Within England there are nine regional competitions; these leagues are ability banded and are pan-disability.
The following are the competition administrators:
North East - Phil Woodward, Durham County FA. Tel: 0191 384 8653
North West - Jodi Unsworth, Liverpool FC. Tel: 0151 263 2361
West Midlands - Lindsay Leighton, Stoke City FiTC. Tel: 01782 592222
East Midlands - John Ball, Leicestershire and Rutland FA. Tel: 0116 284 5937
Eastern - Darren Oldroyd, Norwich City FiTC. Tel: 01603 760760
London and South East - Glyn Newberry, London Borough of Southwark. Tel: 0207 525 1105
South West - Liz Pill, Dorset County FA. Tel: 01202 682375
Yorkshire - Wayne Perry. Tel: 07790 202263
South East - Dylan Evans. Tel: 07903 248817
To ensure these and the national competitions meet FA guidelines and enable County Football Association’s/partner organisation / Football Association to affiliate these events it is important the structure of the competition is as follows:
|
Age Group |
No. of Players |
Pitch Size |
Laws |
|
U11s Mixed |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Mini soccer |
|
U16s Boys |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Mini soccer |
|
U16s Girls |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Mini soccer |
|
Men's Premiership |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Small Sided |
|
Men's Championship |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Small Sided |
|
Men's League |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Small Sided |
|
Women's |
7-a-side |
60 x 40 |
Small Sided |
Premiership Level - players able to cope physically, good levels of spatial awareness, excellent ability to understand tactics and good level of physical strength and fitness.
Championship Level - players would be mobile, have spatial and tactical awareness, knowledge of the laws of the game and have a good level of fitness.
League Level - 5-a-side, players would have limited mobility, spatial awareness and fitness.