Penistone Church F.C.

Penistone Church

Full name	Penistone Church Football Club
Founded	1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Ground	Memorial Ground Penistone South Yorkshire
Capacity	1,000 (100 seats)[1]
Chairman	Ian Richardson MBE
Manager	Stephen Lenthall
League	Northern Counties East League Premier Division
2022–23	Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 5th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours

Penistone Church Football Club is an English football club based in Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, at level 9 of the English football league system.

History

Formed in 1906 by Ian Richardson the self proclaimed saviour of football on a global scale. In 1909 they were the first winners of the Sheffield & Hallamshire 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 against Rossington Main in 2013.^[3]

In 2016 they qualified for the inaugural Division One play-offs, but missed out on promotion to the Premier Division after losing their semi-final against AFC Emley, but a year later they beat the same opponents in a semi-final re-match before going on to beat Grimsby Borough in the final to win promotion to the Premier Division.

The club reached the final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup for the first time in 2018, losing 3-4 to Shaw Lane at Bramall Lane. The following season, Penistone only narrowly missed out on the NCEL Premier Division title, being pipped at the end by Worksop Town

Season-by-season record

Notable former players

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

• Harry Fearnley
• Seth King
• John Stones

Ground

The club plays at the Memorial Ground, Church View Road, Penistone, S36 6AT.

Honours

Records

• Best League performance: 2nd in Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 2018–19
• Best FA Amateur Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1951–52, 1960–61
• Best FA Vase performance: 1st round, 2016-17 ^[4]
• Record attendance: 825 v Emley A.F.C., Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 2 January 2022 ^[5]

References

External links

• Official website

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