Tandridge Youth Football League Profile

  THE TANDRIDGE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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  Welcome to the Tandridge Youth Football League. Whether

  you are a new club, having been part of another League, or

  new to your role as Club Secretary or Manager, it is hoped

  that the following pages will assist and inform you in both

  League procedures and generally advise.

  HISTORY:

  Our former President and founder, the late Charles ‘Charlie’    

  Bradshaw, formed the Tandridge Junior Football League (now 

  Tandridge Youth Football League) in 1976. From the most modest

  beginnings the League has grown to become one of the largest

  in England. With the introduction of ‘Mini Soccer’ the League has

  expanded further & now includes a division of u11 9 v 9 teams as

  a ‘transitional’ game.

  AREA OF THE LEAGUE:

  As the League has grown we have absorbed and merged with 

  other youth Leagues to the extent that the Tandridge League

  can now be said to extend from the River Thames to places as

  far as Tonbridge, Crawley & East Grinstead. We now have regular

  club membership from four Counties, Surrey, London, Kent &

  Sussex.

  As a result of being involved in more than three counties we have

  to ‘sanction’ (or get permission to operate) directly from the

  Football Association at Soho Square. Surrey remains our ‘parent’

  County for affiliation purposes, having more clubs from that

  County, although we also affiliate to London, Kent & Sussex

  covering our entire member clubs County Associations.