2025/26- SISTERS n SPORT National Girls Football Cup for Schools

2025/26- SISTERS n SPORT National Girls Football Cup for Schools

2025/26- SISTERS n SPORT National Girls Football Cup for Schools

Entry Open for 2025/26

Fully-inclusive National Girls Football Knockout Cup for Schools in England – sanctioned by ESFA
SISTERS n SPORT will host the Cup Finals day in May 2026.

Sisters n Sport offer two levels of competitions for football.

All tiers of competitions will move to a Final Four finals days which are hosted centrally by Sisters n Sport.  We provide the venue, umpires and  all final four participants receive a medal

Please find the competitions below:

Sisters n Sport Football Cup (Plate)
This is the higher tier of football competition.
Schools who have been running a football programme and compete regularly.  
ll schools guaranteed two matches – those schools who lose R1 will move to the Plate competition.
Sisters n Sport host Final Four Finals for Cup and Plate competitions
Age Groups: U13, U14 and U15
Entry – Fill in the form below

Provisional Date Schedule for National Cup Rounds:
1st Round – to be played by 25th November 2025
2nd Round – to be played by 19th December 2025
3rd Round – to be played by 23rd January 2026
4th Round – to be played by 20th February 2026
Quarter-Finals – to be played by 20th March 2026
‘Final Four’ hosted centrally – May 2026

Sisters n Sport Football Shield (Bowl)
For schools who are launching girls football programmes and have only new to playing football and small schools
B Teams from schools who enter the Cup competition can also enter the Shield.
All schools guaranteed two matches – those schools who lose R1 will move to the Bowl competition.
Sisters n Sport host Final Four Finals for both Shield and Bowl competitions
Age Groups: U13 and U15
Entry – Click here to enter our Football Shield competition

Provisional Date Schedule for National Shield Rounds:
1st Round – to be played by 30th November 2025
2nd Round – to be played by 17th January 2025
3rd Round – to be played by 20th February 2026
Quarter-Finals – to be played by 20th March 2026
‘Final Four’ hosted centrally – May 2026

Full Rules & Regulations

Competition is subject to annual sanction being confirmed with the ESFA.

Final Four Format
All national semi-finals (final two teams from the north and final two teams from the south) and finals/third fourth playoff will be played at a central venue hosted by Sisters n Sport – this is to give more schools, more teams & more girls the opportunity to experience an elite finals days with their teammates.
We provide the venue, umpires and  all final four participants receive a medal
Final Four fee of £75 for those schools who qualify for the finals day.

Entry Information:

Entry Fee – £50 plus VAT per team
Age Groups – U13, U14, U15
Entry Deadline – 15th October 2025
Fixture Release – 20th October 2025

You can Opt-in the Plate Competition below.

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Additional information

Region

North West, Yorkshire, North East, East Midlands, West Midlands, South, South East, Greater London, South West 1, South West 2, East

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