Launceston Football Club ( kw, Klub Pel-droes Lannstevan) is a
football club based in
Launceston, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of the and play at Pennygillam.
History
The original club was established in 1891.
[Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p493 ] They reached the final of the
Cornwall Senior Cup
The Cornwall County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Cornwall Senior Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football for clubs based in Cornwall, run by and named after the Cornwall County Football Association. It i ...
in its first season (1892–93), but lost 5–1 to
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situ ...
.
[History]
Launceston F.C. After three more losing appearances in the final, they won the cup for the first time in 1899–1900 and retained it the following season.
[ They joined the Cornish & Devon League, but folded in 1907 after their ground was closed, with a team named "The Boys of England" taking over their fixtures.][
The modern club was formed in 1922 by a merger of Launceston Saturdays and the Comrades.][ They joined the Plymouth & District League and were Division Two champions in 1928–29.][ The mid-1950s saw a sustained period of success as the club won the league for three successive seasons between 1955–56 and 1957–58.][ They then moved up to the ]South Western League
The South Western Football League was an English association football league composed of clubs from Cornwall and west and north Devon. It consisted of a single division at the eleventh overall tier of the English football league system, the seve ...
where they played for three seasons, before leaving in 1961.[ dropping into the East Cornwall Premier League.][
In 1979 Launceston returned to the South Western League for a third spell. They won the Cornwall Senior Cup again in 1982–83 and were runners-up in 1983–84 before winning the league in 1994–95. However, after finishing fourth the following season and winning the League Cup,][ they finished bottom of the league for the next three seasons.][ In 2004–05 they won the Cornwall Senior Cup for a fourth time, and in 2006–07 they were the last winners of the League Cup prior to the South Western League merging with the ]Devon County League
The Devon County Football League was a football competition based in England. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
History
The league was formed in 1992 in order to form an intermediate level be ...
to form 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 is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West ...
, with the club placed in the Premier Division.[ Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, they were placed in the Premier Division West.
]
Honours
* South Western League
**Champions 1994–95
**League Cup winners 1995–96, 2006–07
*Plymouth & District League
**Champions 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58
**Division Two champions 1928–29
*Cornwall Senior Cup
**Winners 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1982–83, 2004–05
Records
*Best FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...
performance: Preliminary round, 2008–09, 2009–10[
*Best ]FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: Second round, 2006–07[
]
See also
*Launceston F.C. players Launceston may refer to:
Places
* Launceston, Cornwall, a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
** Launceston (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Cornwall
* Launceston, Tasman ...
* Launceston F.C. managers
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Cornwall
Association football clubs established in 1891
1891 establishments in England
Launceston, Cornwall
South Western Football League
East Cornwall League
South West Peninsula League