Penrith Association Football Club is a football club based in Penrith,

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. They play in the

Northern Football League The Northern League is a men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League. It contains two divisions; Division ...

Division One.

History

Founded in 1894. They originally joined the

North Eastern League The North Eastern League was an association football league for teams in the North East of England. The league was founded in 1906 and was initially successful, with teams defecting from the rival Northern Football Alliance to play. Although so ...

in 1907–08, and are currently members of the

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Division One. The club joined the Northern League in 1947, spending 35 years in that competition until moving to the

North West Counties League The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern ...

in 1982. A five-season spell in that league (including finishing as league runners-up in their first season) saw them in a position to join the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division ...

when they expanded to form a second division in 1987. The move to the NPL did not prove successful, and by 1990 they were relegated back to the

, where they stayed for seven seasons before returning once more to the

, fifteen years after originally leaving that league. In 1981–82, they had their best ever

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 ...

run, reaching the second round, beating

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club Chester City in the first round. In 2007, they changed their name to Penrith Town, but a merger a year later with

Northern Football Alliance The Northern Football Alliance is a football league based in the North East, England. It has four divisions headed by the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club in the Premier Division is ...

club Penrith United saw the old name resurrected for the merged club. Since then they have continued to play in The Northern League. In 2008 the club saw its ground at Southend Rd earmarked for development and a new stadium was built at Frenchfield Park with the first home game played on August 4, 2009. Since moving there the club has carried out significant improvements to the facilities and now has a very modern and picturesque stadium.

Honours

Division One **Runners-up 1961–62 *Northern League Division Two **Champions 2002–03 *

Premier Division **Runners-up 1983–84 *

Cumberland Senior Cup The Cumberland Cup is the current senior county cup in the ancient county of Cumberland. It is administered by the Cumberland Football Association (CFA). According to the current rules of the competition, it is open to all clubs whose first affi ...

**Winners (3): 2000–01, 2005–06, 2009–10 **Runners-up (8): 1991–92, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018 -19

Records

**Second Round 1981–82 *

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

**First Round 1980–81, 1982–83 *

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 ...

**Third Round 1991–92, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2009–10

References

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