Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) Football Club was a

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club based in

Newquay Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on t ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, UK. Affiliated to the

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, they played at Godolphin Way.

History

The club was established as Godolphin Atlantic in 1980 at the Godolphin Arms pub in Newquay. They joined Division Three of the

Duchy League The Duchy League was an English football competition based in the eastern half of Cornwall, but also included a few sides from over the border in Devon. The League was formed in 1965 as a merger of the Liskeard & District League and the St. Auste ...

and the 1981–82 season saw them win the League Cup and gain promotion to Division Two.History
Godolphin Atlantic F.C. They were promoted to Division One at the end of the 1992–93 season and then to the Premier Division in 1996. In 1999–2000 the club won the Knock-Out Cup for a second time. The 2004–05 season saw them win the league's Knock-Out Cup and the Junior Cup, and after finishing as Premier Division runners-up, they were promoted to the

East Cornwall League The East Cornwall Premier League (ECPL) was an English football competition based in Cornwall and west Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol ...

. Godolphin finished third in their first season in the East Cornwall League, also winning the League Cup. The league split into two at the end of the season, with the club placed in the Premier Division. They won the League Cup again in 2007–08, and after finishing as runners-up in 2007–08, they were promoted to joined Division One West of the

South West Peninsula League The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. The league covers Cornwall, Devon, western Somerset and western Dors ...

. They were runners-up in

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and won the division in

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, earning promotion to the Premier Division, where they joined their local rivals

. In 2014–15 they won the League Cup. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were placed in the Premier Division West, at which point they were also renamed Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay). On 3 January 2023 the club announced that they had folded due to financial issues and lack of volunteers.

Honours

*South West Peninsula League **Division One West champions 2012–13 **League Cup winners 2014–15 *East Cornwall League **League Cup winners 2005–06, 2006–07 *Duchy League **Knockout Cup winners 1999–2000, 2004–05 **League Cup winners 1981–82 *Cornwall Junior Cup **Winners 2004–05

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