Amateur Football Combination

Affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance, London F.A., Middlesex F.A. and Surrey F.A.

Spirit of Football

Playing in the Spirit of Football, Promoting Fair Play and Respect for All
London Old Boys Cup Trophies due for Return                                                       Peter Mills MBE                                                      AFA Refereeing Course                                                         Goffs Old Boys 1st XI withdrawn                                              Alex Grayburn unavailable                                                  Old Kolsassians Resignation                                               AFC Club Ratings to 17th December                                                    Andy Taylor Remembered                                             David Demeza Remembered                                                  Outstanding Subscriptions                                                    Wandgas - Charter Standard Community Award                                                  AFC at Christmas - no fixtures 24th and 31st December                                                     Club Referees                                                  AFC 1 Cambridge University 1                                                    Temple Bar withdrawal                                                    Old Camdenians                                                         AFC Rules - Maximum Three Substitutes                                                    Club Ratings to 22nd October 2011                                                  AFC 3 London Legal League 1                                                  Prams and Bicycles                                                  Harrowing Tale                                                     Player Registration Deadline                                                   AFC Representative Team - Get Involved                                                Alex Grayburn Away                                                  League Match Secretary Changes                                                     SMS Result Reporting This Season                                         AFC Player Registration 2011-12                                                    AFC Handbooks                                                AFC Constitution for 2011-12                                                  Match-Based Discipline 2011-12                                                   Match Day Reminders                                                  AFC New Club Officers Evening - Tuesday 27th September                                                   Spirit of Football/Respect Reminders for 2011-12                                               Members Services User Guides                                                  Updated Marking of Referees for 2011-12                                                     League Match Secretaries for 2011-12/Pitch Availability                                                   2011 Annual General Meeting Report                                                   2010-11 League Fines                                                  AFC Refereeing Feedback                                                  Revised AFC Constitution 2011-12                                                 AFC Preseason Fixture Bureau Open                                                  Match Based Discipline Handbook                                                   Laws of the Game Changes                                                  AFA Referee Training Courses - Chiswick, Fairlop, Carshalton, Wanstead, Winchmore Hill                                                   AFC Dinner Thanks                                                  6 South Trophy Withheld                                                  Spirit of Football Winners 2010-11 - Citigroup, Old Pauline, UCL Academicals                                                   Ken Elbourne Club Hospitality Award - Old Whitgiftians                                                    Ken Fletcher Club Development Award - Old Tenisonians                                                   McCarthy Refereeing Awards - Chris Beament, John Hayes, Jason Peters                                                    AFC Constitution 2011-12                                                  Final League Tables                                                  Final Club & Team Ratings                                                     Valuables and Cars                                                    Respect/Spirit of Football Reminders

Welcome to the Amateur Football Combination.

The Amateur Football Combination is one of the biggest adult football leagues in Europe, with around 100 clubs and 350 sides playing Saturday afternoons in and around London and the Home Counties from September through to May. Our football is true grassroots football, where players pay to play, on local grounds, with all but the highest divisions regionalised. 

The Amateur Football Combination comprises more than 1% of 11-a-side adult male football teams in England!

The Amateur Football Combination (AFC) is an adult male league affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance (AFA), London FA, Middlesex FA and Surrey FA, and was formed in 2002 by the merger of the Old Boys' Football League (1907) and Southern Olympian League (1911) and subsequently merging with the London Financial Football Association (itself comprising the London Banks Football Association, 1900 and the London Insurance Football Association, 1908) in 2006.

In the AFC the emphasis is not only the game, but importantly playing in the Spirit of Football, promoting fair play and respect for all including being sociable and hospitable.

Home clubs are expected to provide hospitality for the opposition and match officials after the game, acknowledging that there should be more to football than simply ninety minutes on the pitch. Everyone knows that they have to go back to work on Monday morning!

The AFC offers players the opportunity to play at a level which suits their ability, providing a competitive but sporting game whether they are in the 1st XI or 9th XI. Our clubs and club members come from all walks - "Old Boys" sides from schools, colleges and universities, local authorities and business houses, as well as social clubs and, of course, Youth Clubs with the league providing an opening for young players to cross the bridge from youth into adult football.

Match officials are an integral part of the game and very much part of the family. There is no "them and us" - officials are treated just as hospitably as the opposition. Anyone interested in officiating in the league will be very welcome.

If you're interested in joining the Amateur Football Combination as a club, a referee or a player, please click here for more details.

For more information on the Amateur Football Combination please email Danny McConnell.

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