District Cup Competitions
This section of our website is dedicated to providing you with useful information and documents for the Leeds & District FA cup competitions.
District Cup Competitions
The Leeds & District FA run two senior cup competitions for teams affiliated with Saturday open-age football leagues, two senior cup competitions for teams affiliated with Sunday open-age football leagues, and eight junior cup competitions for teams (Under 11- Under 18) affiliated to Sunday junior leagues.
OPEN AGE CUP COMPETITIONS
Saturday Senior Challenge Cup
Saturday District Cup
Sunday Senior Challenge Cup
Sunday District Cup
JUNIOR CUP COMPETITIONS (SUNDAY TEAMS ONLY)
U18 Sunday Junior Cup
U17 District Cup
U16 Minor Cup
U15 Black Prince Trophy
U14 District Cup
U13 Millennium Trophy
U12 District Cup
U11 District Cup
Cup Applications 2024/25
The application window for the 2024/25 Leeds & District FA Cup competitions will be open on 1st June 2024.
If your club has changed name or secretary since last season, or you are a new club, please email administrator@e-leedsfa.org to pre-register your interest.
You will need the following information for the district cup application:
- Club Affiliation Number (if known) and Secretary Contact Details.
- For each team entered into a cup competition, we will require the following information:
- Cup Competition
- Team Name
- Age Group (junior teams only)
- Team Identifier (i.e. First, Reserves, Colts, Juniors, Reds, Whites, Blues, etc)
- League Name
- Team Contact Name
- Team Contact Mobile
- Team Contact Email Address
A team can only be entered into a one-cup competition.
The cup draw will take place shortly afterwards with the first round fixtures scheduled for Saturday 21st September 2024 (Saturday Open Age teams) and Sunday 15th September 2024 (Sunday Open Age and Junior Teams).
Saturday & Sunday Open Age Cup Competitions £ 25 per team.
Sunday Junior Cup Competitions: £ 15 per team.
Cup Application Timelines
1st June 2024
The online district cup application window opens.
2nd August 2024
Deadline to receive a submitted online cup application form and payment.
15th August 2024
Cup draw.
23rd August 2024
Fixtures are released on the Leeds & District FA Full Time website and team contacts.
21st September 2024
The first round of fixtures for Saturday Open Age teams.
15th September 2024
The First round of fixtures for Sunday Open Age and Junior (U11-U18) teams.
FA Full Time : Fixtures & Results
The Leeds & District Cup fixtures and results can be viewed on our FA Full Time website using the links below. Your league may also publish the Leeds & District FA cup fixtures on their website to indicate you have an external cup fixture. Always refer to our FA Full-Time website as this will contain the most up-to-date details for arranging the fixture and will show details of the appointed referee (if one is appointed).
The draw for each round of the Leeds & District FA cup competitions is performed every month by the cup committee. Our cup competitions are not drawn all the way through to the final and therefore it is not possible to predict who your opponents could be in the next round by viewing the FA Full-Time draw page.
Your team’s position in the cup draw is relative to the current round and will change after each cup draw is entered in our FA Full Time system.
Open Age Fixtures & Results
District Cup Fixture Dates
The Leeds & District Cup fixtures and results can be viewed on our FA Full Time website using the links below. Your league may also publish the Leeds & District FA cup fixtures on their website to indicate you have an external cup fixture. Always refer to our FA Full-Time website as this will contain the most up-to-date details for arranging the fixture and will show details of the appointed referee (if one is appointed).
The draw for each round of the Leeds & District FA cup competitions is performed every month by the cup committee. Our cup competitions are not drawn all the way through to the final and therefore it is not possible to predict who your opponents could be in the next round by viewing the FA Full-Time draw page.
Your team’s position in the cup draw is relative to the current round and will change after each cup draw is entered in our FA Full Time system.
2024
Saturday open-age fixtures
September 21st 2024
October 19th 2024
November 16th 2024
December 21st 2024
2024
Sunday open-age & junior fixtures
September 15th 2024
October 20th 2024
November 17th 2024
December 15th 2024
2025
Saturday open-age fixtures
January 18th 2025
February 15th 2025
March 15th 2025
April 19th 2025
2025
Sunday open-age & junior fixtures
January 19th 2025
February 16th 2025
March 16th 2025
April 20th 2025
Arranging Fixtures
The default kick off time for all Leeds & District FA cup fixtures is 14.00hrs, unless otherwise stated on our FA Full Time System.
The home team manager/team admin should confirm the kick off time, venue of the fixture with the away team manager and referee (if one is appointed) no later than 7 days before the fixture.
For fixtures where a Leeds & District FA referee is appointed, the kick off time must remain at 14.00hrs.
For fixtures where a Leeds & District FA referee is NOT appointed, the kick off time can be mutually agreed between the home and away team manager. If teams are unable to mutually agree a kick off time, the default kick off time specified on our FA Full Time system will apply.
