From this small beginning the Sheffield & District Junior Sunday League, as it is now known, has grown into the biggest junior football league in the Country and we believe in Europe! Today we have 840 teams playing football across all age groups from Under 7 to Under 16 and have over 12,000 boys and girls (girls only play in our leagues between the ages of; 7 & 11 due to F.A. rules). A typical age group consists of six divisions A - E with 12 teams playing in each division.
Today over 40 years on we still remain true to the original values of our first committee. Our league covers an area within 20 miles of Sheffield Cathedral, it is run by volunteers. The rules are agreed by our member Clubs at each AGM, subject to F.A. rules governing the playing of the game, and we charge the minimum amount required to provide the funds we need to run the league.
As you will no doubt realise, our organisation is complicated to say the least, and we embraced modern technology relatively early. We now have separate Registrars at each age group, and whilst we originally had designed our own computer programme to administer the League, we out grew it. We now use the FA’s ‘Full time’ programme, which has enabled us to continue to expand and we have introduced another division at certain age groups to cope with demand. Our current Publicity Officer performs minor miracles each week collating over 300 sets of results and liaising with the Sheffield Star and Derbyshire Times newspapers to ensure up to date tables appear regularly and parents and friends can see who scored what and for whom, team photographs are also regularly printed to keep up interest across the region.
The League was award FA Charter Standard in February 2010.
We continue to offer opportunities for children from all backgrounds and areas of our region to play together in a friendly organised manner we must evolve.