Cornwall County Football Association

Cornwall County Football Association

Formation	1889
Purpose	Football Association
Headquarters	Bodmin
President	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 & Tobago 3–6 30 September 1953 Home Trinidad & Tobago 2–4 3 October 1953 Home Trinidad & Tobago 1–1 21 November 1998 Away Guernsey 6–1 20 February 2000 Home Guernsey 1–2

Date Location Opponent Result[nb 1] 26 October 2002 Away Jersey 3–0 11 October 2003 Home Jersey 1–0 16 October 2004 Away Jersey 4–1 15 October 2005 Home Jersey 2–2 24 March 2007 Home Guernsey 1–1

Affiliated Leagues

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:

• Bodmin and District League
• Falmouth & Helston League (amalgamated with the Mining Division League in 2011 to become the Trelawny League)
• Launceston and District League
• Mining Division League (amalgamated with the Falmouth & Helston League in 2011 to become the Trelawny League)
• West Penwith League
• Amor Shield

Affiliated Member Clubs

Members of the Cornwall County Football Association include;

Competitions

Cups

Leagues

Footnotes

References

External links

• Cornwall County Football Association