Sunday league
What is Sunday league?
What is meant by Sunday league in football?
Who was Sunday league created for?
Sunday league football is a term used in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to describe the association amateur competitions, whose players have less time to devote to football. The term pub league may also be used, owing to the number of public houses that enter teams.
Sunday leagues are sanctioned by the local County Football Association. There is no organized promotion or relegation between leagues, unlike in the National League System, which covers the top few levels of amateur football, although many leagues operate several divisions with promotion and relegation between them. However, ambitious Sunday teams may apply to join a Saturday league for a higher standard of football, and from there graduate to the FA-sanctioned leagues.
The FA Sunday Cup is a national knock-out competition for English Sunday league football teams administered by the FA.
The most prominent single location for Sunday league football is Hackney Marshes in east London. The oldest Sunday League in England is the Edmonton & District Sunday Football League, based in North London. One of the best known Sunday league teams is Senrab F.C., for whom Jermain Defoe and John Terry once played.
Sunday leagues also exist in Scotland, where they make use of local council-owned pitches and facilities for nominal fees and are known as Sunday amateur football, mostly coming away from the perception of “pub leagues”.