The Sussex Disability Football League has released a new promotional video showcasing the exciting opportunities currently taking place within the league. Recently, as a league we have signed up to the Sussex County FA’s Disability Football Pledge Project, pledging to increase youth provision within our already expanding youth section, to ensure we fulfil that pledge […]
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The Sussex Disability League is a unique league that provides playing opportunities solely for players with disabilities. The league is the only league in Sussex to provide such a niche opportunity for adults and children with disabilities. We believe this exclusivity will continue for many more years. As a league who reaches a large audience […]
Sussex County FA- The Pledge Project
As a league we have many teams and clubs who play regular football and we would like this playing opportunity to continue for all our current players. We would also like to see more teams joining the league and for clubs to join us on our journey. We fully support the Disability Football Pledge Project. We would […]
Magic of the Cup
This weekend saw the last set of fixtures for the 2016-2017 season. What better way to finis the league than with a cup competition for Under 18s and all adult divisions. The Premiership and Championship divisions played a knockout tournament which saw many games being decided by intense penalty shootouts however, this didn’t deter players from showing […]
South East Regional Disability Cup
After two rounds of competitive football, the County Rep team made it through to the Semi-finals. After a tense 15 minutes and two goals conceded, manager Ian Hickley-Smith moved Tom Rogers from Center Back to striker which gave the Sussex team pace upfront and a goal followed closely behind. Sussex looked like they were getting […]
The Spirit of Match days
This months fixtures were another display of young talent, sportsmanship and all round enjoyable football. Watching the fixtures taking place throughout the day was extremely exciting. The goal celebrations, shaking of hands and general happiness from the juniors through to the adults are just a few shining examples of why this league is invaluable to the footballing community in Sussex. This month […]
Get Involved!
Sussex County FA recently teamed up with Student Ethan Highwood for a week of work experience. While with the County FA Ethan spent some time learning about Disability Football and all that is involved with such an up and coming sport, here is what Ethan had to say: “Disability Football is becoming very popular throughout Sussex. The reasons for it being so popular […]
The FA Peoples Cup
A huge congratulations from all at The Sussex Disability Football League to all the players who took part in The FA Peoples Cup- A National 5-a-side competition. It was a fantastic day, full of sportsmanship, respect, goals, saves and all round good football, even the sun made an appearance. With the majority of teams being […]
Sussex County Rep Team
After a successful training session on Thursday, the County Representative Side were eager to get on the pitch and show the other teams that they were strong contenders in this Cup Round. With 4 teams fighting for 2 places in the final it was all to play for. Sussex were faced with 3 fixtures all […]
FA People’s Cup
This year’s FA People’s Cup – a nationwide 5-a-side competition run in partnership with BBC Get Inspired – has been launched, bigger, better and with a call out to teams across the country to get signed up. The competition is free to enter and open to both male and female adults who simply love playing […]