Penistone Church Football Club is an English

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club based in Penistone,

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, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, at level 9 of the

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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, 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

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debut against Rossington Main in 2013.Penistone Church
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for the first time in 2018, losing 3-4 to Shaw Lane at

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. 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

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either before or after playing for Penistone Church: * Harry Fearnley *

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* John Stones

Ground

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

Honours

League

* Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division **Promoted: 2013–14 * Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One **Promoted: 1993–94 (champions), 1996–97, 2000–01 (champions), 2007–08 * Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two **Promoted: 1991–92 * Hatchard League **Champions: 1950–51, 1960–61

Cup

* Sheffield & Hallamshire Junior Cup **Winners: 1908–09, 1936–37 * Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Cup **Winners: 2011–12, 2013–14 * Northern Counties East Football League Cup **Winners: 2016–17

Records

*Best League performance: 2nd in Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 2018–19 *Best

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performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1951–52, 1960–61 *Best

performance: 1st round, 2016-17 *Record attendance: 825 v

Emley A.F.C. Emley Association Football Club is a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of and play at the Welfare Ground. History The original Emley club founded in 1903 had been members of the Yorkshire Leag ...

, Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 2 January 2022

References

External links

* {{Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA Football clubs in England Football clubs in South Yorkshire Association football clubs established in 1906 1906 establishments in England Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA members Penistone Sport in Barnsley Hatchard League Sheffield Association League Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League Northern Counties East Football League Sheffield Amateur League