Football League Youth Alliance

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Football League Youth Alliance

Countries	England
Founded	1997
Divisions	4
Number of teams	58
Promotion to	Premier Academy League
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Domestic cup(s)	FA Youth Cup
Current champions	Wrexham (North West) Chesterfield (North East) Swindon Town (South West) Southend United (South East) (2008-09)

The Football League Youth Alliance (known sometimes as the Puma Youth Alliance after its sponsors, Puma) is the second tier of youth football competition in England, beneath the FA Premier Academy League. It was founded in 1997 at the same time as the expansion of the Premier Academy League (which is for clubs with Academy status), and is contested between Football League member clubs with Centre of Excellence status.

Contents 1 Current Structure 1.1 North West Conference 1.2 North East Conference 1.3 South West Conference 1.4 South East Conference 2 Recent champions 3 Youth Alliance Cup 3.1 Winners 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Current Structure

• See Puma Youth Alliance Newsletter 08/09 for 2008-09 season league tables.

The competition is currently (as of 2008-09) contested by 58 clubs, split into four regional conferences: North-West (18 teams), North-East (13 teams), South-West (11 teams) and South-East (16 teams).

[edit] North West Conference Accrington Stanley Blackpool Burnley Bury Carlisle United Chester City Macclesfield Town Morecambe Oldham Athletic Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham

[edit] North East Conference Boston United Bradford City Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town Rotherham United Scunthorpe United York City

[edit] South West Conference AFC Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town Exeter City Hereford United Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Swansea City Swindon Town Torquay United Yeovil Town

[edit] South East Conference Aldershot Town Barnet Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Dagenham & Redbridge Gillingham Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Southend United Rushden & Diamonds Wycombe Wanderers

[edit] Recent champions

Season	North West Conference	North East Conference	South West Conference	South East Conference
2007/08[1]	Walsall	Hull City	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers
2008/09[2]	Wrexham	Chesterfield	Swindon Town	Southend United

[edit] Youth Alliance Cup

The Youth Alliance also operates a cup competition known as the Puma Youth Alliance Cup.

[edit] Winners

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result
2007/08	Hull City	Colchester United	3-0
2008/09[3]	Grimsby Town	Queens Park Rangers	2-1

[edit] See also

• Premier Academy League
• FA Youth Cup
• The Central League
• The Football Combination
• The Football League

[edit] References

1. ^ "Puma Youth Alliance Honours". http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/6b/ee/0,,10794~126571,00.pdf. 
2. ^ "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2008-09 Season". http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/86/36/0,,10794~145030,00.pdf. 
3. ^ http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1635149,00.html

[edit] External links

• Official page on the Football League website

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