The Manchester Football Association (also known as the Manchester FA) is the

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for

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in the centre of the city of

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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. They are responsible for the governance and development of football at all levels in the area.

Administration

Manchester Football Association aims to establish safe and structured football opportunities for the benefit of all concerned irrespective of age, colour, gender and ability. The MFA provide the appropriate structures and systems to enable the association to manage, regulate and promote the game of football within the County. This also enables them to assist with the development of the game at all levels, ensuring they are able to increase the quality and levels of participation across a broad spectrum of players, officials, parents and supporters in the County. The administrative area covered by the Manchester FA and

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overlaps, in addition to Cheshire FA, Derbyshire FA and Liverpool County FA. According to the ''Memorandum on Areas and Overlapping of Associations'' the Manchester FA covers the area 12 miles from Manchester Town Hall. Manchester FA has relocated their Administration Headquarters to the Platt Lane Complex. The offices were opened at their new Headquarters in 2014. Manchester FA relocated the Administration Headquarters again to the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre in the Etihad Campus, which was opened in May 2018.

Affiliated Leagues

Men's Saturday Leagues

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* Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League *Manchester Saturday Morning League (1989) *Wigan and District League

Other Leagues

*Greater Manchester Ability Counts Football League (2003) *Greater Manchester Police League (1975) *Greater Manchester Veterans League (2001) *ISS League (Wednesdays) (2004) *Manchester Jewish Soccer League (1948) *South Manchester and Cheshire Christian League

Men's Sunday Leagues

*Cheshire and Manchester Sunday League (1971) *Eccles Sunday League (1969) *Hyde & District Sunday League (1968) *Manchester Accountants Sunday League *Manchester Amateur Sunday League (1947) *Middleton and District Sunday League (1959) *Oldham Sunday Football League (1970) *Stockport and Cheadle Sunday League *Tameside Sunday League (1965)

Ladies and Girls Leagues

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*Cheshire and Manchester Women's League *North Manchester Girls League (2000) *South Manchester Girls League (2003)

Youth Leagues

*Bury and Radcliffe Junior League *City of Salford Soccer League *East Manchester Junior League (1970) *Manchester Youth and Mini Soccer League (1982) *North Bury Junior League (1973) *Stockport Metro Junior League *Tameside and District Junior League (1970) *Timperley Junior League

Small Sided Leagues

*Manchester College Small Sided League *Manchester FA Business League Summer 6’s * Manchester Futsal League *Manchester Women's Small Sided League *Salford Small Sided Veterans League

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Manchester FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including: *Ashton and District League *Ashton and District Sunday League (formed in 1959 and disbanded in 2010) *Blackley Amateur Sunday League *Bury Amateur League *Eccles and District Amateur League *Manchester Amateur League *Manchester and District Alliance *Oldham Amateur League *Reddish and District Junior League (now known as the East Manchester Junior League) *Rochdale Alliance (disbanded in 2017) *Rusholme Sunday League *Salford Sunday League *South Manchester and Wythenshawe League

Affiliated Member Clubs

Among the notable clubs that are affiliated to the Manchester FA are: Clubs in the

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and

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that located in the Manchester area include: Other clubs that are affiliated to the Manchester FA include:

County Cup Competitions

The Manchester FA run the following Cup Competitions:

List of Manchester Challenge Shield Winners

Source

List of Manchester Intermediate Challenge Cup Winners

''(Formerly Manchester Challenge Shield)'' Source

List of Manchester Premier Challenge Cup Winners

''(Formerly Manchester Intermediate Challenge Cup)'' Source

List of Manchester Junior Cup Winners

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List of Manchester Challenge Trophy Winners

''(Formerly Manchester Junior Cup)'' Source

List of Manchester Amateur Cup Winners

Source

Directors & Officials

Board of Directors

*J Green *D Owen (Chair) *J McLellan-Grant (Vice Chair) *J Craven *C Bridgford *C Brindley (INED) *A Lawler (INED) *D Treasure (INED) *P Kay (INED) *D O'Donoghue (INED)

Key Officials

*Colin Bridgford (Chief Executive) *Daniel Green (Head of Participation & Development) *Richard Cooper (Head of Business Services & Regulations) *Lee Folkard (Participation Manager) *Linda Meehan (Financial Controller)

References

External links

* {{County Football Association County football associations Football in Greater Manchester