Norfolk County Football Association

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Norfolk County Football Association
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Website www.norfolkfa.com

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

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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:

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:

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

Season Norfolk Senior Cup WinnersNorfolk Junior Cup WinnersNorfolk Primary Cup Winners
2004–05 Diss Town Dersingham RoversEast Harling
2005–06 Dereham Town Caister UnitedDereham Posties
2006–07 Dereham Town Norwich United ReservesDereham Posties
2007–08 Wroxham Horsford UnitedLynn Docklands
2008–09 King's Lynn ReservesNorwich St JohnsDocking Rangers
2009–10MattishallWest Lynn Sports & Social ClubOld Hunstanton
2010–11 Dereham Town UEAHopton
2011–12 Gorleston Reffley RoyalsHaven Bridge United
2012–13 Norwich City U21CatfieldScarning United
2013–14 Gorleston CatfieldOne Love United
2014–15 Wroxham Castle Acre SwiftsDereham Taverners
2015–16 Dereham Town MundfordDereham Taverners
2016–17King's Lynn TownUEADereham Taverners
2017–18Norwich UnitedDussindale RoversGayton United Reserves
2018–19 Dereham Town Gorleston ReservesCelt Rangers
2019–20Not completed due to Covid-19 pandemic Not completed due to Covid-19 pandemic Not completed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020–21 Gorleston Wells TownUpwell Town
2021–22Mulbarton WanderersWymondham TownSprowston A
2022–23 Gorleston Castle Acre SwiftsAG Hingham

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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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