Team / Association Suspension

The ESFA Council has now approved the procedure for team / association suspension.

Associations with no representative teams must check next season that their opposition is not subject to suspension. The ESFA website will list registered teams who have yet to gain approval to play representative football.

For your reference, you can find the procedure below:

Updates to ESFA Suspension Policy 


Association Suspension

The following Associations are currently suspended from representative football.

Members must check to make sure that fixtures against listed teams are not planned.

Association Suspended due to non-compliant CWO’s

Association Code Association Name Reason For Suspension
E423   Bristol Primary Non-Compliant CWO
H209 Havering Non-Compliant CWO
H321 Maidstone   Non-Compliant CWO
G407 High Wycombe Non-Compliant CWO
A221 Middlesbrough Non-Compliant CWO
B302 Sefton Non-Compliant CWO
B214 Manchester Non-Compliant CWO
G305 St Albans Non-Compliant CWO
G306 Lea valley Non-Compliant CWO

Associations suspended due to Incomplete Affiliations

Association codeAssociation nameReason For Suspension
C206 North Shropshire Incomplete Affiliation
C210Shrewsbury & DistrictIncomplete Affiliation
C224North WorcestershireIncomplete Affiliation
C311   TamworthIncomplete Affiliation
C413NuneatonIncomplete Affiliation
C421Stoke on Trent Incomplete Affiliation
D310ScunthorpeIncomplete Affiliation
D314 South NottinghamshireIncomplete Affiliation
E209  Mid SomersetIncomplete Affiliation
H210 HillingdonIncomplete Affiliation
H211Waltham ForestIncomplete Affiliation
H317SpelthorneIncomplete Affiliation
H331BromleyIncomplete Affiliation
H429Mid SussexIncomplete Affiliation
WC21CaerphillyIncomplete Affiliation
B213Macclesfield & DistrictIncomplete Affiliation
B231WiganIncomplete Affiliation
F206Havant & DistrictIncomplete Affiliation
F406Ascot & MaidenheadIncomplete Affiliation
G208South West SuffolkIncomplete Affiliation

Temporary Affiliation

C103 Staffordshire Welfare Officer Workshop
E420 Forest of Dean Safeguarding Workshop

Representative Teams suspended due to staff role issues:

NumberAssociation Name Rep Teams not compliant
D202Chesterfield U11B, U11G, U13B, U13G
E104 Somerset U15B, U18B, U14G, U16G
H412Enfield U13B, U15B, U13G
WC01Cardiff and the Vale U9, U10, U15B, U9G, U10G, U11G,U12G,U13G,U15G
B209HuddersfieldU13B
B222Chorley & DistrictU11B
B224WakefieldU12B, U11B
B225Hyndburn & RibbleU11G
F103DorsetU15B
F101BerkshireU14B
F405Jersey U11B
G305St AlbansU13B,U14B,U15B
G306Lea ValleyU13B,U14B,U15B
G412N HertfordshireU11B
G101Bedfordshire BU14
G407 High WycombeU11B
A101ClevelandU16B,U18B
A104North Yorkshire U18B
A106South Yorkshire U14B U14G U16G
A201AllerdaleU14B
A202South Northumberland U13B
A207Doncaster U11G,U12G,U13G
A208E Northumberland and Berwick U14B
A210Hartlepool U15B
A303Darlington U16B U13B
A305 Gateshead U16B
A310Sunderland U13B U15B U16B