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Devon County Football Association - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 50°31′21″N 3°36′23″W / 50.522472°N 3.6064875°W

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Devon County Football Association
Devon County FA logo
Purpose	Football association
Location	Coach Road, Newton Abbot
Coordinates	50°31′21″N 3°36′23″W / 50.522472°N 3.6064875°W / 50.522472; -3.6064875
Chairman	Bernard Leach
Website	www.devonfa.com

The Devon County Football Association, also simply known as the Devon F.A., is the governing body of football in the county of Devon. The Devon F.A. was founded in 1888 in Plymouth.^[1]

They run a number of league and cup competitions for teams of all levels across the county, and representative teams for Senior Ladies, Under 18 Men and Under 18 Ladies.^[2]

History

The Devon County Football Association was formed in 1888 at a meeting held in the pavilion of Plymouth Cricket Club, South Devon Place, which is now the Astor Playing Fields at Cattedown. The founding clubs were:

Initially the County F.A. established a set of rules for members and oversaw friendlies and inter county representative matches. The first County Representative match took place in March 1888 at Weston-super-Mare against Somerset County F.A. where they were defeated by two goals to nil. The return fixture in April also ended in a defeat by two goals to three. In 1889, the County Cup competition, the Challenge Cup, was inaugurated. The first winners were Tavistock Town who defeated Plymouth FC in the final.^[1]

Leagues

Devon is one of the largest County F.A.'s by geographic area. There are five affiliated Saturday men's leagues, one Women's league, four Sunday leagues and a Wednesday league. They are:

Saturday

Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League
South Devon League
North Devon League
Devon and Exeter League
Kingsley League (in recess)

Women's

Devon Women's League

Sunday

Exeter and District Sunday League
Torbay Sunday League
North Devon Sunday League
Plymouth and West Devon Sunday League
Devon Wednesday League

Additionally there are 8 Junior Boy's leagues and one Girl's league. Affiliated clubs also play in other Football Association and Football League competitions. These include the three senior clubs that play in Football League Two (as of 2013) of Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City and Torquay United.