- Countywide U18 Football League
- Kettering Weetabix Youth League
- Northampton & District Youth Alliance
- Northants Senior Youth League
- Peterborough & District Junior Alliance
- Peterborough & District Youth League
- Peterborough Mini-Soccer Conference League
Other Leagues
Small Sided Leagues
- Champion Soccer
- Football Mundial
- Ladies Leagues
- Robert Windle Tournaments
Futsal Leagues
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Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues
A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Northamptonshire County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including:- Central Northants Combination (in 1991 became the Northamptonshire Combination League)
- Central Village League (merged with the Mid Northants League in 1953 to become the Northamptonshire Combination LeagueNorthamptonshire Football CombinationThe Northamptonshire Football Combination is a football competition based in England. It has a total of eight divisions , the most senior of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 of the National League System.- Recent divisional champions :-Current structure:Sitting at Step 7 of the...
) - East Northants League (later known as the Rushden & District League)
- Kettering Amateur League (became the East Midlands Alliance)
- Mid Northants League (merged with the Central Village League in 1953 to become the Northamptonshire Combination LeagueNorthamptonshire Football CombinationThe Northamptonshire Football Combination is a football competition based in England. It has a total of eight divisions , the most senior of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 of the National League System.- Recent divisional champions :-Current structure:Sitting at Step 7 of the...
) - Northamptonshire League (abbreviated Northants League and eventually became the United Counties League)
- Rushden & District League (previously known as the East Northants League)
- South East Northants League
Affiliated Member Clubs
Among the notable clubs that are (or were at one time) affiliated to the Northamptonshire County FA are:- Brackley TownBrackley Town F.C.Brackley Town Football Club are a football club based in Brackley, England, who play their home games at St. James Park. They were established in 1890. They have won the Hellenic League twice in their history...
- Bugbrooke St. MichaelsBugbrooke St Michaels F.C.Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C. is a football club based in Bugbrooke, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. In the 1999–2000 season, they reached the 1st round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of United Counties League Division One. Bugbrooke reached the final of the Northamptonshire...
- Burton Park WanderersBurton Park Wanderers F.C.Burton Park Wanderers F.C. is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They joined the United Counties League in 1968. In the 1974–75 season, they reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One....
- Cogenhoe UnitedCogenhoe United F.C.Cogenhoe United is a association football team from Cogenhoe, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the United Counties League Premier Division.-History:...
- Corby TownCorby Town F.C.Corby Town F.C. is an English football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire. They will be members of the Conference North for the 2011–12 season. The Steelmen play their home games at the newly built Steel Park, adjacent to their previous ground, Rockingham Triangle Sports Stadium, which is...
- Daventry TownDaventry Town F.C.Daventry Town F.C. is a football club based in the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.-History:The club was established in 1886 as a local-town club playing in the Northampton Town League...
- Daventry United (formerly Ford Sports DaventryFord Sports Daventry F.C.Daventry United F.C. are an association football club based in Daventry, England.-History:The club was established in 1968 as Ford Sports Daventry and is one of the youngest clubs in the United Counties Football League in which they have played since joining in 1977...
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- Desborough TownDesborough Town F.C.Desborough Town F.C. is an association football club based in Desborough, Northamptonshire, England. The club is currently a member of the United Counties League Premier Division.-History:...
- Irchester UnitedIrchester United F.C.Irchester United F.C. are a football club based in the village of Irchester, near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England. They joined the Northamptonshire League in 1896. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division....
- Irthlingborough DiamondsIrthlingborough Diamonds F.C.Irthlingborough Diamonds were a football club from Irthlingborough, England. Founded in 1946, in 1992 the club merged with Rushden Town to form Rushden & Diamonds, playing at Irthlingborough's Nene Park.-History:...
(became Rushden & DiamondsRushden & Diamonds F.C.Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992, the club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of...
) - Kettering TownKettering Town F.C.Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...
- James King Blisworth
- Long BuckbyLong Buckby A.F.C.Long Buckby A.F.C. is a football club based in Long Buckby, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The club plays its home fixtures at Long Buckby Sportsfield.-History:...
- Northampton ON ChenecksNorthampton ON Chenecks F.C.Northampton Old Northamptonian Chenecks F.C. are a football club based in Northampton, England.-Histroy:They joined the United Counties Football League in 1969, and are still members of that league, in Division One. During that time, they have always been members of the lowest division of the...
- Northampton Sileby RangersNorthampton Sileby Rangers F.C.Northampton Sileby Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Northampton, England. They currently play in Division One of the United Counties League.-History:...
- Northampton SpencerNorthampton Spencer F.C.Northampton Spencer F.C. is a football club based in Northampton, England. Their ground is Kingsthorpe Mill in the north of the town at -History:...
