Burnley & District Sunday Football League

Here we go…

Sunday 6th September

First league fixtures of the season!!

🏆 Premier Division

Kudos Utd vs Craven Heifer
Silent Night Stadium (Barlick)
1.30pm

Sabden vs IOTW
Nutter Barn
1.30pm

Globe vs Belvedere
Mount Carmel
12.00pm

❌ Daneshouse - Bye

🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP

Oldband Ath vs Kudos Res
Nelson College 3G
2.00pm

Dog Inn vs Pendle Utd
Marsden Heights
2.30pm

Vintage Claret vs Coal Clough
Towneley
1.30pm

Peel Park vs Pendle Blues
Livingstone Road
1.30pm

🏆 SECOND DIVISION

Turf FC vs Royal Dyche
Prairie 3G
1.30pm

Commercial Utd vs FC Hyndburn
Marsden Heights
12.30pm

Todmorden FC vs Oswaldtwistle
Todmorden
1.30pm

FC Globe vs Mavericks
Towneley
1.30pm

Brierfield Celtic vs AFC Burnley
John Bradley Playing Fields
1.45pm

❌ Flying Dutchman - Bye

As always…

🗑️ Clear your rubbish from the side of the pitches
🤐 Be wary of families and children present at venues
🗑️ Clear your changing rooms after the game

Please like, share and comment on our posts so we can build the audience. (Any abusive comments will be deleted and you will be blocked)

For the results post we will try and tag goal scorers and MOM’s (made easier by better details provided from the managers)

Good luck to all 26 teams this season. I expect 3 closely contested divisions

One of our soon to be sponsors is reaching out for engineers.

With over 600 players registered, if we have any CNC machinists in there, please get in touch

360 Consultants

🚨🚨🚨 CALLING ALL REFEREE'S 🚨🚨🚨

As the league continues to grow, the need for referee's each Sunday is becoming more challenging

If you know of any referee's who would be interested in joining the league, please message me.

Kick off times vary between 12.30pm up to 2.30pm
Towneley, Pleasington, Accrington, Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Todmorden

We pay £50 per game (£25 from each team before kick off)

We do have venues where we can double up, one ref could do 2 games back to back (Marsden Heights 12.30 and 2.15pm)

✅WhatsApp group for all refs
✅Fixtures put in there every Monday
✅Allocate fairly where possible (ideally don't want the same ref doing the same team every week)

Please share and tag people who could be interested.

🚨🚨Update 🚨🚨

Unfortunately, we’ve lost a team before the season has started.

Sod's law, it had to be a team from the top division that nobody wants to move up in to!

AFC Vets gave their notice yesterday which means there are (currently) only 7 teams in the Premier Division.

We are in discussions to see if teams would be happy to move up and will update if there are any changes.

Not long to go now...

The season is starting on Sunday 6th September

The AGM was a tough evening, tried our best to split the leagues evenly but unfortunately that wasn't able to happen with teams not happy about being in higher divisions.

6 years ago 7 teams in the whole league!

This is how we look for the 2026/27 season....

🏆PREMIER DIVISION

Kudos Utd
Daneshouse FC
Globe FC
Inn on the Wharf
AFC Vets
Belvedere
Craven Heifer
Sabden FC

🏆CHAMPIONSHIP

Coal Clough
Dog Inn
Oldband Athletic AFC (Formerly Park View Clarets)
Pendle Blues (Rejoined the league)
Pendle Utd
Peel Park
Vintage Claret FC (Formerly Forest FC)
Kudos Reserves

🏆SECOND DIVISION

AFC Burnley
Mavericks FC
FC Globe
FC Hyndburn
Oswaldtwistle Wolves
Royal Dyche
Turf FC (New)
Todmorden FC (New)
Flying Dutchman (New)
Commercial Utd (New)
Brierfield Celtic (New - second team in 2 years to move up from U18's to adult football)

I want to thank all the venues that support our league. Without you there wouldn't be a league

Towneley, Fennyfold, Bullholme, Holt House, Pleasington, Prairie 3G and Grass, Nelson College 3G and Marsden Heights 3G.

There are a number of teams with their own pitches as well which massively helps.

⚽️Belvedere & Calder Vale Sports Club - Home pitch for Belvedere in the Premier Division
⚽️Silentnight Stadium - Home pitch for Kudos Utd in the Premier Division
⚽️Rolls Royce Sports Ground - Home pitch for Kudos Reserves in the Championship
⚽️Accrington Academy - Home pitch for FC Hyndburn in the Second Division
⚽️Livingstone Road - Home pitch to Peel Park in the Championship
⚽️Todmorden - Home of Todmorden FC in the Second Division

If possible, like and share the page.

