South Leeds Football Club is an English football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are currently members of the and play at the South Leeds Stadium.
History 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.Proposed club allocations announced for next season 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.
Ahead of the 2025–26 season it was announced that Craig Ogilvie was to become the new First Team Manager. Despite a strong start to the season the club announced that they had decided to part ways with Ogilvie in September 2025 following a series of bad results. The same week it was announced that Tom Claisse was to become the new Manager of the club.
During the same season it was announced in February 2026 that Tom Claisse was leaving the club after an approach from a "higher league club" with the club sat in 15th place. Reece Mudd returned to manage the club in a "caretaker role" until the end of the season. The club finished the season strongly unbeaten in their last 9 games to finish in the top half of the table on the final game of the season.
In April 2026 ahead of the 2026–27 season it was announced that Nathan Cartman was to become the new First Team Manager of the club.
Honours 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
Season-by-season record Season Division Level League Position Notes 2018–19 Yorkshire Amateur League Division Three 16 1st Division Three Champions Hancock League Cup Winners
Promoted To Premier Division 2019–20 Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division 12 – League season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division 12 1st Premier Division Champions Promoted To Supreme Division 2021–22 Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division 11 2nd Leeds & District Senior Challenge Cup Winners Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Finalists 2022–23 Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division 11 3rd Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Winners Leeds & District Senior Challenge Cup Finalists 2023–24 Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division 11 1st Supreme Division Champions Promoted To Northern Counties East Division 1
Leeds & District Senior Challenge Cup Finalists
Yorkshire Amateur League Cup Finalists 2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League Division One 10 9th 2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League Division One 10 11th 2026–27 Northern Counties East Football League Division One 10
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