Canterbury City Youth

FA Accredited

Kent, South East

U7-U14

Cathedral city. Community youth development.

What your child plays at Canterbury City Youth

Canterbury City Youth runs teams across 8 age groups. Here's the format, ball and pitch size at each stage under FA youth rules — tap an age group for the full detail.

Age group	Format	Ball	Pitch
U7 · 5–6 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U8 · 6–7 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U9 · 7–8 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U10 · 8–9 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U11 · 9–10 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U12 · 10–11 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U13 · 11–12 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U14 · 12–13 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards

Not sure which group your child is in? Use our age-group calculator.

Club history

Canterbury City Football Club is a football club based in Canterbury, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Kent County League Premier Division and currently play at the Thanington Recreation Ground in Thanington. Affiliated to the Kent County Football Association, the club reformed in 2007 and were the first football club to be formed as a community interest company.

About Canterbury City Youth

Canterbury City Youth is based in Kent, South East. It caters for U7-U14. Canterbury City Youth holds FA Accreditation, the FA's quality mark for grassroots clubs meeting safeguarding, coaching, and player-welfare standards.

Canterbury City Youth plays home fixtures at The Homelands.