National Competitions

ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup Finals announced

The ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup Finals are to take place at King Power Stadium, home of Leicester City FC, on Wednesday 7th June

24 primary school teams from across the country will descend on Leicester to play in the inaugural Pokémon Schools’ Cup Finals, with three teams being crowned National Champions at the end of the day. Eight National Finalists have qualified for each of the three competitions, all of which have competed in and won District, County and Regional rounds in each of their respective competitions. The three competitions being contested are:

  • ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup for School Teams’
  • ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup for Girls’
  • ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup for Small Schools’

The Pokémon Schools’ Cup launched back in September with the district round of the competition. The winners of these rounds then faced off against the best teams in their county in January for a chance to attend one of the four regional finals which took place in March. The winners and runners up from these regional finals now have the chance to be crowned National Champions on Wednesday 7th June at King Power Stadium.

The matches will kick off at 12pm on the 7th June with gates opening at 11am. Entry for spectators is free but the ESFA ask that spectators book tickets via the link below. A refreshment kiosk will be open for the purchase of hot and cold snacks and refreshments. Match day programmes will be available for free upon arrival to the stadium.

The event will be streamed live on ESFA TV with full match commentary. Coverage will be free of charge and will remain online after the event has taken place, so players, team officials and spectators can enjoy watching the game(s) back at a later date.

National Finalists 2023

School Teams:

County SFARegionNational Finalist School Name
DurhamNorth (runner up)Whickham St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
North Yorkshire SFANorth (winner)Robert Wilkinson Primary
StaffordshireMidlands (runner up)Edge Hill Academy
Derbyshire Midlands (Winner)Harpur Hill Primary School
Devon South West (winner)Bickleigh Down
Channel Islands South West (runner up)Victoria College Prep
EssexSouth East (winner)The Henry Moore Primary
SurreySouth East (runner up)Ashley CofE Primary School

Girls’ Cup

County SFANational FinalNational Finalists School Name
Cheshire North (winner)St Martin’s Academy
North YorkshireNorth (runner up)Crakehall CoE Primary
Nottinghamshire  Midlands (Winner)Tollerton Primary
Northamptonshire Midlands (runners-up) Broughton Primary School
Dorset South West (winner)St. Walburga’s Catholic Primary School
GloucestershireSouth West (runner up)Churchdown Village Junior
KentSouth East (winner)Days Lane Primary School
Suffolk South East (runner up)Dale Hall Community Primary School

Small Schools’

County SFANational FinalsCounty Winners School Name
CheshireNorth (Winner)Lindow Community School
NorthumberlandNorth (runner up)St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School
LincolnshireMidlands (winner)Swineshead St Marys CoE Primary
West Midlands Midlands (runner up)SS Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School
Somerset South West (winner)Pensford Primary
DorsetSouth West (runner up)Thornford Primary School
MiddlesexSouth East (winner)Alma Primary
BedfordshireSouth East (runner up)Ashton St Peters

Social Media

Make sure to follow @schoolsfootball on social media platforms for updates on the Pokémon Schools’ Cup and for behind the scenes action of the event.

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ESFA National Competitions- Top Goal Scorers

The ESFA National competitions are well underway, there have been over 28,000 goals in all competitions. The ESFA have collated the top goal scorers so far in each ESFA National Schools’ Cup competition which you can view below.

The ESFA National competitions are in full swing with over 5700 fixtures played and over 28,000 goals scored. Below are the current top goal scorers in each competition, these statistics were taken from the start of the season up until Tuesday 15th November.

NameNumber of goalsSchool nameAgeGenderCompetition
Dixon6Branston Community AcademyUnder 12Boys9-a-Side Schools’ Cup for ‘B’ Teams
Keen9Richard Challoner SchoolUnder 12Boys9-a-Side Schools’ Cup
Ward8Ormiston Endeavour AcademyUnder 12Boys9-a-Side Small Schools’ Cup
Brown7St Francis Xavier’s CollegeUnder 12BoysElite Schools’ Cup
Morfitt7South Hunsley School & VI Form CollegeUnder 13BoysElite Schools’ Cup
Meakin9Conyers SchoolUnder 13BoysSchools’ Cup
Thompson10Thomas Telford SchoolUnder 13BoysSchools’ Cup For ‘B’ Teams
Carr9Twycross House SchoolUnder 13BoysSmall Schools’ Trophy
Makris5Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysUnder 14BoysElite Schools’ Cup
Player12Norlington School & VI FormUnder 14BoysSchools’ Cup
Hulme8Co-op Academy WalkdenUnder 14BoysSchools’ Cup for ‘B’ Teams
Dunn4Wrekin CollegeUnder 14BoysSmall Schools’ Trophy
Barnes4High Tunstall College of ScienceUnder 15BoysElite Schools’ Cup
McWilliam9St John’s School & VI Form College –Under 15BoysSchools’ Cup
de Mel4Hampton SchoolUnder 15BoysSchools’ Cup for ‘B’ Teams
Shorland5Pool AcademyUnder 15BoysSmall Schools’ Trophy
Donnahey5Litherland High SchoolUnder 15BoysSmall Schools’ Trophy
Pranish5LVS AscotUnder 15BoysSmall Schools’ Trophy
Kvaternik4Wright Robinson CollegeUnder 16BoysElite Schools’ Cup
McCormick5Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolUnder 16BoysSchools’ Cup for ‘B’ Teams
Manby7Oriel High SchoolUnder 16BoysSchools’ Cup
Opoku4Sir Herbert Leon AcademyUnder 16BoysSmall Schools’ Cup
Thompson3Wath AcademyUnder 18BoysSchools’ Cup for B Teams
Jenner7St Peter’s Catholic High School & VI Form CentreUnder 18BoysSchools’ Trophy
Guy9Stratford Upon Avon SchoolUnder 12Girls9-a-Side Schools’ Cup
Myatt13St Peter’s Catholic High School & VI Form CentreUnder 13Girls9-a-Side Schools’ Cup
Emily15Bristol Free SchoolUnder 14GirlsSchools’ Cup
Myatt13St Peter’s Catholic High School & VI Form CentreUnder 14GirlsSchools’ Cup
Eva17Woodcote High SchoolUnder 15GirlsSchools’ Cup
Tilly B9Fulford SchoolUnder 16GirlsSchools’ Cup
Hare5Thomas Telford SchoolUnder 18GirlsSchools’ Trophy

Congratulations to all the the players who have made this list and we wish all the teams good luck in their respective competitions. Keep tagging @schoolsfootball in your teams results on social media and the ESFA will continue to celebrate the success of the students involved.