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Deaf and Hearing Impaired Football

 

England have both Male and Female Deaf Teams that compete on the International stage.

Below this top tier Sheffield & Hallamshire FA offer a player pathway which includes our Centre of Excellence which is pan-disability. For further details click here

Sheffield & Hallamshire FA also run the Ability Counts League which also operates on a pan-disability basis. All clubs within the league have an open access policy. For further details click here

Doncaster College for the Deaf Football Club

Potential players who are deaf or hearing impaired may be specifically interested in contacting Doncaster College for the Deaf who presently have teams playing in the Ability Counts League at Premiership (Advanced), Championship (Intermediate) and League 1 (Novice) levels. In addition, Doncaster College for the Deaf FC also have a Female team.

Additional information can be obtained from John Nugent by emailing johnnugent@ddt-deaf.org.uk  

Federation of Disability Sports Organisations (FDSO)

The FDSO have recently appointed Sean Curran as Deaf Sport Development Officer covering Yorkshire, Humberside and North East Lincolnshire. See the attached link for Sean’s personal profile.

Additional information can be obtained from Sean Curran by emailing scurran@fdso.co.uk  

Useful web site links

For further information pertaining to deaf football please try the following web pages:

TheFA.com: http://thefa.com/England/EnglandDisabilityTeams.aspx  

The Great Britain Deaf Football site: http://www.britishdeaffootball.com/