East Riding County Football Association
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The East Riding County Football Association is the governing body
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...

 of football in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

 and the city of Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, England
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. The East Riding runs a number of county cup competitions at different levels for its affiliated teams.

History and Organisation

In 2002, the East Riding County Football Association celebrated their first 100 years since being formed in 1902. Prior to the formation of the County, football in the area was under the jurisdiction of a Hull & District FA and the Scarborough & East Riding FA.

On 10 February 1902, the Football Association issued ‘the Recommendations of a Commission appointed to enquire into the position of the Yorkshire Associations’. The recommendations came into effect on 1 May 1902 forming the new East Riding of Yorkshire FA – “the area to be the East Riding of York. The present Hull and District Association to change its name and take control of the area.”

During the last 100 years, the County has administered football in the area in an efficient manner with the stewardship in the hands of willing and able volunteers, with a steady increase in the number of clubs, but very few landmarks – the foremost possibly being the introduction of Sunday football in the early fifties.

However, the FA led expansion of football at all levels has seen dramatic changes in recent years. For the first time an office was set up with full time paid staff – previously being administered from officers’ homes.

The Association became a Limited Company in 1999 and in 2001 a full time Football Development Officer appointed. The role of the County FA continues to expand with football development, child protection and facilities strategy just a few initiatives. Whilst we celebrate 100 years, the next few years will see some dramatic changes and we look forward with excitement to the new developments.

The ECRFA are in the process of completing their new Headquarters built at Inglemire Lane.

Men's Saturday Leagues

  • Humber Premier League
    Humber Premier League
    The Humber Premier League was formed in 2000 and sits at the 12th tier of the English football pyramid. It began as a single division and expanded to include a Division One for the 2005-06 season. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its existence.The league is based...

  • East Riding Amateur League
    East Riding Amateur League
    The East Riding Amateur League is a football competition based in and around Kingston upon Hull, England. It has a total of three divisions headed by the Premier Division, which nominally sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League.-Member...

  • East Riding County League
    East Riding County League
    The East Riding County League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of six divisions including the East Riding County League Premier Division which sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League.-Member clubs 2011-12:*Premier...

  • Driffield and District League
    Driffield and District League
    The Driffield & District League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of three divisions of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League....


Ladies and Girls Leagues

  • East Riding Womens League
  • East Riding Girls Football League

Other Leagues

  • Hull and District Veterans League
  • East Riding Pan Disability League


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Small Sided Leagues

  • Beverley Leisure Centre
  • Beverley Soccer Sixes
  • Bransholme Soccer Sixes (Champion Soccer)
  • Bridlington 5-a-side (Football Mundial)


  • Driffield Soccer Sixes (Champion Soccer)
  • Hull Corporate 6 a side (Football Mundial)
- Hull University
- Kelvin Hall High School


  • Hull City Fives
  • Hull Grassroots
  • North Ferriby Soccer Sixes (Champion Soccer)
  • Warners


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Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

Leagues that were affiliated to the East Riding County FA but have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues include:
  • Driffield and District Minor League
  • East Riding Church League
  • South Holderness League

Affiliated Member Clubs

Among the notable clubs that are affiliated to the East Riding County FA are:
  • Bridlington Town
  • Goole
    Goole A.F.C.
    Goole AFC is a semi-professional English football club based in the town of Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1912. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One South, which is at Level 8 on the English football league system pyramid.The club has spent its entire...



  • Hall Road Rangers
    Hall Road Rangers F.C.
    Hall Road Rangers Football Club is an English football club formed in 1959. They play their games at Dene Park in the village of Dunswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, four miles north of Hull.-History:...

  • Hessle Rangers


  • Hull City
    Hull City A.F.C.
    Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

  • North Ferriby United
    North Ferriby United A.F.C.
    North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1934. They reached the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in 2005...



County Cup Competitions

The East Riding County FA run the following Cup Competitions:
  • Alf Bolder Memorial Youth U16 Cup
  • David Whitton Memorial Trophy
  • ERCFA Womens Cup
  • Frank Varey/Dr Lilley U18s Cup
  • Intermediate Country Cup
  • Intermediate Cup


  • Junior Country Cup
  • President's Cup
  • Qualifying Country Cup
  • Qualifying Cup
  • Senior Country Cup
  • Senior Cup (Sponsored By Truckexport)


  • Tesco Cup – Under 13s Boys
  • Tesco Cup – Under 14s Girls
  • Tesco Cup – Under 16s Girls
  • Treasurer's Cup
  • Vice President's Cup


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List of recent East Riding County Cup Winners

SeasonSenior CupSenior Country CupIntermediate CupIntermediate Country CupJunior Country CupQualifying Cup Qualifying Country Cup
2007–08 North Ferriby United
North Ferriby United A.F.C.
North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1934. They reached the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in 2005...

 
North Ferriby Athletic St Andrews Police Club Wilberfoss Dunnington Reserves Sutton Park Middleton Rovers
2008–09 North Ferriby United
North Ferriby United A.F.C.
North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1934. They reached the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in 2005...

 
Wilberfoss Hall Road Rangers
Hall Road Rangers F.C.
Hall Road Rangers Football Club is an English football club formed in 1959. They play their games at Dene Park in the village of Dunswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, four miles north of Hull.-History:...

 Reserves
Dunnington Reserves Park Athletic Union Rovers (Norton)
2009–10 Bridlington Town  Bridlington Sports Club Kingburn Athletic Elvington Harriers
2010–11 North Ferriby United
North Ferriby United A.F.C.
North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1934. They reached the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in 2005...

FC Bridlington Sculcoates Amateurs Reserves Dunnington Reserves

Source - The "Country" cups are only open to those clubs outside the boundaries of the city of Hull.

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