Junior Football
FOOTBALL LEAGUE COMMUNITY CUP 2009
Once again, The Football League are staging the 'Community Cup' for under 11's.
Each of the 72 Football League Clubs hold the 'Local Stage' of the tournament to
find a wining Primary School to represent their club.
The Stockport County FC tournament will be staged as follows -
Local Phase - Group Stages
Venue: Power League Complex, Heaton Mersey
Date: Monday 17th - Wednesday 19th November 2008
Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th November 2008
Teams: 100 x Primary Schools
Local Phase - Play Off Day
Venue: Power League Complex, Heaton Mersey
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Teams: 12 x Group Winners from Group Stages
Local Phase - Final
Venue: Stockport County FC, Edgeley Park
Date: Saturday 14th March 2009
Fixture: Stockport County v Leyton Orient
Teams: 2 x Play off Day Group Winners
Regional Phase - Area Finals
Venue: TBC
Date: 1st April to 30th April 2009
Team: Winning Primary School from Local Phase Final
Clubs: Carlisle United
Crewe Alexandra
Hartlepool United
Hereford United
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Oldham Athletic
Scunthorpe United
Stockport County
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall
National Phase - Final
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Date: Sunday 25th May 2009
Fixture: Football League One Play-Off Final
Teams: Northern Final winner v Southern Final Winner
Primary Schools in Stockport, High Peak, Tameside and North Cheshire, have now
been sent Application Forms to enrol 1 or 2 teams into The Community Cup, the
deadline for applications to be in is Monday 10th November 2008.
Hopefully, our tournament will build on the 70 x Primary schools who entered the
2007/08 competition, and will attract 100 schools in the 2008/09 tournament.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CUP
Each season The Football League hold the successful 'Community Cup' for boys and
girls under 11's, and girls under 13's. The competition gives more than 20,000
children across the country the opportunity to emulate their football heroes.
All 72 Football League clubs set out to hold a competition within a competition,
to find a winning school to represent their club in the 'Divisional Finals'.
Stockport County Community Foundation, invite all Primary and Secondary schools
in Stockport, High Peak, North Cheshire and Tameside to enter one or two teams
into the 'Local Phase' of the tournament, which is held at The Power League
Football Complex in Heaton Mersey.
Due the large amount of teams entering, we hold the under 11's competition over
the period of a week, with three - four groups on the day competing for the
prize of qualification to the next round. The winners of each group, approx. 12,
then come back for a 'Play-Off Day', where two Stockport County Football Club
players attend to do a 'live FA Cup style' draw, along with posing for photos
and signing a few autographs! The two winners from the 'Play Off Day' then play
in the 'Local Final', which is held at Edgeley Park during half time at a
Stockport County FC League fixture.
The overall winners, kitted out in full Stockport County FC strips, take their
place in the 'Divisional Finals', alongside winners representing Oldham
Athletic, Tranmere Rovers, Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United,
Crewe Alexandra and Hartlepool United.
After the two (North & South) 'Divisional Finals' the winners then get the
chance to play in the 'National Final' at Wembley Stadium, prior to the League
One Play -off Final.
Previous Schools representing Stockport County FC were -
Railtrack Cup
2001 - Corrie Primary, Denton
2002 - North Reddish Junior, Reddish
Kellogg's Frosties Cup
2003 - North Reddish Junior, Reddish
2004 - St. Peter's RC Primary, Hazel Grove
2005 - St. Joseph's Primary, Reddish*
BT Community Cup
2006 - Warren Wood Primary, Offerton
Football League Community Cup
2007 - Queensgate Primary, Bramhall**
2008 - Ashdene Primary, Wilmslow
Ashdene Primary School (Wilmslow) 2007/08 under 11's representatives
* - St. Joseph's Primary, won a place in the National Final at the Millennium
Stadium in Cardiff, losing 1-0 to Millwall FC
** - Queensgate Primary, made it to the National Final at Wembley Stadium,
beating MK Dons 3-1 to lift the Community Cup for League Two in the 2006/07
season.
The Community Cup for Girls Under 13's, is held each and every year following
the same format as the under 11's.
Previous Stockport County FC representatives were -
2001 - Harsthead High, Ashton-under-Lyne
2002 - Astley High, Dukinfield
2003 - St. Thomas Moore, Denton
2004 - Two Trees High, Denton
2005 - St. Annes High, Heaton Chapel
2006 - Cheadle Hulme High School
2007 - Astley High, Dukinfield
2008 - Wilmslow High School
Wilmslow High School, 2007/08 Girls under 13's representatives
Both Competitions are launched in September/ October, with group stages being held in November/December, Play Off Days are in January, the Local Finals take place in February, Area/Divisional Final are in March/April, with both under 11's and under 13's National Finals in May.
