The Devon County Football Association, also simply known as the ''Devon FA'', is the

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of football in the county of

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. The Devon FA was founded in 1888 in Plymouth. They run a number of league and cup competitions for teams of all levels across the county, and representative teams for Senior Ladies, Under 18 Men and Under 18 Ladies.

History

The Devon County Football Association was formed in 1888 at a meeting held in the pavilion of Plymouth Cricket Club, South Devon Place, which is now the Astor Playing Fields at Cattedown. The founding clubs were: * Plymouth F.C. * Plymouth United * Argyle FC *

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* Newton * Carlton Oaks * Tavistock Grammar School * Mannamead School Initially the County FA established a set of rules for members and oversaw friendlies and inter county representative matches. The first County Representative match took place in March 1888 at

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against Somerset County FA where they were defeated by two goals to nil. The return fixture in April also ended in a defeat by two goals to three. In 1889, the County Cup competition, the Challenge Cup, was inaugurated. The first winners were Tavistock Town who defeated Plymouth FC in the final.

Leagues

Devon is one of the largest County FAs by geographic area. There are five affiliated Saturday men's leagues, one Women's league, four Sunday leagues and a Wednesday league. They are: Saturday *

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* Kingsley League (in recess) Women's * Devon Women's League Sunday * Exeter and District Sunday League * Torbay Sunday League * North Devon Sunday League * Plymouth and West Devon Sunday League *

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Additionally there are 8 Junior Boy's leagues and one Girl's league. Affiliated clubs also play in other Football Association and Football League competitions. These include the three senior clubs that play in Football League Two (as of 2013) of Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City and Torquay United.

County Cups

The Devon St Lukes Challenge Cup is the senior county knockout cup competition. Other cup competitions include: * St Lukes Challenge Cup * Devon Premier Cup *

Devon Senior Cup The Devon Senior Cup is the third tier county cup in the county of Devon. It is administered by the Devon County Football Association The Devon County Football Association, also simply known as the ''Devon FA'', is the governing body of foot ...

* Devon Intermediate Cup * Devon Veterans Cup * Devon Midweek Cup * Devon Sunday Supplementary Cup * Devon Under 13 Boys Cup * Devon Under 14 Boys Cup * Devon Under 15 Boys Cup * Devon Under 16 Boys Cup * Devon Under 18 Youth Cup * Devon Women's Senior Cup * Devon Women's Supplementary Cup * Devon Under 13 Girls Cup * Devon Under 15 Girls Cup * Devon Under 16 Girls Cup

References

External links

Devon FA's official site
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