History & Honours

Merseyside County Schools Football Association is about a great deal more than just playing the game of football. We have it as our prime aim to guide the development, character and personality of all of our young people and their football skills through playing the wonderful game.

Bob Downing, MCSFA Chairman 2012–18

MCSFA proudly boasts a number of high-profile past professional players from within its ranks:

Robbie Fowler; Steven Gerrard; Leighton Baines; Tony Hibbert; Jodie Taylor; Toni Duggan; Alex Greenwood; Nikita Parris

County Honours

Merseyside u19 Boys

               ESFA National – 1981, 1986, 1992

               ESFA Region II – 1976, 1977 (shared), 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1992

               Northern Counties – 1994

Merseyside u18 Boys

               ESFA National – 2005 (shared), 2006

               Northern Counties – 2006, 2013, 2018

Merseyside u16 Boys

               ESFA National – 1983, 1990, 2001; 2023

               Northern Counties – 2002, 2019; 2023

Merseyside u15 Boys

               Northern Counties – 1978 (shared), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1993

Merseyside u14 Boys

               ESFA National – 1983; 1990; 2001; 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019; 2024

               Northern Counties – 2002; 2018; 2019; 2023

Merseyside u16 Girls

               ESFA National – 2002, 2004, 2005 (shared)

               Northern Counties – 1999, 2002, 2004 (shared), 2006, 2009, 2010

Merseyside u14 Girls

             Northern Counties West League Winners – 2023

Associations

ESFA u15 Trophy – Liverpool 1918, 1921, 1937, 1948 (shared), 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1993, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014; Huyton 1971; St Helens 1989; Wirral 2017, 2022

ESFA u14 Girls – Knowsley St Helens 2022

 ESFA u13 – Liverpool 2012, 2016, 2018; Sefton (2022)

ESFA u12 9-a-side – Wirral 2022

ESFA u12 9-a-side girls – Liverpool 2022

 ESFA u11 9-a-side – Liverpool 1994, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2022; Wirral 1995, 2004

SCHOOLS

ESFA u11 7-a-side – Farnborough (Southport) 2002

ESFA u11 7-a-side Girls – St Paul’s (Liverpool) 2007, 2008 (shared)

ESFA u11 7-a-side Small Schools – Corpus Christi (St Helens) 2002; St John Bosco (Maghull) 2004; St Aidan’s (St Helens) 2012

ESFA u12 5-a-side – St Benedict’s (Wirral) shared 1993; Mosslands (Wirral) 2006

ESFA u12 5-a-side Girls – All Saints (Knowsley) 2001; Rainford (St Helens) 2008

ESFA u12 9-a-side Schools’ Cup – Arch Beck (Liverpool) 2009; Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2011, 2013

ESFA u12 9-a-side Schools’ B Team Cup – SFX (Liverpool) 2014; Stanley (Southport) 2015; Card Heenan 2019

ESFA u13 9-a-side Schools’ Cup – Arch Beck (Liverpool) 2005, 2010; Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2011

ESFA u13 9-a-side Schools’ B Team Cup – Stanley (Southport) 2016

ESFA u13 9-a-side Schools’ Cup for Girls – Chesterfield (Crosby) 2017

ESFA u14 Schools’ Cup – SFX (Liverpool) 2003; Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2004, 2012, 2015; Calday (2022)

ESFA u14 Schools’ B Team Cup – Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2016, 2019

ESFA u15 Schools’ Cup – Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2014; SFX (Liverpool) 2017, 2018; Formby (2022)

ESFA u15 Schools’ B Team Cup – Card Heenan (Liverpool) 2016, 2017

ESFA u15 Small Schools – Stanley (Southport) 2014; De La Salle (Liverpool) 2019

ESFA u15 Specialist Schools’ Cup for Girls – Arch Beck (Liverpool) 2006

ESFA u15 Schools’ Cup for Girls – St Julie’s (Liverpool) 2010

ESFA u16 Schools’ Cup – Campion (Liverpool) 1990; De La Salle (Liverpool) 1991; Card Heenan (Liverpool) shared 1995; Blue Coat (Liverpool) 1998; SFX (Liverpool) 2014; West Derby (Liverpool) 2012, 2015; Calday Grange (Wirral) 2018

ESFA u16 Schools’ Cup for Girls – Notre Dame (Liverpool) 2004

ESFA u18 Schools’ Cup for Girls – St Julie’s (Liverpool) 2012

ESFA u19 Schools/Colleges Cup – Blue Coat (Liverpool) 1987

ESFA Internationals

UNDER-18

1974-75           G Mears (Salesian); T Wheeldon (De La Salle)

1977-78           O Brown (Salesian)

1979-80           R Burke (De La Salle); M Cook (SFX)

1980-81           M Leonard (Parr HS)

1981-82           R Sturgeon (KGV); P Nugent (Birkenhead Inst)

1982-83           P Conning (Halewood); R Griffiths (Range)

1983-84           S Hall (Deyes)

1984-85           S Hall (Deyes); A Sunter (Blue Coat)

1985-86           A Sunter (Blue Coat)

1986-87           I Brady (De La Salle)

1988-89           I Buckley (Savio)

1992-93           S Carberry (De La Salle)

1999-00           J Potter (Blue Coat)

2001-02           G Black (Range)

2006-07           M Deakin (SFX)

2007-08           T Grice (Liverpool City Comm Coll)

2008-09           J Baptista (Liverpool City Comm Coll)

2009-10           J Hart (Mosslands)

2010-11           J Hart (Mosslands)

2012-13           R Gilroy (Sacred Heart); J Owen (Rainhill)

2013-14           Dominic McGiveron (Maricourt)

2023-24 Deacon Smalley (FEFA)

UNDER-15 BOYS

1974-75           J May (North Sefton); R Ranson (St Helens)

1976-77           T Caton (Kirkby)

1977-78           T Caton (Kirkby); A Lee (Liverpool); D Kelly (Liverpool)

1981-82           I Fairbrother (North Sefton); M Seagraves (Bootle & Dist); R Gordon (Liverpool)

1982-83           N Rimmer (North Sefton); D O’Brien (Bootle & Dist)

1983-84           J Jeffers (Liverpool); P Reddington (Liverpool)

1986-87           J Murray (Liverpool); S McVey (Sefton)

1987-88           D Christian (Liverpool)
1992-93           J Cassidy (Liverpool / National School)

1993-94           M Branch (Liverpool / National School); T Culshaw (Liverpool / National School); J O’Toole (Sefton / National School)

1994-95           M Ball (Sefton / National School); M O’Brien (Liverpool)

1995-96           F Jeffers (Liverpool / National School); P Taylor (Wirral)

1996-97           P Taylor (Wirral); C O’Brien (Liverpool); R Wright (Sefton / National School)

1997-98           C O’Brien Capt (Liverpool); P Crookes (Liverpool); P Clarke (Sefton / National School)

UNDER-15 GIRLS

2010-11           A Porshke (West Kirby)

2012-13           Z Tynan (Calderstones)

2013-14           E Hannah (Fazakerley)