League Notices and News

After Saturday's fixtures had been completed, the draw for the Semi-Finals of the League's three domestic cups were made at South West Manchester Cricket Club with Mike Yates and Keith Marsden drawing the balls. RHODES CUP - ties to be played on Saturday 11th April 2026 Rochdalians or East Manchester Galaxy v AFC Stockport Sats Grappenhall Sports or Manchester Rose v Rushford Park There will be at least one Division One club in the Final this season after a series of eye-catc

With the season fast approaching the 'business end' of the season, the L&C is inviting applications for membership for 2026-27 season. The L&C is an open-age Saturday afternoon mens league, serving clubs across Greater Manchester, North Cheshire and surrounding districts close to the motorway network. We are a progressive, club-centred league offering ongoing support and flexibility to meet club needs, with affordable fees that have been unchanged since 2012. If you are a new

The League is deeply saddened to report the passing of Mark Wilson, the much respected Club Secretary of Rochdalians AFC. Alexander Drew joined the L&C in 1994 with Mark at the helm, the club reverting back to it's original name of Rochdalians in 1999. Mark was instrumental in the club securing it's own home at Springhill Playing Fields in 1997, and success came quickly with the League Championship being secured in the same year with further triumphs in 2000, 2003, 2015, 2016

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Chris CARNEY on Tuesday after a long and brave fight with cancer. Chris's dedication to his football club and community is legend, Salford Victoria providing football to generations of Salfordians whilst his many decades of service to the 53rd Boys Brigade since joining the organisation as a boy is incalculable. His work for young people and single-mindedness in creating opportunities for their development and wellbe

As we enter 2026, the L&C’s oldest member club South Manchester are looking to complete their ninety-eighth season, only one short of Aldermere’s record of ninety-nine, and are also now fast approaching one thousand league fixtures played.   Formed in 1914, South didn’t actually start playing until in 1921 due to the Great War and joined the L&C a year later and played on a number of grounds around Withington before becoming a fixture at Christie Playing Fields in 1934 until

The L&C will be running it's three main internal cup knock-out competitions this season: 1 The Rhodes Cup for teams in the Premier Division and Division One, 2 The Wray Cup for teams in Division Two and Division Three and 3 The Whitehead Cup for teams in Division A and Division B. The Preliminary Rounds will be played in late January, and all cups will finish in April and May with semi-finals played on neutral grounds and the finals at non-league grounds, supporting the Leagu

In an effort to keep as many of our teams playing throughout the second half of the season as possible, the L&C has organised two new invitational knock-out cup competitions to run to the end of the season. Restricted to teams with eleven or less league fixtures to play, and at least six free home slots, the draws have been made and the inaugural competitions have been named in honour of our two longest-serving committee members, Geoff Garnett and Keith Marsden. The Geoff Gar

The L&C took it’s traditional mid-season break and it was preceded by the Autumn AGM where chairman Mike Yates gave a warm welcome to representatives of member clubs and special guest Mark Harris. Mike said: “Mark Harris is helping the League with our new Commercial and Communication Strategy . “e is a consultant in the FA leagues programme , he has a wealth of experience in football and marketing and is currently the Chair of the Northern Premier League  “As the weather is c

At our November General Meeting, FA Consultant and Chair of the Northern Premier League Mark Harris delivered a presentation about the L&C’s new Commercial and Communications strategy.   This new project has only one aim, to raise new money through sponsorships, grants, donations, and any way we can to feed into a new L&C Club Support and Development Fund. We are looking to attract new sponsors for all our divisions, cup competitions and awards with affordable and flexible p

L&C Chairman Mike Yates outlined the season in the league to date at the Autumn EGM held at Curzon Ashton FC. Mike said: “ I would like to give a warm welcome to the Autumn EGM of the Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur Football League to all attendees. ”We have a special guest in Mark Harris who is helping the League with our new Commercial and Communication Strategy . “He is a consultant in the FA Leagues Programme , he has a wealth of experience in football and marketing and i

The Lancashire and Cheshire AFL kicks off its new season on the coming Saturday with a full programme of six divisions in action. Looking...

Bury Amateur have notified the League that despite their best efforts in the close season, they cannot commit to fielding three teams in...

Following the release of the draft structure on 1st July, we have been assessing further the placing of teams, listening to feedback from...

The Lancashire and Cheshire AFL Management Committee have been busy in recent weeks preparing for the new season ahead and reflecting on...

The draft structure for 2025-26 season in the L&C is released today, incorporating fourteen new clubs across six divisions. Allocations...

2024-25 season saw a significant turnover in the membership of the L&C, with us losing nineteen teams since September 2024, but with the...

South Manchester FC were proud winners of the Lancashire and Cheshire AFL’s Fair Play  Trophy for the 2024-25 season and it was presented...

Manchester FA held it's Referee Celebration Evening at Hotel Football on Friday 13th June, and two very familiar faces were amongst the...