The Football Conference Youth Alliance (known sometimes as the Conference Youth Alliance) was formed in 2005 as the official U19s Youth League for professional teams, semi-professional and for non-league teams who compete in the Football Conference league and respective non-league competitions in England. Teams who compete in the Football Conference Youth Alliance combine football training with education, offering 16-18 year olds the chance to play elite youth football at U19s level and gain academic qualifications at BTEC National or Diploma level, operating on a similar model to that of the Football League Youth Alliance and FA Premier Academy League.
The league comprises seven divisions (North, Central, Southern Premier and Southern A, B, and C). The title winners of each of the seven Football Conference Youth Alliance divisions go into a Championship Play Off to find the National Football Conference Youth Alliance Champion each season.
Current structure See Youth Alliance Page for 2011–12 season league tables.
The competition is currently (as of 2011–12) contested by 70 clubs, split into six regional conferences: North (10 teams), Central (12 teams), South Premier (12 teams), South A (12 teams), South B (12 teams) and South C (12 teams).
North Division
Birmingham City Blues Boston United Fleetwood Town Gateshead Halifax Town Ilkeston MMU/Newcastle Newcastle Town Stalybridge Celtic
Central Division
Birmingham City Whites Chasetown Corby Town FootballCV Reds Hitchin Town Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Luton Town Oxford City St Albans City Tamworth Watford Trust & Hertswood School
South Premier Division
AFC Sudbury AFC Wimbledon Basingstoke Town Bromley Blues Dartford Whites Dover Athletic Ebbsfleet United Havant & Waterlooville Histon Oxford United Woking Weston-super-Mare
South A Division
Boreham Wood Whites Carshalton Athletic Eastleigh Hampton & Richmond Borough JMA Reading Kingstonian Leatherhead St Albans Saints Tooting & Mitcham United Watford FC Community Sports & Education Trust Wealdstone Wingate & Finchley
South B Division
Boreham Wood Blues Bishops Stortford Chelmsford City Dagenham & Redbridge Halstead Town Redbridge Romford Tilbury Thurrock Tottenham Hotspur Waltham Abbey Winchmore Hill
South C Division
Bromley Whites Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Trust Cray Wanderers Croydon Athletic Dartford Reds Deal Town Dulwich Hamlet Maidstone United Sittingbourne Tonbridge Angels Welling United
See also Premier Academy League FA Youth Cup The Central League The Football Combination The Football League
References
External links Official page on the Football Conference website