Ideally we want all the teams and players following the page so we can tag them in the weekly posts and give shout outs to the goal scorers and MOM's each week.

💥💥 I'd still like a League Sponsor, if you are interested and would like to have your name associated with the league on posts twice a week, get in touch! 💥💥

Good luck to all teams this season

Regards

The Chairman

AGM Reminder

✅ Wednesday 29th July
✅ Venue - Burnley Belvedere
✅ Time - Arrive around 7pm with a view to starting the meeting at 7.15pm

Ideally no more than 2 people from any one team.

All new teams welcome

💥 In advance of tomorrow's meeting, I just wanted to highlight sponsorship opportunities for the 2026/27 season 💥

Each team is asked to follow and like this page.
Based on conversations so far, there is potentially to have up to 30 teams this season
Last season we registered over 900 players with 25 teams
By encouraging all players to follow the page, that is a fantastic audience for any companies that would be willing to sponsor

2 weekly posts - One for fixtures and one for results
Some of the posts were getting over 4000 views - Can only increase with more followers

Sponsorship Options

Premier Division Sponsor
Championship Division Sponsor
Second Division Sponsor
Towneley Cup Sponsor
3x League Cup competitions

Or…. why not be the overall LEAGUE sponsor!

Exposure for your company every week and we will make a point of doing a piece about your company, why you sponsored the league and how we can help push potential custom your way...

If you are interested, message me and we can discuss further..

Here's to another successful (and stress free season 😂😂)

AGM date confirmed

✅ Wednesday 29th July
🕣 7pm with a view to starting the meeting at 7.30pm
🏟️ Venue – Burnley Belvedere (Holden Road, BB10 2LE – Behind the Oaks Hotel)

Last season we started with 26 teams and they were split across 3 divisions.
We lost 5 teams throughout the season and had to adapt accordingly

The AGM is there to share ideas, welcome new teams and to put in place a structure for the 2026/27 season.

Everyone has a voice, just needs to be put across in the right manner as you are never going to please everyone.
The committee work tirelessly and thanklessly behind the scenes, we would welcome some support!

We evolve each and every year based on things learnt the previous season

Looking forward to seeing you all after some much needed time off

And that’s a wrap!!!

Season overview....

Premier Division Champions - Kudos Utd
Premier Division Cup Winners - Daneshouse FC
Premier Division Cup Final Man of the Match - Ismail Usman (Daneshouse FC)
League Top Scorer - Spencer Cunliffe - Kudos Utd - 18

Championship Champions - Belvedere
Championship Cup Winners - Belvedere
Championship Cup Final Man of the Match - Will Woodruff (Belvedere)
League Top Scorer - Josh Holding - Belvedere - 26

Second Division Champions - Park View Clarets
Second Division Cup Winners - Park View Clarets
Second Division Cup Final Man of the Match - Jomar Da Silva (Park View Clarets)
League Top Scorer - Joshua Mitchell - Kudos Reserves - 23

Towneley Cup Winners - Daneshouse FC
Towneley Cup Final Man of the Match - Ismail Usman

It's safe to say that once again we have learnt a lot and will be dissecting the season prior to the AGM, which is likely to be in July.

Venues
Kick off times
Using the match day app
Match day team sheets
Postponements
Transfers
Registrations
Forfeits
League Structure
Pitch Fees
Social Media
League Entry Fee
Sponsorship

This just skims the surface

The committee will be clocking off for a month.

People have enquired about friendlies and even asked about another summer league.
For friendlies, you can contact the 3G venues directly and organise whatever games you like as private booking
As for a summer league - If you can find someone to organise it, crack on. Once again, this will be completely separate to this league

We will regroup towards the end of June and announce a date for the AGM.

For any new teams looking to join, send a message and we will get back to you. We have already had around 7 enquiries, 3 of which are pretty much confirmed to join.

Another season of learning, and despite losing 5 teams throughout the season, we are one of the only growing grassroots leagues in the North West according to the LFA. The stress is real, never able to please everyone and a lot of comments made both on an off the pitch in relation to how the league is run.

We will be sure to leave a few spare seats at the AGM for those who wish to step up voluntarily to help on the committee

Thank you to all the venues, the refs and to the committee. A mammoth task once again