Brief History

It all began with a football tour to Bangladesh in 1996 by a group of the best Bangladeshi players in London. 
There was realisation that talent was being wasted with the divisions that existed and that nothing had been achieved by individual teams.
It was agreed that a selective team, consisting of all the best players in the community would form Sporting Bengal Utd FC.
The formation of Sporting Bengal required the need for co-ordination. 
It was further decided that a regulating body should be set up to co-ordinate the future of football within the East London community. This regulating body came in the shape of the Bangladesh Football Association (BFA), also established in 1996.  Since then, the BFA has been increasing its activities and developing initiatives at a tremendous pace. The BFA is committed to the following aims and objectives:
Provide sporting initiatives which will benefit the local community;
Work within a spirit of community empowerment;
Very committed to the ethos of community partnership;
Use sports, especially football, as a tool to enhance community members spiritually, socially, physically and mentally;
To challenge the under-representation of Asian Youths in mainstream British sports via the BFA’s representative team, Sporting Bengal Utd FC