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The Hackney and Leyton Sunday Football League is a football competition based in London, England. It was founded in 1946 and operates under the jurisdiction of the London Football Association , the only English regional association founded by the FA .
The first Sunday League to be formed in England was the Edmonton & District Sunday Football League of North London in 1925. [2] The East London Sunday League followed in 1930, the Metropolitan Sunday League in 1934, the West Fulham in 1936 and the Essex Corinthian in 1937.
Sunday leagues do not form part of the hierarchical English football league system, but Sunday teams can opt to switch to Saturday play and potentially rise up the levels of the league system. The FA Sunday Cup is a national knock-out competition for English Sunday league football teams administered by the FA, which has been staged since 1964. [4]
Sunday League may refer to: Sunday League (cricket) , the precursor tournament to the National League in English cricket Sunday league football , amateur football played on Sundays in the United Kingdom
The Sunday Cup trophy was presented to the FA by the Shah of Iran as a gift to mark the centenary of the FA in 1963. It was created by Iranian silversmiths. [2] In the Cup's first season (1964–65), teams representing Sunday players in various counties entered with London winning the two-legged final 6–2 against Staffordshire. [1]
As of the end of the 2021–22 season, the team have spent 38 seasons in the fourth tier of the English football league system, 25 in the third, and 9 in the second. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] The table details the team's achievements in senior first-team competitions and the top league goalscorer, where known, from their debut season in the FA Cup in 1909 ...
Carlisle were promoted out of the non-league at the first time of asking in 2005, winning the play-off final at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke. Carlisle's excellent form under manager Paul Simpson continued into the following season as they returned to the Football League with a bang, clinching the League Two title.
F. ^ Deducted 10 points by the Football League. G. ^ Promoted via the EFL League Two play-offs , and also the club's lowest ever league finish. H. ^ The season was postponed on 13 March 2020 after 34 league games, and later concluded prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with league positions and promotions decided on a points-per-game basis.