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20-520: The Lancashire County Football Association , also known simply as the Lancashire FA , is the governing body of football within the historical county boundaries of Lancashire , England. They are responsible for the governance and development of football at all levels in the county. The Lancashire County FA was formed on 28 September 1878 at a meeting held one Saturday afternoon in the parlour of The Volunteer Inn, Bromley Cross. The LFA runs

40-571: A certain group, such as the Catholic or Jewish sports groups. General sports organizations and multi-sport events also exist for other groups such as the Invictus Games for military veterans. Professional sports leagues are usually the highest level of play in sport, specifically if they consist of the best players around the world in a certain sport. Because of this, they usually work with national or international federations, but there

60-499: A congress or general assembly of the international federation and is responsible for defining its sports policies. It consists of all of the national federations, each of which receives one vote. On the other hand, the executive branch, which is often referred to as the council or executive committee, consists of elected members by the legislative branch and is responsible for directing, managing, and representing their federation. Trusts are organizations or groups that have control over

80-558: A given sport (or a group of similar sport disciplines, such as aquatics or skiing ) and administers its sport at the highest level. These federations work to create a common set of rules, promote their sport, and organize international competitions. International sports federations represent their sport at the Olympic level where applicable. About 30 international sport federations are located in Switzerland , with about 20 or so in

100-451: A number of different cup competitions catering for the various levels of football played throughout the county, which is based on the historic county boundaries of Lancashire , before the 1974 county boundary re-organisation, rather than the current administrative county boundaries and so includes Barrow-in-Furness to the north and Manchester , Rochdale , Oldham and Liverpool to the south. Warrington , historically part of Lancashire,

120-584: A particular sport, as evident in the example of the Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs . Multi-sport event organizers are responsible for the organization of an event that includes more than one sport. The best-known example is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organizer of the modern Olympic Games . General sports organizations are responsible for sports-related topics, usually for

140-556: A team in the minor leagues . This enables them to shuffle players who are not doing well to the minor leagues, which will inspire them to contribute more to the team by playing better. A 2014 study by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) criticized major international sports governing bodies including the International Olympic Committee and FIFA for not having sufficient provisions for human and labor rights. Premier Reserve League 2009%E2%80%9310 The events in

160-531: A type of national federation, as they are responsible for a country's participation in the Olympic Games and in the Paralympic Games respectively. However, a national governing body (NGB) can be different from a national federation due to government recognition requirements. Also, national governing bodies can be a supraorganization representing a range of unrelated organizations operating in

180-949: Is not administered by the Lancashire FA and is instead covered by the Cheshire FA . The administrative area covered by the Lancashire County FA overlaps with areas covered by Manchester FA and Liverpool FA . According to the Memorandum on Areas and Overlapping of Associations the Manchester FA covers the area 12 miles from Manchester Town Hall and is confined to Lancashire . The Liverpool FA covers 18 miles in Lancashire and 8 miles in Cheshire from Liverpool Town Hall. In addition in an agreement with

200-494: Is usually a separation between the different federations. Most North American professional leagues usually do not have amateur divisions, as the amateur divisions are mostly run in separate leagues. Also, most professional leagues are related to other leagues, as players usually attempt to play in the league with the highest level of play. Because of this, promotion and relegation can occur; or, in league systems without promotion and relegation, clubs in professional leagues can have

220-841: The County Ground , Thurston Road in Leyland . They moved their headquarters to the County Ground in 1998 from Blackburn . The County Ground is the current home of Bolton Wanderers reserve team, who play in the Premier Reserve League and who, in the 2009–10 season , play in the North Division. The club also use the ground for all their home matches in the Manchester Senior Cup . The county representative team and county youth team also use

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240-955: The Cumberland FA the Lancashire FA received eight clubs in the South Cumberland area of Millom from the end of season 1969/70. The county is divided into nine areas with each area having one member on the LFA Council. The divisions are as follows: Division 1: Burnley – Pendle – Rossendale Division 2: Blackburn with Darwen – Hyndburn – Ribble Valley Division 3: Bolton Division 4: Bury – Rochdale Division 5: Chorley – Liverpool – West Lancashire Division 6: Preston – South Ribble – Blackpool – Fylde Division 7: Oldham – Manchester Division 8: Barrow – Lancaster – Wyre Division 9: St Helens – Wigan – Warrington The Lancashire FA governs 100 leagues, 4,000 teams and 1,500 referees. In

260-622: The Lausanne area, where the International Olympic Committee is located. International federations for sports that do not participate in the Olympic Games are managed by equivalent organizations to the International Olympic Committee , such as the SportAccord . International federations are typically organized with legislative and executive branches at the top. The legislative body is usually referred to as

280-624: The sport that they govern. Governing bodies have different scopes. They may cover a range of sport at an internationally acceptable level, such as the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee , or only a single sport at a national level, such as the Rugby Football League . National bodies will largely have to be affiliated with international bodies for the same sport. The first international federations were formed at

300-614: The 2005–06 season the Lancashire County FA Schools team won the English Schools' Football Association Under-16 Inter County Trophy. In the semi-final held at Victoria Park, Burscough , Lancashire beat Leicestershire & Rutland County Schools FA 3–1. They then beat Devon County Schools FA 2–1 in the final which was held at Ewood Park in Blackburn on 11 May 2006. The Lancashire FA are based at

320-481: The Lancashire FA. These are – Clubs who are associate members of the Lancashire FA include:- The Lancashire FA currently organises nineteen County Cup competitions. Sport governing body A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sports governing bodies come in various forms and have a variety of regulatory functions, including disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in

340-471: The end of the 19th century. Every sport has a different governing body that can define the way that the sport operates through its affiliated clubs and societies. This is because sports have different levels of difficulty and skill, so they can try to organize the people playing their sport by ability and by age. The different types of sport governing bodies are all shown below: International sports federations are non-governmental non-profit organizations for

360-584: The ground for home matches, and up until the 2009–2010 season County Cup finals were played at the County Ground. The ground has a 500-seater covered stand. Facilities include an all-weather pitch as well as six corporate rooms, the largest of which, the Tom Finney Suite, can seat up to 100. - Garstang - Longridge - Colne A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Lancashire FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including: There are 79 clubs who have full membership of

380-477: The money that will be used to help someone else, such as the Youth Sport Trust . National governing bodies have the same objectives as those of an international federation, but within the scope of one country, or even part of a country, as the name implies. They support local clubs and are often responsible for national teams . National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees are both

400-492: The senior leagues during the 2008–09 season saw Middlesbrough , Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Burnley , Wolverhampton Wanderers , and Birmingham City . Tottenham Hotspur will not be entering a team for this season. On 12 April 2010, in a behind closed doors fixture at their Bodymoor Heath training ground , Aston Villa beat Fulham 2-1 with goals from Barry Bannan and Ciaran Clark to book their place in

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