At around 8pm tonight (Monday 15th March), the TCSSDFL committee will hold the draw for the Group Stage (first round) of the 2021 divisional cups. The draw will be publicised live on the league’s Twitter account https://twitter.com/sdfl2020
The clubs of the TCS South Devon Football League have voted to return to competitive action before the summer with a ‘Champions League’ style tournament in April and May the preferred option.
Every club took the opportunity to have a say in how the season would conclude by choosing one of four options presented to them. While a minority of clubs opted for no further games until next season, 77% did want to see a return to competitive play in one form or another.
The most popular option (with a 36% share of the vote) was to expunge the current league season and start afresh with a series of divisional cup tournaments comprising mini leagues followed by knockout stages to determine the trophy winners.
As a result, the TCS SDFL have now adopted this proposal and circulated the competition rules to the clubs.
The first fixtures will be arranged for Saturday 10th April. This follows the expected lifting of national outdoor sports restrictions on March 29th.