Mayor's Cup football tournament ends in spectacular style

This year’s Mayor’s Cup football tournament came to an exciting finale at Mile End Stadium on Sunday 21 September, following two action packed weekends of competitions which attracted a total of 966 players, with teams playing across 10 age categories.   

On 13 and 14 September, teams went head-to-head at Victoria Park in the keenly contested women’s open age competition.  

In the final, Royal Regents defeated Ladies East End Academy to lift the women’s open age trophy after a thrilling penalty shootout. The final score was 3-1 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw at full time. 

The day also featured a successful Girl’s Festival of Football attended by more than 40 aged between 10 and 15 years. The tournament’s first female match official Millena Billong is amongst those who ensured the success of the games, including the youth and men’s finals. 

The action-packed youth finals at Mile End Stadium mini pitches saw Victoria Park v Vallance at U16’s; Burdett v One Goal at U15’s and Frontline v Vallance at U14’s. 

Emotions were running high in the men’s finals on Sunday 21 September as London Sportif FC and Barnardo’s FC battled it out on the pitch from kick off until the final whistle.  

London Sportif sealed the day with a 2-1 victory. 

Lutfur Rahman, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets said:

"The Mayor’s Cup gives people of all ages and backgrounds an opportunity to come together in healthy competition, to support grassroots football.  

Huge congratulations to all the teams and those who helped to make the Mayor’s Football Cup 2025 an outstanding success with a record number of participating teams and more categories than in previous years."

Cllr Kamrul Hussain, Cabinet Member for Culture and Recreation said:

"It was inspiring to see football clubs and players of all ages compete in this year’s annual tournament, which helps fund grassroots football and encourages residents to foster healthy, active lifestyles. We would like to thank all participants, managers, parents and sponsors for their support. 

We also thank our partners the Inner London Football League, Sporting Foundation and coordinator Sana Miah from Osmani Trust, who helped organise the tournament."

The full list of winners

• U8’s – Vallance 
• U9’s – Victoria Park 
• U10’s – Vallance  
• U11’s – Mindset  
• U12’s – Shadwell Central Tigers 
• U13’s – Victoria Park 
• U14’s – Frontline 
• U15’s – One Goal 
• U16’s – Vallance 
• Open Age Women – Royal Regents 
• Open Age Men – London Sportif