Any change in kick off time must be notified to cupsec@leedsfa.org
If the pitch venue for your fixture on our FA Full Time website states “To be confirmed by the home team manager” please email the venue of the fixture including the post code to cupsec@leedsfa.org
Alternativley you can use the the FA Pitch Finder to locate the pitch venue and email the link.
If your appointed referee is unavailable, or you are unable to make contact with the referee or if you do not have a contact number for the referee, please email the Referee Appointments Secretary referees@e-leedsfa.org
Referee Appointments
The Leeds & District FA Referee Appointments Secretary will automatically appoint a referee to the cup competitions. The Leeds & District FA – FA Full Time system will notify registered Team Contacts via email with the details and contact information of the appointed referee. Click here to view the Referee Contact Page in our Handbook.
The home team should confirm the venue of the fixture with the referee and the away team manager no later than 7 days before the date of the fixture.
Please email referees@e-leedsfa.org to inquire about referee availability.
Match Official Fees
The home team shall be responsible for the full payment of the Referee’s fee, but where Assistant Referees are appointed their fees shall be shared equally by both clubs. These monies shall be paid to the Match Officials before the game in their dressing room. A Club in default shall be fined £10.00.
Open Age fixtures
Referee fee £36
plus travelling expenses at 40p per mile, capped at £10 maximum.
Assistant referees fee £36
plus travelling expenses at 40p per mile, capped at £10 maximum.
U15 to U18 fixtures
Referee fee £36
Assistant referees fee £36
U13 to U14 fixtures
Referee fee £30
Assistant referees fee £30
U11 to U12 fixtures
Referee fee £25
Assistant referees fee £25
Open Age Team Contacts
The Team Contact Lists for the open age competitions can be viewed by selecting one of the links below:
Junior Team Contacts
The Team Contact Lists for the junior competitions can be viewed by selecting one of the links below:
Match Report Forms
Our FA Full-Time system is not integrated with the FA Whole Game System (WGS) or the FA Matchday application, therefore you will need to submit the Leeds & District FA Match Report Form for the District Cup fixtures. The Match Report Form is specific to each competition and contains the name of the teams who have entered this season.
On the day of the fixture complete and exchange your teamsheet as you do for your league fixtures. It is recommended to keep a copy of the opponent’s teamsheet should there be a dispute raised after the fixture.
After the completion of the fixture, enter the details in the Match Report Form in the sequence of the fields displayed on the form as some fields are dependant on others being selected. For guidance on marking the referee score, click here
When all of the required sections have been completed, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page. All fields marked with * are required fields. You will not be able to submit the Match Report Form until all of the required fields are entered. Shortly afterwards you will receive an email containing a PDF of the submitted version of the Match Report Form which should be retained.
If you do not receive an email in your inbox please check your spam/junk folders.
We will acknowledge the receipt of your match report form within 7 days of submission. Reminders will be emailed to team managers who have not submitted a Match Report Form by the required date.
The Match Report Form must be submitted within 2 days of the day of the fixture. Any club failing to submit a completed Match Report Form shall be liable to a fine of £10.00.
Reporting Results
On the day of your fixture, the Leeds & District FA Full Time system will send a text message to the registered team administrator registered with the Leeds & District FA. If you do not receive a text message on the day of the fixture, please email cupsec@e-leedsfa.org with your result and include your team name and mention you did not receive the SMS text.
Your league may also include our fixtures on their website which will mean you will receive two or more texts. You must reply to all texts received on the day. If you are registered to receive result texts for more than one team you may also receive multiple texts on the day of the fixture. It is therefore important to add the Leeds & District FA team code after the score when replying to the text to ensure your result is successfully processed by the FA Full Time system.
The text must be submitted in one of the formats shown below ensuring that it is the HOME team score that is put first.
The following are examples of the text you will receive and how results should be sent in :
FA Full-Time Results: 100 v 115, Sat 15 Aug 14:00. Reply with H-A score and PENS if required:
To report a 2-1 win to the home side after full time you would simply reply with the score followed by your Leeds & District FA team code.
For example if your Leeds & District FA team code is 1oo and the full time result was 2-1 to the home side, you would rely with 2-1 100
To report a 1-1 draw at full time and 5-3 win on penalties to the home side you would simply reply with 1-1 5-3 PENS 100
IMPORTANT NOTE – You must leave no gap between the scores and the hyphen. Do not add any further text when submitting the result of the match as the text will not be processed successfully.
The Leeds & District FA Team Code will be emailed before each round of fixtures to the registered team administrator.
Both home and away teams must submit the result within 3 hours of the conclusion of the match by replying to the text from the Leeds & District FA Full Time system, which will be sent to the registered team administrator.
District Cup Rules
Click on the handbook image below to view the District Cup rule for the Open Age and Junior competitions.
Open Age Cup Rules
Junior Cup Rules