Penistone Church F.C.

Penistone Church
Full name Penistone Church Football Club
Ground Church View Road
Penistone
South Yorkshire
Ground Capacity (100 seats)[1]
Chairman Scott Fairbank
Manager Ian Richards (footballer)
League Northern Counties East Football League Division One
2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League Division One, 9th

Penistone Church Football Club is an English football club based in Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One, at level 10 of the English football league system.

History

Formed in 1906 after the merger of Penistone Choirboys and Penistone Juniors, Penistone Church initially played in the Sheffield Amateur League and Penistone League. In 1909 they were the first winners of the Sheffield Junior Cup,[2] winning the cup again in 1937.

In 1948 they were the first ever opponents of Sheffield Wednesday's youth team, in a Hatchard League fixture. When the Hatchard League merged with the Sheffield Association League, Penistone were founder members of the new Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. They first reached the Premier Division in 1995 and were something of a yo-yo club during the 1990s, flitting between the Premier Division and Division One on numerous occasions.

They finished as Premier Division runners-up in 2003 but would later spend yet another year in Division One after relegation in 2007. They finally established themselves as one of the top sides in the league during the early 2010s, and in 2014 they were promoted to the Northern Counties East League Division One, having made their FA Vase debut in 2013.[3]

Season by season record

* League play-off winners
** League playoff runners-up
[3][4]

Notable former players

Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Penistone Church –

Ground

The club plays on Church View Road, Penistone, postcode S36 6AT.

Honours

League

Cup

Records

References

  1. Penistonce Church Northern Counties East League
  2. History Penistone Church FC
  3. 1 2 Penistone Church Football Club History Database
  4. Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.

External links

Coordinates: 53°31′26″N 1°37′28″W / 53.524°N 1.6245°W / 53.524; -1.6245

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