Tesco Cup

The Tesco Cup is an association football competition for young footballers ran in the United Kingdom and sponsored by the retail group Tescos. There are currently three separate tournaments running, a boy's Under 13, a girl's Under 14 and a girl's Under 16. Any team can compete as long as they are affiliated with their County Football Association. In each country the progress to the final stages of the tournament are different:

*England - County Cup (i.e. Birmingham County Football Association) winners compete in the Regional Cup (i.e. West Midlands. Those winners compete in the English national finals the winners of which go to the UK Finals.
*Wales - Area Cup (i.e. North Wales) winners meet in the national finals and the winners of that go to the UK Finals.
*Scotland - They have their own separate national competitions, the winners of which meet the teams from the other countries for the UK Tesco Cup Finals.
*Northern Ireland - They have their own separate national competitions, the winners of which meet the teams from the other countries for the UK Tesco Cup Finals.

The boy's tournament is now in its fourth season after kicking off in 2005 and both the girl's competitions are in their second after beginning at the start of the 2007/08 season. In the 2007/08 season 35 English County FA's (37 for the boys) and 6 Welsh County FA's competed.

Winners

*Boys Under 13s2005/06 - Hutchinson Vale (Scotland)
2006/07 - Harpfield FC (Staffordshire, England)
2007/08 - Linfield FC (Northern Ireland)

*Girls Under 142007/08 - Northern Belles (Northern Ireland)

*Girls Under 16 2007/08 - HIBS (Scotland)

External links

* [http://www.tesco.com/football/ Offical Tesco Cup Website]
* [http://www.thefa.com/GrassrootsOld/County+FAs/ County FA info at The FA Website]