The Berks & Bucks Football Association is the

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for Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It is responsible for the development of

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in the two historic counties. It organises cup competitions between affiliated football clubs and the selects two representative teams. It was formed in 1878, with the first president and driving force being Mr J H Clark from Maidenhead. The Berks & Bucks FA's administrative headquarters are in Abingdon, Berkshire's traditional county town. It is affiliated to

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's national football association:

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Cup competitions

The Berks & Bucks FA organises a number of County Cup competitions for its members. The flagship event is its Senior Invitation Cup, which was first held in 1878. This is a full list of the 18 County Cups it organises: ; Men's
Senior Cup

The Charles Twelftree Trophy

Sunday Cup

Sunday Trophy
; Women's
Women's Senior Cup

Women's Trophy
; Youth
The Bill Gosling U18 Youth Cup

U16 Youth Cup

U15 Youth Cup

U14 Youth Cup

U13 Youth CupU12 Youth Cup
; Girls'
U18 Girls' Cup

U16 Girls' Cup

U15 Girls' Cup

U14 Girls' Cup

U13 Girls' CupU12 Girls' Cup

Representative teams

The Berks & Bucks FA runs two representative teams: * Youth under-18 team * Minor under-16 team

Affiliate leagues

Six leagues in the English football league pyramid are affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, all of whose top levels sit just below the bottom of

's National League System, which covers the fifth to eleventh tiers of football in England. The leagues are self-governing and some members are registered with another county football association. The four leagues are: *

East Berkshire Football League The East Berkshire Football League is a football competition based in East Berkshire, England. The league has two divisions, headed by the Premier Division. The Premier Division was a feeder to the Hellenic League but lost its step 7 status afte ...

(5 divisions) *

North Berks League The North Berks Football League is a football competition in England. The league was founded in 1908. It has a total of three divisions, with Division One sitting at level 12 of the English football league system. The vast majority of clubs are ...

(5 divisions) *

North Bucks & District Football League The North Bucks & District Football League, commonly referred to as simply the North Bucks League, is a competition affiliated to the Berks & Bucks County Football Association featuring amateur association football clubs primarily in Northern B ...

(4 divisions) *

Thames Valley Premier Football League The Thames Valley Premier Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions – the Premier Division, then Divisions One to Four. It was founded in 1989 as the Reading Senior League, as a merger of the ...

(6 divisions) Other affiliated men's 11-a-side leagues are the Aylesbury & District League, the Bracknell Town & District Sunday League, the Chesham Sunday League, the Chiltern Church League, the Grant & Stone High Wycombe Sunday Combination, the Milton Keynes Sunday League, the Newbury & District Sunday League, the Reading & District Sunday League, the Upper Thames Valley League. In the women's game in England, the Thames Valley Women's Football League's three divisions, which belong in the sixth and seventh tiers of the league pyramid, are the only competitions in the pyramid which are affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA. A number of small-sided, women's football and youth football leagues are also affiliates.

Affiliate clubs

The clubs in

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that are located in the Berks & Bucks area are: *

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References

External links

Official website of the Berks and Bucks FA

East Berkshire Football League

North Berks Football League

North Bucks & District Football League

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