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NORTHUMBERLAND SCHOOLS' FA
ESFA U16 Inter County Champions 1997, 1999
ESFA U18 Inter County Champions 1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2009
WELCOME to the Northumberland Schools' FA website. You should be able to find out all you need to know about schools' football in the county here. If you have any comments or queries CONTACT
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FIXTURES
Saturday 29th January
U18s v South Yorkshire
Northern Counties Knockout Cup
Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster (DN4 5JW) 2.00 kick off
Saturday 5th February
U16 boys v Durham
Northen Counties Knockout Cup
Newcastle University Longbenton Sports Ground (NE12 8AD)
11.00 kick off
Saturday 12th February
U16 girls v Lancashire
ESFA Champions Cup - Semi-final
Fleetwood Town FC Training Ground
Poolfoot Fram, Cleveleys, FY5 4HX
16.00 kick off
Friday 18th February
U18s v Cleveland
Northern Counties League (East)
Newcastle University, Cochrane Park (NE7 7JX) 7.00 kick off
ESFA Champions Cup
NSFA U14 and U16 girls and U16 boys are particpating in these new competitions.
Information about progress can be found HERE
Under 11 Seven-a-side County Finals
Small Schools Final
The finals of the Northumberland Small Schools U11 Seven-a-side were held in Gosforth on Tuesday 25th January.
Six schools played in a league format.
The winners were St Oswald's PS (Newcastle SFA). They will represent Northumberland at the North Regional Finals later in the season
St Oswald's PS - winners of the Small Schools cup
Winners of the Girls Cup were Valley Gardens MS (North Tyneside) and winners of the School Teams Cup were Gosforth East MS (Newcastle)
Valley Gardens MS - winners of the Girls Cup
Gosforth East MS - winners of the School Teams Cup
Results
(also see these links: U14 girls; U16 girls; U16 boys; U18s)
ESFA Champions Cup
Northumberland U16 boys 3 Staffordshire 5
Oxfordshire U16 girls 1 Northumberland 5
Oxfordshire U14 girls 3 Northumberland 0
Northern Counties League
NSFA U16 girls 1 Cleveland 0
Cleveland U14 girls 6 NSFA 1
NSFA U14 girls 10 South Yorkshire 2
NSFA U16 girls 0 South Yorkshire 0
NSFA U16 boys 4 Cleveland 1
Durham U14 girls 7 NSFA 1
Durham U16 boys 1 NSFA 1
Durham U18s 1 NSFA 2
Durham U16 girls 0 NSFA 12
NSFA U16 boys 12 Cumbria 0
Congratulations
The following players have been selected to represent the North of England v Midlands in the next stage of selection to represent the ESFA National teams.
After those trials all three Northumberland players have been selected for the Final Trial for the England team.
U15 girls
Cara Fisher - Ponteland HS
Freya Grace Dios - Bede Academy
Niamh Boothroyd - St Mary's Catholic Schoool
NSFA U16 boys v Cleveland, 13.10.21
County Team Fixtures and Results
Follow these links to find fixtures and results for the
NSFA County Teams
U14 girls U16 girls U16 boys U18 boys
County teams: U14 girls; U16 girls; U16 boys
We are pleased to announce the players seleected to represent Northumberland Schools' FA in these age groups. Thanks to all who partipated in the selection process.
Under 14 girls
Under 16 girls
Under 16 boys
LOCKDOWN RESEARCH!!
Update: June 2021
Another page has been added in this category, tracking a variety of Representative Honours.
Go to:
Representative Honours
International honours...
During the most recent lockdown, Executive Committee member Ian Beck has been researching players who went to school in the Northumberland County Schools' FA area (which includes Newcastle and North Tyneside) and have gone on to represent England - both at Schoolboy level and Full International level.
The first local schoolboy to become a full international was Tom Porteous - in 1891; the most recent was Fraser Forster in 2013 - the same year that Lucy Bronze (who hails from Alnwick) made her debut too.
How many of these players could YOU name?
Follow this link:
International Honours
HISTORY
The pages which refer to aspects of our history are gradually being updated.
Why not have a read here?
COVID 19 GUIDANCE from DfE and ESFA
The ESFA has a page on the DfE website with latest guidance. Click anywhere in this message for the link.
TEMPORARY DISMISSALS
The use of temporary dismissals ("Sin Bins") applies to all football below the professional game. Schools have been sent a link to The FA's training video - but more information can be found by clicking HERE
The FA Mini Soccer and Youth Futsal Handbook
You can download a copy of this document here
HISTORICAL FEATURE ON THE WEBSITE
We have just added a page called 'Historical Snippets'.
The first feature is about George Priest who played for Northumberland in 1930. See the page listed on the left or follow this LINK
SUPPORT for PE in SCHOOLS from The FA
Ryan Davies – Regional PE & Coaching in Education Coordinator (North East)
See the FA Physical Education page to learn more...
SAFEGUARDING
If you have any concerns regrding the Safeguarding of young people in football, please do not hesitate to contact our Child Welfare Officer, Steve Swinyard
The FA has commissioned a dedicated NSPCC free helpline for adults who were victims of sexual abuse in childhood within the football industry.
Staffed by independent, experienced NSPCC professionals, the helpline will offer support and guidance for adults who were victims of childhood sexual abuse within the game at all levels from grassroots to Premier League and is a safe space for any further whistleblowing.
The helpline is available 24 hours a day on 0800 023 2642.
Trained staff will offer support, advice and guidance, and will refer cases on to the police or other agencies as appropriate, such as if a child is in immediate danger.
Referrals of concerns about recent and non-recent incidents in schools’ football should continue to be made to ESFA National Welfare Officer Sarah DaCosta sarah.dacosta@schoolsfa.com tel 07960500723 or directly to The FA’s safeguarding team via safeguarding@thefa.com
The Northumberland Schools' FA Welfare Officer is:
Steve Swinyard.
His contact details are:
steveswinyard@gmail.com
07919182836