Northamptonshire County Football Association

Northamptonshire County Football Association
Northamptonshire County FA logo
Purpose/focus	Football association
Location	Moulton Park, Northampton
Coordinates	52°16′42″N 0°52′46″W / 52.278443°N 0.879350°W / 52.278443; -0.879350Coordinates: 52°16′42″N 0°52′46″W / 52.278443°N 0.879350°W / 52.278443; -0.879350
Chief Executive	Kevin Shoemake
Website	http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/

The Northamptonshire County Football Association, also simply known as the Northamptonshire FA, is the governing body of football in the county Northamptonshire.^[1]

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.^[2]

Affiliated Leagues

Men's Saturday Leagues United Counties League** Peterborough and District League** Northants Combination** Northampton Town League** Footnote: **Part of the English football league system. 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 Northamptonshire Women's League MDH Girls League 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 Northamptonshire Disability League Small Sided Leagues Champion Soccer Football Mundial Ladies Leagues Robert Windle Tournaments Futsal Leagues Northamptonshire FA Youth Futsal League

Source:^[3]

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 League)
• 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 League)
• 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 Town Bugbrooke St. Michaels Burton Park Wanderers Cogenhoe United Corby Town Daventry Town Daventry United (formerly Ford Sports Daventry)

Desborough Town Irchester United Irthlingborough Diamonds (became Rushden & Diamonds) Kettering Town James King Blisworth Long Buckby Northampton ON Chenecks

Northampton Sileby Rangers Northampton Spencer Northampton Town Raunds Town Rothwell Corinthians Rothwell Town Rushden & Diamonds (now defunct)

Rushden & Higham United Rushden Town (became Rushden & Diamonds) Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Thrapston Town Wellingborough Town Wellingborough Whitworth Woodford United

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 Source:[4] [5]

County Cup Competitions

The Northamptonshire County FA run the following Cup Competitions:

Northamptonshire Cup (The Maunsell Cup) Northamptonshire Senior Cup (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

Source^[6]

Northamptonshire Cup

Main article: 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

Main article: 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

Year Northamptonshire Junior Cup Winners 1889-90 Finedon Revellers 1890-91 Raunds Unity 1891-92 No Record 1892-93 Rushden Reserves 1893-94 No Record 1894-95 Rushden Reserves 1895-96 Rushden Reserves 1896-97 No Record 1897-98 Kettering Reserves 1898-99 Daventry United 1899–1900 Rothwell Reserves 1900-01 Desborough Town 1901-02 Rothwell Town 1902-03 Irthlingborough Town 1903-04 Northampton Town Reserves 1904-05 Kettering Town 1905-06 Kettering Town 1906-07 Raunds Town 1907-08 Desborough Town 1908-09 Finedon United 1909-10 Corby Stars 1910-11 Daventry United 1911-12 Peterborough Westwood Works 1912-13 Kettering Town Reserves 1913-14 Walgrave Amber 1915-19 No competition due to World War I 1919-20 Irthlingborough Town 1920-21 Higham Ferrers 1921-22 Desborough Town Reserves

Year Northamptonshire Junior Cup Winners 1922-23 Rushden Town Reserves 1923-24 Rushden Town Reserves 1924-25 Walgrave Amber 1925-26 Rushden Town Reserves 1926-27 Desborough Town Reserves 1927-28 Kingsthorpe FC 1928-29 Rushden Town Reserves 1929-30 Irchester United Sports 1930-31 Daventry Town 1931-32 Kettering Town Reserves 1932-33 Kettering Town Reserves 1933-34 Irchester United Sports Reserves 1934-35 Daventry Stead & Simpsons 1935-36 Woodford Stars 1936-37 Duston FC 1937-38 Kettering United 1938-39 Wollaston Victories 1940-45 No competition due to World War II 1945-46 Stewarts & Lloyds Reserves 1946-47 Duston United 1947-48 Kislingbury 1948-49 Irchester United 1949-50 Northampton Park 1950-51 Braunston United 1951-52 Northampton Park 1952-53 Northampton Park 1953-54 Northampton Park 1954-55 Northampton Park 1955-56 Deanshanger Athletic

Year Northamptonshire Junior Cup Winners 1956-57 Brigstock FC 1957-58 Northampton St Georges 1958-59 Northampton K.G.O.B. 1959-60 Northampton K.G.O.B. 1960-61 Daventry Town 1961-62 Northampton St Georges 1962-63 Northampton Spencer 1963-64 Northampton St Georges 1964-65 Kettering Avondale 1965-66 Desborough Town Reserves 1966-67 Northampton Spencer OB 1967-68 Corby Gainsborough 1968-69 Northampton St Georges 1969-70 Long Buckby 1970-71 Long Buckby 1971-72 Northampton Victoria Rangers 1972-73 Peterborough Rovers 1973-74 Towcester Town 1974-75 Northampton Victoria Rangers 1975-76 Irchester United 1976-77 Geddington Montrose Kettering 1977-78 Northampton St Georges 1978-79 Geddington Montrose Kettering 1979-80 Northampton Crusaders 1980-81 Eye United 1981-82 Eye United 1982-83 Raunds Town 1983-84 Cottingham 1984-85 Towcester Town

