Cornwall County Football Association

Cornwall County Football Association
Formation 1889
Purpose Football Association
Headquarters Bodmin
Brian Conyon MBE
Website Cornwall FA

The Cornwall County Football Association, also known as the Cornwall FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Cornwall. Formed in 1889, they are responsible for the administration, control, promotion and development of football at all levels throughout the county.

Organisation

The Cornwall County Football Association was formed on 18 September 1889, at a meeting held at the Royal Hotel in Truro.[1] Representatives from Dunheved College, Liskeard, Millbrook, Penzance, Porthcurnow, Probus, Torpoint, and Truro were involved in the meeting. The CCFA relocated to its present headquarters at Kernow House, Bodmin, in December 2009. Almost four hundred clubs are affiliated with the association today, with approximately five hundred teams playing 11-a-side football in Cornwall, making it the most popular sport in the county.[1]

There are a further three hundred teams playing youth football, and two hundred and fifty playing small-sides football, as the association aims to encourage people of all ages, genders, and abilities to be involved in the game.[1] The association's most prestigious tournament, the Cornwall Senior Cup, was first played at Liskeard on 3 April 1893, where Penzance defeated Launceston by five goals to nil. In addition to the Senior Cup, the CCFA organises the Junior Cup, the Sunday Cup, the Women's Cup, the Durning Lawrence Charity Cup, the Under-18 PM Bartlett Trophy League, the Under-18 Rathbone Trophy, the Under-16 Luke Cup, and the Under-16 Girls' League.[2]

There are 31 leagues that are affiliated with the CCFA, that cover 11-a-side, six and five-a-side, men's, women's, and youngsters from Under-9 to Under-18 years of age.[3] There are three representative teams who compete at county level, the Women's, Youth, and Girls' Under-16s. The counties colours are old gold and black.

Representative team

The Men's representative team has represented Cornwall against international, as well as other county sides. Cornwall played three friendly matches against Trinidad & Tobago who toured England in 1953, and have competed against Guernsey and Jersey on a regular basis since 1998. The county is affiliated with the FA, and therefore cannot compete at full international level, such as the FIFA World Cup, and the UEFA European Football Championship.

Date Location Opponent Result[nb 1]
26 September 1953 Home Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 3–6
30 September 1953 Home Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 2–4
3 October 1953 Home Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 1–1
21 November 1998 Away Guernsey Guernsey 6–1
20 February 2000 Home Guernsey Guernsey 1–2
Date Location Opponent Result[nb 1]
26 October 2002 Away Jersey Jersey 3–0
11 October 2003 Home Jersey Jersey 1–0
16 October 2004 Away Jersey Jersey 4–1
15 October 2005 Home Jersey Jersey 2–2
24 March 2007 Home Guernsey Guernsey 1–1

Affiliated Leagues

Men's Saturday Leagues

Footnote: **Part of the English football league system.

Ladies and Girls Leagues

Men's Sunday Leagues

Youth Leagues

Other Leagues

Small Sided Leagues

  • Carn Brea 5 a side League
  • Cornwall 6 a side – St Austell
  • Penryn Football Development Centre – 5-a-side league
  • Soccer Nights – adult men's leagues in the Truro, Camborne, Penzance & Bodmin areas

Futsal Leagues

  • Futsal League – Cornwall College Camborne
  • Futsal League – St Austell's Polkyth Leisure Centre
  • Futsal League – Torpoint & Rame Community Sports Centre

Source:[4]

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Cornwall County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including:

Affiliated Member Clubs

Members of the Cornwall County Football Association include;

Competitions

Cups

Competition 2013–14 winners
Cornwall Senior Cup A.F.C St Austell
Cornwall Junior Cup Helston Athletic Reserves
Cornwall Charity Cup Callington Town
Cornwall Women's Cup ------
Cornwall Sunday Cup ------
Rathbone Trophy (U18) Sticker AFC U18s
Luke Cup (U16) ------

Leagues

Competition 2009–10 winners
Cornwall Combination Illogan RBL
East Cornwall League Torpoint Athletic
Falmouth Helston League Pendeen Rovers
Duchy League St Teath
Mining League Illogan
Cornwall Women's League Charlestown
Cornwall Sunday League St Blazey

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Cornwall's goal tally in the scoreline is listed first.

References

  1. 1 2 3 About Us Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ↑ County Cups Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Leagues Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Cornwall County FA – Cornwall and South West Leagues". Cornwall County FA. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

External links

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