In 1995, a Nepali Football Tournament was established in London to promote friendship and good will among the Nepali youth living in the UK. The N.Y.A. Cup (Nepali Youth Association Cup) was a non-profit Nepalese Football Tournament which had taken place with no more than 10 teams. Due to the popularity and success of the N.Y.A. Cup, the Yeti Committee in the UK decided to carry on the Football Tournament with teams participating from all over the UK.

The Yeti Cup Football was born.

Each year, the number of teams entered for the competitions have increased whilst in the early years of the tournament it was hard enough just to form ten teams to enter the tournament. In 2002, the YETI Committee had to refuse entry to a number of teams, as there were a total of 40 teams entered, including Gorkha teams and Civilian teams [National Nepalese Army based in the UK and civilians, living in the UK].

The Sports Secretary of YETI, Amrit Thapa, said, "There were more teams vying to register. But we denied once we had 40 of them". The Tournament has also seen many special faces which include The Late Prince Nirajan, who had come to watch the semi-finals and the finals in 1997.

Past Winners have included:

1st. 1996 - KATHMANDU RANGERS

2nd. 1997 -

3rd. 1998 - 28 TPT – SON POGTR. COLCHESTER

4th. 1999 - MUNAL – 7

5th. 2000  - LALIGURANS BRIGADE OF GURKHAS BAND

6th. 2001  - QUEENS GURKHA SIGNALS. BLANDFORD

7th. 2002  - SNOWCHAIN – 28, TPT SQN QOGLR COLCHESTER

8th. 2003  - LOBSTER

9th. 2004 - CIVILIAN ALL STAR

10th. 2005 - CIVILIAN ALL STAR

Yeti is one of the oldest organisations of the Nepalese residing in London, although there are many others too working along casteist and professional lines. Nima Lama, Vice Chairman of the Yeti said, "We attract a lot of Nepalese. There are nearly 10 thousand Nepalese working in London. Add to it nearly six thousand Gorkhas and their family members.

He also said that children get to learn about the Nepalese culture whenever some events are organised. This was evident in the way the families and children had turned up at the football ground. All of whom could be seen having something or the other in keeping with the Nepalese food habits. Food too was Nepalese.