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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
ESFA U14 boys Inter County Champions 2023
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
SEASON 2024-25
NORTHERN COUNTIES CHAMPIONS!!
U18 Northern Counties League
FINAL: South Yorkshire 0 Northumberland 4
Winning U18 team
U16 boys Northern Counties League
FINAL: Durham 0 Northumberland 3
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!
Many congratulations to Valley Gardens Middle School U11 girls who are ESFA Pokemon national champions, winning the U11 girls' six-a-side competition
NORTHERN COUNTIES WINNERS
Northumberland are the first winners of the new Northern Counties U16 girls Knockout Cup
Merseyside 0 Northumberland 1
Saturday 10th May 2025
NATIONAL RUNNERS-UP
ESFA National Under 16 boys Inter-county Cup Final
MONDAY 5th MAY, STOKE CITY FC, 1.30 ko
Essex 3 Northumberland 1
INTERNATIONAL CALL UP
ESFA POKEMON Under 11 Seven-a-sides
The winners of the County Finals of the School Teams competition were English Martyrs PS from the Newcastle association. They will represent Northumberland at the North Region Finals later in the season.
The Girls' Team winners were Valley Gardens MS (North Tyneside)
The Small Schools winers were St Alban's PS (Newcastle SFA)
COUNTY TEAM FIXTURES
Under 14 girls
Friday 8th November
Cleveland 5 Northumberland 1 (ESFA KO Cup)
Tuesday 17th December
Northumberland 1 Durham 6 (Northern Counties)
Tuesday 4th February
Durham 4 Northumberland 0 (Northern Counties)
Saturday 8th February
Northumberland 0 Cleveland 6 (Northern Counties)
Sunday 23rd March v South Yorkshire (Northern Counties)
(away, venue tbc, 13.00ko)
Tuesday March 25th
Cleveland 4 Northumberland 2 (Northern Counties)
Sunday April 20th v South Yorkshire (Northern Counties)
Newcastle University, Cochrane Park, 1.00 KO
Under 16 girls
Saturday 9th November
Northumberland 3 Humberside 1 (ESFA KO Cup)
Saturday 11th January
West Midlands 2 Northumberland 0 AET(ESFA KO CUP)
Thursday 6th February
Durham 3 Northumberland 1 (Northern Counties)
Saturday 8th February
Northumberland 4 Cleveland 1 (Northern Counties)
Tuesday March 25th
Northumberland 1 Durham 1 (Northern Counties)
Wednesday April 9th
Cleveland Northumberland (Northern Counties)
Sunday April 13th
Northumberand 2 Lancashire 0 (NC KO Cup)
Sunday April 27th
Lancashire 8 Northumberland 0 (NC League semi-final)
Under 16 boys
Saturday October 5th
Cumbria 1 Northumberland 3 (N. Counties)
(Cumbria have withdrawn from the competiton so this result will not count in the East League)
Saturday 12th October
Northumberland 1 Humberside 0 (ESFA KO Cup)
Saturday 9th November
Northumberland 2 North Yorkshire 1 (Northern Counties)
Friday 15th November
Northumberland 5 Cleveland 1 (Northern Counties)
Friday 29th November
Northumberland 4 Cleveland 0 (ESFA KO Cup)
Sunday 25th January
Cheshire 0 Northumberland 2 (ESFA KO Cup QF)
Friday 28th February
South Yorkshire 0 Northumberland 1 (Nothern Counties)
Friday 7th March
Durham 0 Northumberland 4 (ESFA KO Cup Semi Final)
Friday 21st March
Northumberland 0 Durham 1 (Northern Counties)
(This result means that Northumberland top the East Division with Durham in second place. Both qualify for the NC semi-finals v the winners and runners up from the West Division - which is yet to be yet to be decided)
Friday March 28th
Cleveland 0 Northumberland 2 (NC KO Cup)
Saturday 26th April
Northumberland 4 Cheshire 2 (NC League semi-final)
(Northumberland will be away to the winners of the Lancashire/Durham semi-final in the Northern Counties Championship Final)
Monday 4th May
Essex 3 Northumberland 1
ESFA U16 National Cup Final
Sunday 18th May
Lancashire 5 Northumberland 0
(NC KO Cup semi-final)
Friday 6th June
Durham 0 Northumberland 3
(NC League Final)
Northumberland are Northern Counties champions
Under 14 boys
Saturday 12th October
Northumberland 5 Merseyside 3 (ESFA KO Cup)
Monday 14th October
Durham 3 Northumberland 0 (Northern Counties)
Friday 15th November
Cleveland 1 Northumberland 3 (Northern Counties)
Friday 29th November
Northumberland 3 Cleveland 2 (ESFA KO Cup)
Thursday 12th December
Northumberland 5 Durham 0 (Northern Counties)
Friday 17th January
South Yorkshire 2 Northumberland 1 (ESFA KO Cup)
Saturday 8th February
Lancashire 6 Northumberland 1 (NC KO Cup)
Monday February 17th
Northumberland 2 Cleveland 3 (Northern Counties)
Monday 24th March
Northumberland 0 South Yorkshire 0 (Northern Counties)
Friday April 18th
South Yorkshire 1 Northumberland 0 (Northern Counties)
Under 18s
Friday 22nd November
Cleveland Blues 0 Northumberland 1(Northern Counties)
Thursday 19th December
Northumberland 2 Durham 2 (Northern Counties)
Friday 17th January
Cleveland Reds 3 Northumberland 4 (Northern Counties)
Saturday 25th January
Lancashire 0 Northumberland 3 (NC Knockout Cup)
Friday 31st January
Durham 1 Northumberland 1 (Northern Counties)
Thursday 6th February
Northumberland 1 Cleveland Reds 1 (Northern Counties)
Thursday 20th February
Northumberland 4 Cleveland Blues 0 (Northern Counties)
Friday April 4th
South Yorkshire 1 Northumberland 1 (NC KO Cup)
South Yorkshire won 5-4 on penalties
Saturday 12th April
Northumberland 2 Lancashire 2 (NC league semi-final)
Northumberland won 4-3 on penalties
Saturday 6th June
South Yorkshire 0 Northumberland 4 (NC Final)
Northumberland are Northern Counties champions
COACHING OPPORTUNITY
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
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