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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Volunteer This New Year

Sussex Disability Football League is looking for new volunteers to help support and drive forward our ever expanding league. Our mission statement is: “Providing a platform for children and adults with disabilities to play competitive football in Sussex, giving all a fair opportunity to play the game with enough challenge to develop”. All teams meet […]

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Happy New Year!

Its been a great first half to the season so far for the SDFL and we have an exciting second half coming up. As we enter 2017 we have lots to look forward too so here are a few dates for your diary: County Representative Team Quarter Finals – 21st January League Dates – 26th March , […]

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Representative Match

The representative team were due to play in the first round of the South East Regional Disability Cup during the weekend, however one of the two teams from Kent FA unfortunately had to pull out of the competition at the last minute. With the two top teams from this round going through to the next […]

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