Norfolk County Football Association

The Norfolk County Football Association is the governing body for football in the county of Norfolk, England.

Norfolk County Football Association
PurposeFootball association
HeadquartersThe FDC
Clover Hill Road
Location
Matt Carpenter
Websitewww.norfolkfa.com

History and Organisation

Norfolk County Football Association was founded in 1881 and has been administering football in the County, at both grass roots and professional level, for over 120 years.

For most of this time the work has been carried out on an honorary basis, however funding support from The Football Association led to the association becoming administered by a full-time secretariat in 1996.

On 24 August 1999 the association became a limited company, again at the behest of The Football Association. Since then The FA has taken a far greater interest in County Associations, working in partnership to provide increased sums of money to support new initiatives and staffing.

Since becoming a limited company, the structure of the association has changed significantly. The council oversees the implementation of policy through its committee structure in ‘football’ matters, including in the areas of Competitions, Discipline and Referees. The Board of Directors has responsibility for Financial and Commercial matters, whilst the staff at County Headquarters is responsible for implementing the decisions made by the two groups.

The association acquired the leasehold of a purpose built football facility in Bowthorpe, Norwich in 2009 – the site becoming known as the Norfolk County FA Football Development Centre, or 'the FDC'. The Centre is a hub of both regulated and recreational activity for the football community of Norwich and Norfolk, offering a range of small sided and full sizes football facilities.[1]

The work of the County Football Association is underpinned by an army of volunteers involved within the County's member leagues and clubs. Without their contribution, it would be impossible to organise and run football on the scale it is enjoyed in Norfolk today.[2]

Football Development

Norfolk County FA’s Football Development team works towards improving every aspect of the grassroots game. Their day to day involvement includes:

  • Developing and assisting local clubs towards the achievement of Charter Standard awards
  • Developing volunteers through a wide variety of coach, medical and refereeing courses
  • Developing facilities by working in conjunction with funding bodies such as The Football Foundation
  • Developing football amongst children through involvement with schools and education programmes [3]

Affiliated Leagues

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Norfolk County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including:

  • Aldred League (forerunner of the Great Yarmouth and District League)
  • Catton and District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
  • Comrades League (a league that operated in the Great Yarmouth area during the latter part of World War I)
  • Dereham and District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
  • East Anglian League (amalgamated with the Norfolk and Suffolk League in 1964 to become the Anglian Combination)
  • Great Yarmouth & District Saturday League
  • Great Yarmouth Sunday League
  • Great Yarmouth Borough League
  • Norfolk and Suffolk League (amalgamated with the East Anglian League in 1964 to become the Anglian Combination)
  • Norfolk Youth Football Combination League (amalgamated with the North East Norfolk Youth League and South Norfolk Youth League to become the Norfolk Combined Youth Football League)
  • North East Norfolk Youth League (amalgamated with the South Norfolk Youth League and Norfolk Youth Football Combination League to become the Norfolk Combined Youth Football League)
  • Norwich and District Saturday League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
  • Norwich and South Norfolk District League (now part of the Central and South Norfolk League)
  • South Norfolk League
  • South Norfolk Youth League (amalgamated with the North East Norfolk Youth League and Norfolk Youth Football Combination League to become the Norfolk Combined Youth Football League)
  • Thetford and District Sunday Football League (now known as the Breckland and District Sunday Football League)
  • Thetford and District Youth League
  • Waveney Youth League

Affiliated Member Clubs

Among the notable clubs that are (or were at one time) affiliated to the Norfolk County FA are:

County Cup Competitions

The Norfolk County FA run the following Cup Competitions:

Source[6]

List of recent Norfolk County Cup Winners
SeasonNorfolk Senior Cup WinnersNorfolk Junior Cup WinnersNorfolk Primary Cup Winners
2004–05Diss TownDersingham RoversEast Harling
2005–06Dereham TownCaister UnitedDereham Posties
2006–07Dereham TownNorwich United ReservesDereham Posties
2007–08WroxhamHorsford UnitedLynn Docklands
2008–09King's Lynn ReservesNorwich St JohnsDocking Rangers
2009–10MattishallWest Lynn Sports & Social ClubOld Hunstanton
2010–11Dereham TownUEAHopton
2011–12GorlestonReffley RoyalsHaven Bridge United
2012–13Norwich City U21CatfieldScarning United
2013–14GorlestonCatfieldOne Love United
2014–15WroxhamCastle Acre SwiftsDereham Taverners
2015–16Dereham TownMundfordDereham Taverners
2016–17King's Lynn TownUEADereham Taverners
2017–18Norwich UnitedDussindale RoversGayton United Reserves
2018–19Dereham TownGorleston ReservesCelt Rangers
2019–20Not completed due to Covid-19 pandemicNot completed due to Covid-19 pandemicNot completed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020–21GorlestonWells TownUpwell Town
2021–22Mulbarton WanderersWymondham TownSprowston A
2022–23GorlestonCastle Acre SwiftsAG Hingham

Directors & Officials

References
  1. "Facilities at the FDC, Norwich".
  2. "Norfolk County FA – About Us". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  3. "Norfolk County FA – Football Development". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  4. "Norfolk County FA – Sunday Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  5. "Norfolk County FA – Female Leagues". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  6. "Norfolk County FA – Fixtures & Results – County Cups". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  7. "Norfolk County FA – Board of Directors". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  8. "Norfolk County FA – Staff Structures". Norfolk County FA. Retrieved 2023-06-05.


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