Sunday league football

Sunday league football

Sunday league football is a term used in England to describe those association football leagues which play on Sunday, as opposed to the more usual Saturday. These leagues tend to be lower standard amateur competitions, whose players may have relatively little ability, but play purely for the love of the game. The term pub league can also be used, due to the number of public houses that enter teams.

Sunday leagues are sanctioned by the local County Football Association, or (especially in London) the Amateur Football Alliance. There is no organised promotion or relegation between leagues, unlike in the National League System, which covers the top few levels of amateur football, although many leagues operate several divisions with promotion and relegation between them. However, ambitious Sunday teams may apply to join a Saturday league for a higher standard of football, and from there graduate to the FA-sanctioned leagues.

The FA Sunday Cup is a national knock-out competition for English Sunday league football teams administered by the FA. It was first staged in 1964.

The most prominent single location for Sunday league football is Hackney Marshes in east London.

Sunday leagues also exist in Scotland, where they make use of local council-owned pitches and facilities for nominal fees and are known as Sunday Welfare Football.

Women's football and futsal are usually played on Sunday, but it is not considered Sunday league football.

External links

* [http://www.sunday-football.co.uk/ Directory of Sunday Football teams in the UK]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sunday League — may refer to:*Sunday league football, amateur football (soccer) played on Sundays in the UK. *The Sunday League, the precursor tournament to the National League in English cricket …   Wikipedia

  • Sunday Night Football — is a weekly American football game held throughout most of the season by the National Football League. It has been played since 1987 and has thus far aired on three television networks.* ESPN Sunday Night Football , which aired on the cable… …   Wikipedia

  • NBC Sunday Night Football — Format Sports Starring Commentators: Al Michaels Cris Collinsworth …   Wikipedia

  • NBC Sunday Night Football results (2006–present) — The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League games aired on NBC under the game package NBC Sunday Night Football. The list includes both regular season and post season game results, both produced by NBC… …   Wikipedia

  • Football in England — Football is the national sport of England and plays a significant role in English culture.TerminologyThe sport is almost always referred to simply as football ; it is unusual for it to be called soccer and it is only referred to as association… …   Wikipedia

  • ESPN Sunday Night Football results (1987-2005) — This is a list of results of National Football League games played on ESPN Sunday Night Football. In 1987, the NFL began regularly scheduling games for Sunday nights to be aired on ESPN during the second half of the season. The league expanded… …   Wikipedia

  • Istanbul Sunday League — The Istanbul Sunday League was started in 1902 and was the first football league in Turkey. The first club in turkey, Kadıköyspor, was founded by James LaFontaine and Horace Armitage. The team was made up mostly of Englishmen and Greeks. Three… …   Wikipedia

  • ESPN Sunday Night Football — infobox television | show name = ESPN Sunday Night Football format = Sports runtime = 180 minutes+ starring = Mike Patrick Joe Theismann Paul Maguire Suzy Kolber country = USA network = ESPN (1987 2005) first aired = November 8 1987 last aired =… …   Wikipedia

  • Sunday — is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In the Jewish law it is the first day of the Hebrew calendar week. In many Christian traditions it is the Christian Sabbath, which replaced the Jewish Shabbat.… …   Wikipedia

  • Football hooliganism — such as brawls, vandalism, and intimidation carried out by Association football club supporters and fans.cite news |title=Another sorry outbreak of the English disease |publisher=The Independent|date=2004 06… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”