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FA People's Cup

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The FA People's Cup is an annual English association football tournament organised by The Football Association. The first installment of the tournament, ran in partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation's "Get Inspired" campaign took place in 2015.[1]

The tournament is open to any football player over the age of 16 and is technically made up of 15 separate tournaments with 15 finals. Categories include male, female, disability (separate tournaments for men and women) and futsal.[2] The finals are played at St George's Park National Football Centre near Burton-on-Trent.[3] The winners of each cup get tickets to that season's FA Cup Final.[4]

Winners

List of FA People's Cup Winners
2015[5] 2016[6] 2017[7] 2018[8] 2019[9]
Male Prize Hunters Hunters Woolpack United TCFC Scorpionz Blue
Female Liverpool Feds A-Town Ladies Plymouth FC United Who are You
Male Veterans Canaries All Stars Liberties Vets Liberties Vets Options Management White Horse
Female Veterans n/a Hackney Jurassics Hackney Jurassics Nottingham Vets Hackney Jurassics
Female Disability n/a n/a Aston Villa Aston Villa Plymouth Warriors
Walking Football Codnor FC Grimsby Ancient Mariners Wokingham UB50 Fleetwood Town Flyers Pele's Pearls
Female Walking Football n/a n/a n/a n/a Birmingham WFW Blues
Male Disability The Manchester Amputees Midtown Exeter City Westcliff United Reading FC Deaf
Male Disability League n/a n/a Portland Danby Rovers FC United Manchester White
Male Disability Championship n/a n/a Warriors Swale Tigers Swale Tigers
Cerebral Palsy West Midlands CP n/a n/a n/a n/a
U14 Boys G4G FC Sandwell Academy Sproatley Juniors Finesse Academy n/a
U14 Girls AFC Kempston Harvesters Ladies Kingston Select Stevenage Girls n/a
U16 Boys ARD7 St. John's Wood FC Dorking Chewton n/a
U16 Girls Cambridge Utd Frampton Rangers Sprowston Girls Bolton Lionesses n/a
U16 Disability n/a Grange Academy Cedarsfield Maidstone United Maidstone United Raiders FC
Male Higher Education n/a n/a Filthy Fellas LADS FC n/a
Female Higher Education n/a n/a Wockey FC Poppy's Players n/a
University Male n/a n/a n/a Filthy Fellas Team Best
University Female n/a n/a n/a Lboro Rangers Aston University
College Futsal Male n/a n/a n/a n/a Disco Trimmers
College Futsal Female n/a n/a n/a n/a Balotelli-Tubbies

References

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  1. ^ "FA People's Cup Final". BBC Sport. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ Association, The Football. "Sign up for The FA People's Cup!". www.sussexfa.com.
  3. ^ Association, The Football. "Sign up for the FA Peoples Cup". www.northumberlandfa.com.
  4. ^ "Peoples Cup". www.qmsu.org.
  5. ^ "FA People's Cup Final". 25 May 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ^ Association, The Football. "FA People's Cup champions crowned after thrilling finals day". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ "FA People's Cup 2017: Winners earn Wembley trip after five-a-side competition ends". 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ^ "FA People's Cup 2018: Champions crowned at St George's Parks head to Wembley". 29 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^ "FA People's Cup 2019: FA Peoples Cup Review". 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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