South Leeds F.C.

South Leeds Football Club is an English football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Division One and play at the South Leeds Stadium.

The club was formed as Middleton FC in 2017 as a Sunday League Team in the Leeds Combination League, but the team withdrew during that same season. The following season they entered the Non League Pyramid in Saturday football joining the Yorkshire Amateur League.

Middleton started in Division 3 (6th Tier in Yorkshire Amateur League) and were crowned League Champions of Division 3 in their first season also winning the Hancock League Cup. As a result of their performances on the pitch they were promoted 4 Divisions into the Premier Division (2nd Tier in Yorkshire Amateur League) their debut season in the Premier Division was declared null and void due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The Following season Middleton were crowned Premier Division Champions and promoted to Step 7 football in the Supreme Division (Top Tier in Yorkshire Amateur League). Middleton won the Leeds & District Senior Challenge Cup in 2021–22 and the following season won the Yorkshire Amateur League Cup.

In 2023–24 they won the Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division title to win promotion to the Northern Counties East League.^[1] Less than a week after its promotion, the club was renamed as South Leeds FC, having merged with a local junior club.

During the 2024–25 season long term manager and club founder Reece Mudd stepped down from his role as First Team manager after 8 years in charge winning 6 promotions and 10 trophies with the club. At the end of the 2024–25 season the club announced that Craig Ogilvie was to become the new First Team manager and start in his new role in the 2025–26 season.

On September 21st 2025 the club announced that they had parted ways with Craig Ogilvie after just 12 games in charge winning just once in 7 fixtures. The following day former Frickley Athletic Manager Tom Claisse was announced as the new Manager.

• Yorkshire Amateur League
  • Division 3 Champions 2018–19
  • Hancock Cup Winners 2018–19
  • Premier Division Champions 2020–21
  • Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Winners 2022–23
  • Supreme Division Champions 2023–24
• Leeds & District FA
  • Senior Challenge Cup Winners 2021–22
• Northern Counties East Football League
  • Promoted to Division 1 2023–24

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