Under 14 Plate

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This is a 9v9 competition

Competition Secretary

County Cup Rules

Roll of Honour

Special Rules

1. The competition will be played according to the FA Laws for 9 v 9 Football.
2. Each school will select a squad of 14 players, 9 of whom will form the team, the other 5 being substitutes.
3. Players shall have completed their 12th year but not their 14th year on or before the 1st September that season. (i.e. girls from Years 8 and 9).
4. If a team fields an illegible (e.g. from Years 7, 10 or 11, or from another school) player, that team will be ejected from the competition from where they played that illegible player. If that was found to be a round further back in the competition than when the information came to light, then any previous games will need to be replayed so that a team was not beaten by a team playing an illegible player.
5. All games shall be of two periods, each of 30 minutes duration.
6. A size 4 ball to be used.
7. In the event of a tie ending in a draw the result will be decided by penalties (taken in accordance with the recommendations of FIFA and published in the Laws of the Game).

The entries to the U14 Girls Plate are the losing Schools from rounds 1 and 2 of the U14 Girls County Cup.

Could the winning team please inform the Competition Secretary with the result within 48 hours of the game ending. Any results not received within 48 hours will lead to the elimination of the team concerned.

 

FIRST ROUND by Saturday 08 February 2026
1	Monkwearmouth Academy or Kepier Academy	w/o	Hermitage Academy
2	Easington Academy	w/o	The Academy at Shotton Hall
3	Whitburn C of E Academy	3:1	Manor Community Acadamy
4	Castle View Enterprise Academy	w/o	Framwellgate
SECOND ROUND by Saturday 7 March 2026
A	St Robert of Newminster	1:6	Thorp Academy
B	English Martyr's Catholic School	4:2	Monkwearmouth Academy
C	Carmel College	5:0	Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
D	Easington Academy	w/o	Mortimer Community Academy
E	Oxclose Community Academy	w/o	Consett Academy
F	Woodham Academy	w/o	St Bede's Catholic School, Lanchester
G	Whitburn C of E Academy	2:1	St John's Catholic Academy
H	Cardinal Hume Catholic School	11:0	Framwellgate
QUARTER-FINAL by Friday 24th April 2026
Q1	Thorp Academy	w/o	Monkwearmouth Academy
Q2	Carmel College	2:0	Mortimer Community College
Q3	Consett Academy	3:1	St Bedes, Lanchester
Q4	Whitburn C of E Academy	v	Cardinal Hume Catholic School
SEMI-FINAL by Friday 1st May 2026
SA	Monkwearmouth Academy	v	Carmel College
SB	Consett Academy	v	Cardinal Hume Catholic School
FINAL - Tuesday 5th May at Washington Hub 4pm kick-off
	SA	V	SB

Competition Secretary: Kate Storey

School: Hermitage Academy             Email: kate.storey@hermitageacademy.co.uk

Roll of Honour

Season	Winners	Runners-up
2023-24	St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham	Easington Academy
2024-25	St Bede's Catholic School, Lanchester	Castle View Enterprise Academy, Sunderland
2025-26

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