Lancashire County Football Association

The Lancashire County Football Association, also known simply as the Lancashire FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Lancashire, England.

History and organisation

The Lancashire FA was formed on 28 September, 1878cite web
title = About us
publisher = Lancashire County Football Association
url = http://www.lancashirefa.com/AboutUs/
accessdate = 2007-01-22] and runs a number of different cup competitions catering for many different levels of football played throughout the county, which is based on the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, before the 1974 county boundary re-organisation. They are based at the County Ground on Thurston Road in Leyland.cite web
title = About us: Facilities
publisher = Lancashire County Football Association
url = http://www.lancashirefa.com/AboutUs/Facilities/
accessdate = 2007-01-22] The county is divided into ten areas with each area having two members on the LFA Council,cite web
title = About us: LFA Council
publisher = Lancashire County Football Association
url = http://www.lancashirefa.com/AboutUs/LFACouncil/
accessdate = 2007-01-22]

Members

Full members

There are 76 clubs who have full membership of the Lancashire FA.cite book
title = Lancashire Football Association Directory of Members Handbook 2007-08
publisher = Lancashire County Football Association
date = 2007
location = Lancashire
isbn = ] These are -

Associate members

Clubs who are associate members of the Lancashire FA include:-

*Coppull United
*Euxton Villa
*Fleetwood Hesketh
*Freckleton
*AFC Fylde
*Garstang
*Kendal Town

County Cups

There are currently six open age football competitions which come under the jurisdiction of the Lancashire FA.

The following restricted age cup competitions also come under their jurisdiction:-

*Lancashire FA Under 18 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 16 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 15 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 14 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 13 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 12 Youth Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 16 Girls Knockout Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 14 Girls Knockout Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 18 Inter League Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 16 Inter League Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 14 Inter League Cup
*Lancashire FA Under 12 Inter League Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.lancashirefa.com Lancashire FA official website]