The Sheffield Sports and Athletic League was a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 competition based in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. In the past it acted as a feeder to the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League

Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League

The Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League is a football competition based around Sheffield, England. The competition is administered by the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association...

, which would place it at level 16 of the English football league system

English football league system

The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...

, however the league is currently inactive due to a lack of teams. The league hoped to be able to re-start in the 2008–09 season, but this date was later put back by a further year.

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