August Newsletter

TWO WEEKS TO GO!

The much-awaited football season is upon us! This year, excitement surges as teams across various age divisions are ready to showcase their talent on the pitch. With open age categories featuring four divisions—Premier, Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3—and under-18 divisions boasting three, there's plenty to look forward to for every football supporter.

The Premier Division

The Premier Division is the highest level of competition in the open age categories, competing at tier 7 level of English Football. The stakes are incredibly high, with the possibility of being promoted to the North West Women's Regional Football League, tier 6, where there are plenty of former GMWFL teams having great successes!

Bury Reserves, Lymm Rovers and Winton Wanderers will look to continue the success of last season following their promotion from Division 1 to the Premier Division.

The Premier division looks to be highly competitive with 8 teams: Afc Chorlton, Bury FC Women's Reserves, Hyde United Ladies, Lymm Rovers Women, Mancunian Unity B, Oldham Athletic Women, West Didsbury & Chorlton AFC Women Reserves and Winton Wanderers.

We will also see three of our Premier division sides competing in the FA Cup this season, best of luck to Hyde United Ladies, Lymm Rover Women and Winton Wanderers.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?league=1921716&selectedSeason=848331600&selectedDivision=542960073&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_572853173

Division 1

In Division 1, clubs strive to build and can earn promotion to the Premier Division. The competition in this division is fierce, matches here can often result in narrow victories.

The division will be made up of 9 teams: AFC Oldham, Avro FC, Bury FC Development, Eccles United, Manchester Laces Teal, Reddish North End, Salford United Ladies, Stretford Paddock FC Women and Wilmslow Albion Women.

Division 1 will be an exciting one to watch this season with Stretford Paddock making their debut in the GMWFL, Salford United Ladies returning to the league, Wilmslow Albion and Manchester Laces Teal being promoted from division two to division one and Avro FC make the jump from U18 to Open age football. No teams were relegated from the Premier division to division 1 following the end of last season.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?selectedSeason=848331600&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_973175784&selectedDateCode=all&selectedClub=&selectedTeam=&selectedRelatedFixtureOption=3&selectedFixtureDateStatus=&selectedFixtureStatus=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupKey=1_572853173&previousSelectedClub=&itemsPerPage=25

Division 2

Division 2 showcases emerging talents. Teams consist of a blend of seasoned players and enthusiastic newcomers, leading to dynamic and unpredictable matches.

The division will be made up of 11 teams and this is expected to be a competitive one: AFC Oldham Reserves, AFC Stockport Lionesses, AFC Urmston Athena, Ashton on Mersey, Cherrybrook FC, Crompton FC, Glossop North End Community, Hindley Juniors, Leigh Genesis, Ramsbottom United and Tika Taka Bolton Ladies.

Division 2 has welcomed plenty of new teams this season. Ramsbottom begin their GMWFL journey, Hindley make their league return, Ashton on Mersey, Glossop North End Community and Urmston Athena have been promoted to the division with Crompton and Tika Taka coming down from division 1.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?league=1921716&selectedSeason=848331600&selectedDivision=541109748&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_691917842

Division 3

Division 3 is an exciting fundamental and foundational level of football. This division will see a lot of competitive games.

This division will have 10 teams competing: Astley Bridge Ladies, Chadderton FC, De La Salle, Deans Youth & Ladies, Flixton Ladies, Little Lever Womens, Manchester Vixens FC, North Walkden Womens, Stalybridge Celtic Womens and Westbury Sports Club Ladies.

Division 3 sees Little Lever as new additions to the GMWFL with Flixton Ladies making the jump from U18s.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?selectedSeason=848331600&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_13577670&selectedDateCode=all&selectedClub=&selectedTeam=&selectedRelatedFixtureOption=3&selectedFixtureDateStatus=&selectedFixtureStatus=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupKey=1_691917842&previousSelectedClub=&itemsPerPage=25

Under 18 Divisions: Nurturing Young Talent

Alongside the open age categories, the under-18 divisions play a crucial role in developing future football stars. Playing on Saturdays and featuring three distinct divisions, these categories allow young players to hone their skills while enjoying competitive play.

Many of our GMWFL Under 18 teams take the jump to our OA Sunday football and we have seen plenty of successes from these teams.

Under 18 Championship

The top division of Under 18s is a highly competitive division, often having teams in their second year of under 18s, this division features many well known teams.

This division will see 9 teams competing: Accrington Stanley FC Red, Altrincham FC Juniors, Blackpool FC, Bolton Wanderers, Bury FC, Chorley FC, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale AFC Community Blues, West Didsbury AFC U18 Academy.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?league=1921716&selectedSeason=848331600&selectedDivision=129738613&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_968679111

Under 18 Conference

The second division for the under 18s is key for development, this is expected to be a close competitive division with a lot of these teams making the step up from under 16s.

There will be 10 teams competing in the Conference division: Accrington Stanley White, Ashton Pumas U17, Denton Youth Blues, FC Bluestar U17 Aurora, Golborne Girls U17 Diamonds, Kingsway Athletic, Longford Park U17 Girls, Lymm Rovers Junior U17 Lionesses, Rochdale AFC Community Blacks and Unsworth Junior Lionesses.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?selectedSeason=848331600&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_6617283&selectedDateCode=all&selectedClub=&selectedTeam=&selectedRelatedFixtureOption=3&selectedFixtureDateStatus=&selectedFixtureStatus=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupKey=1_968679111&previousSelectedClub=&itemsPerPage=25

Under 18 Alliance

The third under-18 division is where many young athletes continue to develop their passion for football. Many of these teams have recently made the step up from Under 16s, with a focus on learning fundamentals in a supportive and friendly environment, this division is foundational for young players.

There will be 10 teams competing in the Alliance division: Ashton Pumas U18s, Denton Youth U18s, Euxton Girls West, FC Bluestar Stars, FC United Of Manchester Dev, Fleetwood Town Juniors Vipers, Glossop North End Community, Kingsway Athletic South, Marple Athletic and Radcliffe JFC Foundation.

You can see their fixtures below:

https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?selectedSeason=848331600&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_594834537&selectedDateCode=all&selectedClub=&selectedTeam=&selectedRelatedFixtureOption=3&selectedFixtureDateStatus=&selectedFixtureStatus=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=&previousSelectedFixtureGroupKey=1_6617283&previousSelectedClub=&itemsPerPage=25

Best of luck to all teams!