The Liverpool County Football Association, simply known as the Liverpool FA, is the

County Football Association The county football associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England and the Crown dependencies. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player ...

in the city of

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. It runs several

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and

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competitions in the city.

Organisation

The aim of the Liverpool County Football Association Ltd (LCFA), is to establish for the benefit of all concerned within Football, the appropriate structures and systems to enable the Association to control, manage, regulate and promote the game within the area. This will enable us to assist with the development of the game, to increase the quality and quantity of participation across the various sections. The LCFA Sefton site is operated by the LCFA and boasts high-quality outdoor pitches and five 5-a-side pitches, with a full-size 3G pitch to open by January 2022. Specific Objectives of LCFA are: • To govern and administer all aspects of football within the County boundary • To proactively introduce the initiatives of the Football Association to all bodies of football within the County boundary • To actively encourage people to participate and develop their individual skills, through their participation in football

Affiliated leagues

There are a large number of leagues covering the Merseyside and Cheshire areas, many of which are affiliated to the Liverpool County FA but some are affiliated to the Cheshire County FA or

Lancashire County FA The Lancashire County Football Association, also known simply as the Lancashire FA, is the governing body of football within the historical county boundaries of Lancashire, England. They are responsible for the governance and development of foot ...

Men's Saturday leagues

Men's Sunday leagues

Other leagues

*Merseyside Ability Counts League *Merseyside Christian League

Youth leagues

Ladies and girls leagues

* LCFA Women's League *LCFA Girls League *West Lancs Girl's League

Small-sided leagues

Futsal leagues

*LCFA Men's Futsal League *LCFA Women's Futsal League

Disbanded or amalgamated leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Liverpool County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including: *Liverpool and District Sunday League (merged 2020 with Liverpool Business Houses Football League) *

Liverpool County Combination The Liverpool County Football Combination was a association football, football league based in Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1908 and had its first season in 1909–10. A second division was quickly formed, and the league ran with two divi ...

I Zingari League The I Zingari League was an amateur association football competition based in Liverpool, England which existed from 1895. Its name means 'the gypsies' in dialecticised Italian, and I Zingari was the name of an English amateur cricket club formed ...

* St Helens Combination *Birkenhead and Wirral League *Liverpool Shipping League *Liverpool and District CMS League *Halewood Junior League *Merseyside Junior Winter League *Rainhill and District Junior League

Affiliated member clubs

Among the notable clubs that are (or have been) affiliated to the Liverpool County FA are: * AFC Liverpool *

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* City of Liverpool * Everton *

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(now defunct) * Knowsley United (now defunct) *

Maghull Maghull ( ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside (historically a part of Lancashire). The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The area also contains Ashworth Hospital. Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Cens ...

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* New Brighton (now defunct) *

Prescot Cables Prescot Cables Football Club is a supporter-owned football club based in Prescot, Merseyside. It was established in 1884 and has also been known as Prescot and Prescot Town. They compete in the and play their home games at Valerie Park. They ...

* Rylands *

Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Footb ...

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* South Liverpool *

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Competitions

Leagues

Adult cups

Youth cups

External links

References

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