Middleton FC formed in 2017 as a Sunday League Team in the Leeds Combination League, switching to Saturday football the following year into the Yorkshire Amateur League. The club progressed through the divisions, winning three promotions and the Supreme Division title last season, which gained promotion to the Northern Counties East League. Less than a week after winning promotion, the club was renamed South Leeds FC, having merged with a local junior club.
Yorkshire Amateur League:
Division 3 Champions 2018–19
Premier Division Champions 2020–21
Supreme Division Champions 2023–24
Yorkshire Amateur LeagueHancock Cup Winners 2018–19
Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Winners 2022–23
Leeds & District FASenior Challenge Cup Winners 2021–22
South Leeds Stadium
The John Charles Centre of Sport
Belle Isle
Leeds
LS11 5DJ
Current NCEL grounds visited 37/42
The John Charles Centre for Sport is a multi-purpose sports facility in South Leeds, which opened in 1996.
The stadium was the first part of the sports center to be built. It has a two tier stand at the west end of the ground which has a capacity of 3,450 named the Geoff Gunney Stand. It also houses the changing rooms, corporate boxes and the Phoenix Bar. The stadium has a running track and the pitch is shared with Hunslet rugby league club.
South Leeds 2Worsborough Bridge Athletic 3
7th v 19th
1500 ko
Att.134
Spondoolicks:
Admission £6
Sausage roll £2.50
Coffee £1.50
(Programme available £2)
The match was settled at the restart when Keelan Grist put Athletic three goals up. South Leeds made a decent fist of it with ten men, but ran out of time to gain a point.
26’ 0-1 Lewis O'Connor
29’ 0-2 Lloyd Smith
46’ 0-3 Keelan Grist
63’ 1-3 Jordan Hassiem
70’ Red Card - (South Leeds)
90’ 2-3 Joseph O'Neil
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0610 Megabus to Leeds arr 0850
I spent the morning perusing the city record shops and ticked off beers in the JDW Real Ale Festival.
I caught the 75 bus towards Middleton at 12.15pm, stopping off at the White Rose Shopping Centre to meet up with Lee and Katie, to visit a previously uncharted ‘Spoons, before the short drive to the ground.