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The Lancashire County Football Association, also known simply as the Lancashire FA, is the governing body of football within the historical county boundaries of Lancashire, England. They are responsible for the governance and development of football at all levels in the county.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Lancashire County Football Association )〕 ==History and organisation== The Lancashire County FA was formed on 28 September 1878 at a meeting held one Sunday afternoon in the parlour of The Volunteer Inn, Bromley Cross.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Lancashire County Football Association )〕 The LFA runs a number of different cup competitions catering for the various levels of football played throughout the county, which is based on the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, before the 1974 county boundary re-organisation, rather than the current administrative county boundaries and so includes Barrow-in-Furness to the north, Manchester and Liverpool to the south, Blackpool and Morecambe on the west coast as well as Rochdale, Oldham and Burnley to the east. The administrative area covered by the Lancashire County FA overlaps with areas covered by Manchester FA and Liverpool FA. According to the ''Memorandum on Areas and Overlapping of Associations'' the Manchester FA covers the area 12 miles from Manchester Town Hall and is confined to Lancashire. The Liverpool FA covers 18 miles in Lancashire and 8 miles in Cheshire from Liverpool Town Hall. In addition in an agreement with the Cumberland FA the Lancashire FA received eight clubs in the South Cumberland area of Millom from the end of season 1969/70. The county is divided into nine areas with each area having two members on the LFA Council,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Lancashire County Football Association )〕 The divisions are as follows Division 1: Burnley – Pendle – Rossendale Division 2: Blackburn with Darwen – Hyndburn – Ribble Valley Division 3: Bolton Division 4: Bury – Rochdale Division 5: Chorley – Liverpool – West Lancashire Division 6: Preston – South Ribble – Blackpool – Fylde Division 7: Oldham – Manchester Division 8: Barrow – Lancaster – Wyre Division 9: St Helens – Wigan – Warrington The Lancashire FA governs 100 leagues, 4,000 teams and 1,500 referees.〔 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「Lancashire County Football Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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