Year Northamptonshire Junior Cup Winners 1985-86 Towcester Town 1986-87 Irthlingborough Diamonds Reserves 1987-88 Thrapston Venturas 1988-89 Blisworth 1989-90 Bugbrooke St. Michaels 1990-91 Daventry Town 1991-92 Raunds Town Reserves 1992-93 Raunds Town Reserves 1993-94 Northampton Vanaid 1994-95 Higham Town 1995-96 Wellingborough Whitworth 1996-97 Northampton Vanaid 1997-98 Northampton Vanaid 1998-99 Thrapston Town FC 1999–2000 Cottingham 2000-01 Thrapston Town FC 2001-02 Northampton Sileby Rangers 2002-03 Northampton Sileby Rangers 2003-04 Thrapston Town FC 2004–05 Eye United 2005–06 Wellingborough Town 2006-07 Peterborough Sports FC 2007-08 Rothwell Corinthians 2008–09 Peterborough Northern Star 2009–10 Northampton ON Chenecks 2010-11 Peterborough Northern Star

Source:^[7]

List of Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1892-93 Rushden Reserves 1893-94 Kettering Victorias 1894-95 Kettering Victorias 1895-96 Rushden III or Yardley Hastings 1896-97 Kettering Revellers 1897-98 Daventry United 1898-99 Finedon Rovers 1899–1900 Broughton Victorias 1900-01 Rothwell Reserves 1901-02 Raunds Reserves 1902-03 Rothwell Reserves 1903-04 Earls Barton Wesleyans 1904-05 Kettering Town Reserves 1905-06 Rushden Fosse 1906-07 Kettering Town Reserves 1907-08 Kettering Working Mens 1908-09 Rothwell Town 1909-10 Higham St Marys 1910-11 Northampton Grafton Excelsior 1911-12 Finedon United 1912-13 Northampton St Peters Albion 1913-14 Rushden Church Institute 1915-19 No competition due to WW1 1919-20 Bugbrooke 1920-21 Far Cotton United 1921-22 Northampton Spread Eagle 1922-23 Kislingbury F.C. 1923-24 Northampton Mount Pleasant 1924-25 Kettering United Rlymen

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1925-26 Carthaginians 1926-27 Kettering Morris B.C. 1927-28 Carthaginians 1928-29 Irthlingborough Nomads 1929-30 Burton Latimer St Marys 1930-31 Heyford Athletic 1931-32 Northampton Nelson Athletic 1932-33 Starverton United 1933-34 Harpole F.C. 1934-35 Kettering Miss Butcher's Bible Class 1935-36 Brixworth All Saints 1936-37 Higham Ferrers Adult School 1937-38 Ringstead Rovers 1938-39 Kislingbury F.C. 1940-45 No competition due to World War II 1945-46 Gayton F.C. 1946-47 Kislingbury F.C. 1947-48 Silverstone B.L. 1948-49 Moulton F.C. 1949-50 Cottingham 1950-51 Moulton F.C. 1951-52 Kettering Avondale 1952-53 Little Irchester 1953-54 Barby United 1954-55 Brixworth All Saints 1955-56 Staverton F.C. 1956-57 Bugbrooke St. Michaels 1957-58 Kings Sutton

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1958-59 Bozeat 1959-60 Northampton St Georges 1960-61 Weldon 1961-62 Corby Hearts 1962-63 Woodford United 1963-64 Kings Sutton 1964-65 Desborough Town 'A' 1965-66 Kings Sutton 1966-67 Corby Fuel 1967-68 Eye United 1968-69 Northampton Corinthians 1969-70 Walgrave Amber 1970-71 Walgrave Amber 1971-72 Walgrave Amber 1972-73 Northampton Corinthians 1973-74 Wootton 1974-75 Wootton 1975-76 Heyford Athletic 1976-77 Bugbrooke 1977-78 Thrapston Venturas Reserves 1978-79 Woodford Stars 1979-80 M A S Duston British Timken 1980-81 Duston Magpies 1981-82 Peterborough Mitchell Sports 1982-83 Deanshanger Athletic 1983-84 Cottingham Reserves 1984-85 Peterborough Molins 1985-86 Middleton Cheney 1986-87 Corby FC Fisher

