English Schools' Football Association
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The English Schools Football Association is the governing body of schools' football in England, and is responsible for the running and development of schools competitions and festivals for boys and girls at primary and secondary school age.
The FA works with ESFA to support high quality, coordinated inter-school football competition programmes for all young people. The Association run national competitions from U11 to U19 age groups. This provides opportunities for young people to have the experience of playing at a higher level by representing their schools in a national recognised competition with all of the finals taking place at professional Stadia.
The ESFA also co-ordinate the advancement of players all the way to International level, for England Schoolboys (u18) and England Schoolgirls (u15)teams. The process for representation follows this pattern; School teams nominate the best few players to go forward for County (or District) trials, from these a County team is formed. The county associations will then nominate players to go forward to regional (North, Midlands, South-west, South-east) trials and from these players an International squad is selected.
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[edit] Competitions & Festivals
Here is the list of the main competitions the ESFA is currently running:
U11 Small Sided Competitions
U12 Boy's Schools Cup
U12 Boys Indoor 5-a-side Cup
U12 Girls Indoor 5-a-side Cup
U13 Boy's National Cup
U13 Girl's National Cup
U13 Small Schools National Cup
U13 Boy's Inter Association Trophy
U14 Boy's Inter County Trophy
U14 Girl's Inter County Trophy
U14 Boy's Schools Cup
U15 Boy's Schools Cup
U15 Girl's Schools Cup
U15 Boy's Inter Association Trophy
U16 Boy's Schools Cup
U16 Girl's Schools Cup
U16 Boy's Inter County Trophy
U16 Girl's Inter County Trophy
U18 Boy's Schools Trophy
U18 Girl's Schools Trophy
U18 Boy's Colleges Trophy
U18 Girls's Colleges Trophy
U18 Boy's Inter County Trophy
The ESFA also host four football festivals each year
The Durham Festival (Under 13)
The North Tyneside Festival (Under 11)
The Jersey Festival (Under 11)
The Isle of Wight Festival (Under 14)
[edit] Former Notable Players
A selection of former players who have represented England Schoolboy's at either U15 or U18 level:
Stanley Matthews (1929)
Bobby Charlton (1953)
Terry Venables (1958)
Ron Harris (1960)
Trevor Brooking (1964)
Peter Shilton (1965)
Ray Wilkins (1972)
Kenny Samson (1974)
lawrie Sanchez (1978)
Graham Thorpe (1987)
Nicky Barmby (1989)
Nicky Butt (1990)
Phil Neville (1992)
Danny Murphy (1992)
Jody Morris (1993)
Wes Brown (1995)
Scott Parker (1996)
Joe Cole (1997)
Jay Bothroyd (1998)
Ryan Wilson (Giggs) (1999)
Chris Smalling (2008)
[edit] 2010-11 National Finals Venues
The City Ground, Nottingham Forest FC
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City FC
Vale Park, Port Vale FC
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes Dons FC
Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester United FC
Craven Cottage, Fulham FC
Carrow Road, Norwich City FC
Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday FC
