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Les Brechin
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Does anyone on here still play or are involved in local Sunday League footy?

I used to help run a team for a number of years a while back but haven't been involved for a few years now.

I know that when I first got involved in the late 80's/early 90's there were 10 Divisions and each Division had a minimum of 12 teams in it.

I've just looked at the Sunday League website for the coming season and it down to 4 Divisions now. 2 Divisions have only 6 teams with 1 Division of 8 and the other having 9 so that 120 teams that there used to be and we're down to under 30 teams now!

Makes me wonder how long it'll be before Sunday League footy disappears for ever, which would be a real shame.


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I remember 10 divisions on a Sunday Les and 6 on Saturdays.
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Quoted from 3 Day Millionaire
I remember 10 divisions on a Sunday Les and 6 on Saturdays.


The Grimsby Saturday league went a few years back now, only a matter of time before the Sunday league follows I reckon.


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I run a team and have done for the last 3 years.

We absolutely love it and wouldn’t change it for the world however, prices have risen again this season (even with some genuine help from the league) and it will get to a point where it’s not financially worth it anymore.  

Equally, COVID hit hard. A lot of people got out of that routine of going out on a Sunday morning to play and realised they didn’t think it was worth it anymore.

As a 25 yo, I sadly believe my generation will be the last that experiences Sunday League as we know it


Sleep well Icey, Matty and Richard. Keep each other company up there xx

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Quoted from bradzmilne
I run a team and have done for the last 3 years.

We absolutely love it and wouldn’t change it for the world however, prices have risen again this season (even with some genuine help from the league) and it will get to a point where it’s not financially worth it anymore.  

Equally, COVID hit hard. A lot of people got out of that routine of going out on a Sunday morning to play and realised they didn’t think it was worth it anymore.

As a 25 yo, I sadly believe my generation will be the last that experiences Sunday League as we know it


Just out of interest Bradz, how much do you charge players to play these days?


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I don't play Sunday League and never have but does anyone play 5/6 a-side either in a league or as a weekly kickabout?

I haven't played since before first lockdown but I'm eager to get out and play. Does anyone play on a weeknight? Tuesdays and Wednesdays are definitely off the table for me.
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Costs, effort needed to run a team and the time folk need means people are swayed from it. League has plenty of cash to help teams too but offer little which makes zero sense, surely encouraging teams should be the name of the game?

I guess a few sacked it off over covid and then factor in the morons that play and like a scrap or put in dangerous tackles I’d imagine folk don’t bother.

6 a side leagues seem to be growing, I’d imagine the ease of organising and then just rocking up, playing for 40 minutes and going home…you barely need a kit…


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It's probably all those club linesman flagging you offside after scoring a perfectly good goal at the young age of 16 that is putting them off play Les?
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Quoted from lukeo
It's probably all those club linesman flagging you offside after scoring a perfectly good goal at the young age of 16 that is putting them off play Les?


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