The County Football Associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of Sunday league football. They also sometimes deal with such matters as the training of new referees and coaches.

Most of the County FAs align roughly along historic county boundaries, although some cover more than one county, and some of the major cities, particularly those with a strong football tradition, have their own FAs. The Sheffield FA was the first to be created, in 1867. Several institutions have county FA status in their own right, including Cambridge and Oxford universities, the armed forces, and the Amateur Football Alliance, which has a strong presence in the south-east of England.

The county football associations, along with their fellow associations from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland run the Tesco Cup, a tournament for young players sponsored by the supermarket company. At present there is a boy's tournament at Under 13 level and two girl's tournaments at Under 14 and Under 16 levels.

[edit] FA Council representation

Each County Football Association is represented by one of its members on the FA Council.

Association	Representative
Amateur Football Alliance	M Brown
Army	Major W T E Thomson
Bedfordshire	P D Brown
Berks & Bucks	J A Christopher
Birmingham	R J Wood
Cambridgeshire	J W Coad ATII
Cambridge University	Dr J A Little
Cheshire	D Edmunds
Cornwall	G Lee
Cumberland	J A Murphy
Derbyshire	K Compton
Devon	D J Henson
Dorset	P S Hough
Durham	P Maguire
East Riding	D Johnson
English Schools	J A Read
Essex	M B Game
Gloucestershire	R F Burden FCIB, MBCS, FRSA
Hampshire	E J Ward
Herefordshire	R J Perks
Hertfordshire	R G Kibble
Huntingdonshire	M Frost
Independent Schools	D R Elleray
Kent	P C B Smith
Lancashire	D J Lewin
Leicestershire & Rutland	J Folwell
Lincolnshire	R C Jackson
Liverpool	F L J Hunter
London	A J Sharples
Manchester	J B Halford
Middlesex	P J Clayton
Norfolk	R J Howlett JP
Northamptonshire	B Walden
North Riding	K Boyer
Northumberland	R E Maughan
Nottinghamshire	J J Waterall
Oxfordshire	D Hovard
Oxford University	R Tur
Royal Air Force	Sqn Ldr J France
Royal Navy	Lt Cdr S G Vasey RN
Sheffield and Hallamshire	P Jackson
Shropshire	S T Farmer JP
Somerset	A P Hockley
Staffordshire	B J Adshead
Suffolk	W M Steward
Surrey	R S Lewis
Sussex	P R Bentley
Westmorland	G Aplin
West Riding	G R Carter, JP
Wiltshire	M G Benson
Women's Football Conference	Mrs S Hough
Worcestershire	M R Leggett

[edit] See also

• The Football Association
• The FA Council

[edit] External links

• County FA contact details

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