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1987-88 Peterborough Baker Perkins Reserves 1988-89 Peterborough Mem. Delv 1989-90 Geddington WMC 1990-91 Wellingborough Town Reserves 1991-92 Bugbrooke St. Michaels 1992-93 Wilby 1993-94 Peterborough Brotherhood 1994-95 Peterborough Brotherhood 1995-96 Kingscliffe 1996-97 Ford Sports Daventry Reserves 1997-98 Peterborough Perkins Sports Reserves 1998-99 Stanwick Rovers FC 1999–2000 Kettering Nomads 2000-01 Crick Athletic Corby 2001-02 Rushden Rangers 2002-03 Corby Caladonian Stripmills 2003-04 Corby Hellenic 2004–05 Corby Grampion 2005–06 Bugbrooke St. Michaels Reserves 2006-07 Peterborough Silver 2007-08 Wellingborough Town 2004 Reserves 2008–09 Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves 2009–10 Peterborough Northern Star Reserves 2010-11 Northampton Sileby Rangers

Source:^[8]

List of Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1952-53 Towcester Town Reserves 1953-54 Bugbrooke Un Reserves 1954-55 Litchborough United 1955-56 Silverstone B B 1956-57 Northampton Brown Brothers 1957-58 Silverstone B B 1958-59 Blakesley 1959-60 Cold Ashby 1960-61 Clipston Earls 1961-62 Corby United 1962-63 Kings Sutton Reserves 1963-64 Welford Vics 1964-65 Wellingborough United Reserves 1965-66 Kettering Park Wanderers 1966-67 Staverton

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1967-68 West Haddon 1968-69 Northampton Bostrom 1969-70 Northampton Bostrom 1970-71 Pitsford 1971-72 Byfield 1972-73 Yelvertoft 1973-74 Yardley United 1974-75 Corby Avon Cosmetics 1975-76 Peterborough Pearl Assurance 1976-77 M A S Sports 1977-78 Woodford Stars 1978-79 Peterborough Pearl Assurance 1979-80 Peterborough Pearl Assurance 1980-81 Seddon Packaging 1981-82 Corby White Hart

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1982-83 Northampton Sileby Rangers Reserves 1983-84 Peterborough Molins 1984-85 Barton Seagrave 1985-86 Northampton Strollers 1986-87 Peterborough Juventus 1987-88 Peterborough Juventus 1988-89 Northampton Strollers 1989-90 New Duston Athletic 1990-91 Peterborough Thomas Cook Reserves 1991-92 Oundle Town Reserves 1992-93 Peterborough Molins Reserves 1993-94 Potterspury 1994-95 Corby Square Peg 1995-96 Peterborough Silver Jubilee

Year Northamptonshire Lower Junior Cup Winners 1996-97 Heyford Athletic Reserves 1997-98 Peterborough Railway 1998-99 Corby Sporting Lincoln 1999–2000 Long Buckby 2000-01 Stanion United 2001-02 Peterborough Pearl Assurance 2002-03 Peterborough Silver Jubilee Reserves 2003-04 Northampton Queen Eleanor 'A' 2004–05 Wilby 2005–06 Rushden Comer Flag 2006-07 Peterborough Perkins Sports 2007-08 Bugbrooke St. Michaels "B" 2008–09 Oundle Town Reserves 2009–10 Corby Everards 2010-11 Corby Pegasus

Source:^[9]

References

1. ^ "About us". Northamptonshire County Football Association. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/AboutUs/. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
2. ^ "Northamptonshire FA – About Us". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/AboutUs/. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
3. ^ "Northamptonshire FA – Governance - Leagues 2010-11". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/Governance/Leagues/. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
4. ^ "Northamptonshire Combination Football League". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northantscombination.co.uk/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
5. ^ "Northampton Town Football League". Peter Smith Recruitment Northampton Town Football League - Mitoo. http://football.mitoo.co.uk/News.cfm?LeagueCode=NTFL2011. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
6. ^ "Northamptonshire County FA – Fixtures & Results –County Cups". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
7. ^ "Northamptonshire County FA – Fixtures & Results – Past Winners of the NFA Junior Cup". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/LesUnderwoodJuniorCup/Archive/2009-2010/?tab=about. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
8. ^ "Northamptonshire County FA – Fixtures & Results – Past Winners of the NFA Lower Junior Cup". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/LowerJuniorCup/Archive/2009-2010/?tab=about. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
9. ^ "Northamptonshire County FA – Fixtures & Results – Past Winners of the NFA Area Cup". Northamptonshire County FA. http://www.northamptonshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/AreaCup/Archive/2009-2010/?tab=about. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 

External links

• Northamptonshire County FA's official site