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The Devon County Football Association, also simply known as the ''Devon FA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Devon. The Devon FA was founded in 1888 in Plymouth. They run a number of league and cup competitions for teams of all levels across the county, and representative teams for Senior Ladies, Under 18 Men and Under 18 Ladies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Sides )〕 ==History== The Devon County Football Association was formed in 1888 at a meeting held in the pavilion of Plymouth Cricket Club, which is now the Astor Playing Fields at Cattedown. The founding clubs were: * Plymouth F.C. * Plymouth United * Argyle Athletic FC * Plymouth College * Newton * Carlton Oaks * Tavistock Grammar School * Mannamead School Initially the County FA established a set of rules for members and oversaw friendlies and inter county representative matches. The first County Representative match took place in March 1888 at Weston-super-Mare against Somerset County FA where they were defeated by two goals to nil. The return fixture in April also ended in a defeat by two goals to three. In 1889, the County Cup competition, the Challenge Cup, was inaugurated. The first winners were Tavistock Town who defeated Plymouth FC in the final.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devon County Football Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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