Amateur Football Combination
National Respect Gold Award League 2012

Spirit of Football

Playing in the Spirit of Football, Promoting Fair Play and Respect for All
AFC Constitution Season 2012-13                                                   Amateur Football Combination 2012-13 - Rolling Substitutions Proposal                                                  Amateur Football Combination - National Respect Gold Award League                                                      LOB Senior Cup Final - Monday 21st May at Dulwich Hamlet FC                                                  AFC Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies - Thursday 24th May 2012 at The Oval - Ticket Details                                                      AFC League Administrator Advert                                                  Yorkshire Amateur League 2 Amateur Football Combination 3 - Match Report                                                  AFA Refereeing Courses                                                   Old Bromleians Charter Standard                                                   Jamie Brunton Away                                                   AFC Club Marks to 23rd March                                                   Yorkshire Old Boys vs AFC - Saturday 7th April                                                      Chertsey Old Salesians                                               Old Meadonians in 1 West                                                  Bob Coates away                                                  Old Camdenians withdrawal                                                  AFC 2 Arthurian League 0                                                      RBL Loughton Resignation                                                    Spring Cups 2012                                                    AFC Trophies due for Return                                                AFC League Roles 2012-13 - Get Involved                                                    Player Registration and Team Sheets                                                   SMS Results for Cup Games                                                   Double Headers                                                   Full-Time Passwords                                                    Full-Time Mobile Site                                                    AFC Club Ratings to 10th February 2012                                                    AFC Rules - Maximum Three Substitutes                                                    Match Day Reminders                                                  Spirit of Football/Respect Reminders for 2011-12

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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