- Northampton TownNorthampton Town F.C.Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
- Raunds TownRaunds Town F.C.Raunds Town F.C. is a football club based at Raunds, Northamptonshire, England.-History:Raunds Town was founded in 1946. There had been other teams with "Raunds" in the title as long ago as 1896-97, but at a meeting in the town's Temperance Hall in May 1946 a new amalgamated club was formed...
- Rothwell CorinthiansRothwell Corinthians F.C.Rothwell Corinthians F.C. is a football club based in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England.-History:The Rothwell Corinthians were founded in 1932 as a church youth side, joining the Kettering Amateur League, which became the East Midlands Alliance...
- Rothwell TownRothwell Town F.C.Rothwell Town F.C. are a football club based in Rothwell in the north of Northamptonshire. They were founding members of the Northamptonshire League in 1895, and are now playing in the United Counties League Division One...
- Rushden & DiamondsRushden & Diamonds F.C.Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992, the club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of...
(now defunct)
- Rushden & Higham United
- Rushden TownRushden Town F.C.Rushden Town F.C. was a football club from Rushden, England. Founded in 1889, the club merged with Irthlingborough Diamonds to form Rushden & Diamonds in 1992. Nicknamed "the Russians", the club played at Hayden Road.-History:...
(became Rushden & DiamondsRushden & Diamonds F.C.Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992, the club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of...
) - Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
- Thrapston TownThrapston Town F.C.Thrapston Town F.C. is an English football club based in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and play at Chancery Lane.-History:...
- Wellingborough Town
- Wellingborough Whitworth
- Woodford UnitedWoodford United F.C.Woodford United F.C. are a football club based in Woodford Halse, near Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. They were established in 1946. Members of the Southern Football League Division One Central the club plays their home games at Byfield Road, in Woodford Halse.-History:Woodford United was...
Other member clubs include:
- AFC Wombles
- Brixworth All Saints
- Burton United
- Clipston
- Cold Ashby Rovers
- Corby Eagles
- Corby Everards
- Corby Hellenic Fisher
- Corby Khalsa
- Corby Kingswood
- Corby Locomotives
- Corby Morton Vikings
- Corby Pegasus
- Corby Redstar
- Corby Strip Mills
- Corby United
- Cripps
- CSV United
- Dainite Sports
- Daventry Comms
- Daventry Drayton Grange
- Delapre Old Boys
- Denton
- Earls Barton United
- FC Crispin
- FC Higham
- Ferrers
- Finedon Volta
- Great Doddington
- Gretton
- Harpole
- Heyford Athletic
- Higham Town
- Hillmorton
- Hometech
- Islip United
- Kettering Ise Lodge
- Kettering Nomads
- Kettering Ochard Park United
- Kettering Orchard Park
- Kettering Panthers
- Kettering Park Rovers
- Kettering Weekley Eagles
- Kislingbury
- Medbourne
- Mereway United
- Milton
- Moulton
- Northampton Exiles
- Northampton Harlequins
- Northamptonshire Police
- Obelisk United
- Oundle Town
- Ringstead Rangers
- Ristee Towers
- Roade
- Rosebery
- SPA
- Spinney Hill
- Spratton
- Stanion United
- Stanwick Rovers
- Thorplands Club
- Thorplands United
- Walgrave Amber
- Weedon
- Weldon United
- Welford Victoria
- Wellingborough Old Grammarians
- Wellingborough Ranelagh
- Wellingborough Rising Sun
- Wellingborough Saxon
- West Haddon
- Wilbarston
- Wilby
- Wollaston Victoria
- Wootton St. George
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County Cup Competitions
The Northamptonshire County FA run the following Cup Competitions:- Northamptonshire Cup (The Maunsell Cup)
- Northamptonshire Senior CupNorthamptonshire Senior CupThe Northamptonshire County Football Association Senior Cup ), is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Northamptonshire, England and the surrounding area...
(The Hillier Senior Cup) - Northamptonshire Junior Cup (The Les Underwood Junior Cup)
- Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup
- Northamptonshire Area Cup (The Twenty10 Digital Area Cup)
- Northamptonshire Sunday Cup
- Northamptonshire Sunday Trophy
- Northamptonshire Sunday Vase
- Northamptonshire Sunday Shield
- Northamptonshire Veterans Cup
- Northamptonshire Women's Cup
- Northamptonshire Boys U18 Cup
- Northamptonshire Boys U16 Invitation Cup
- Northamptonshire Boys U14 Invitation Cup
- Northamptonshire Boys U12 Invitation Cup
- Northamptonshire Girls U16 Invitation Tesco Cup
- Northamptonshire Girls U14 Invitation Tesco Cup
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Northamptonshire Cup
The Northamptonshire Cup (known as The Maunsell Cup) is a county cup competition involving senior teams affiliated to the Northamptonshire County Football Association.Northamptonshire Senior Cup
The Northamptonshire Senior Cup (renamed The Hillier Senior Cup in 1981) is a county cup competition involving senior teams affiliated to the Northamptonshire County Football Association.List of Northamptonshire Junior Cup Winners
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List of Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners
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