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Plymouth Parkway Football Club is a
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club based in
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, Devon, England. They are currently members of the and play at Bolitho Park.


History

The club was originally formed by Stuart Cadmore in 1988 when a group of players left the youth team Plymouth Kolts and joined the Plymouth & District League in Division 4. In that same year the club secured sponsorship from Exeter Airport, and as part of that deal they changed their name to Ex-Air Flyers. They were the first club in Plymouth to be sponsored from outside the city limits. The club colours of yellow and blue are from the colours of the airport logo and remain the same today.Plymouth Parkway an interesting history?
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In their first season the club gained promotion and then moved the Parkway Sports Club. The club carried on to be promoted in successive seasons until it reached Division one and was waiting to join the Premier Division when the Devon League was formed in 1992. The club decided to apply to become members of the Devon League instead as the Parkway Sports Club had sufficient facilities to join the league. The club was accepted into the league but the club had to change its name, so they became known as EAF Plymouth FC.Plymouth Parkway History −23 Apr 2010
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Before the 1993–94 season the Sports Club offered a number of extra facilities and help to the club, so the club changed their name to Plymouth Parkway FC.
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Five seasons later in 1998 the club left the Devon league to join the South Western League. On the eve of the 2000–01 season the club became homeless with the loss of the Parkway Sports Club due to a disagreement over the terms of the lease and subsequent maintenance costs. As a result, and with special permission from the league, the club spent that season having to play all of its games away from home. During their build up to the 2001/02 season the club announced they would be developing an area of Manadon as their new ground, to be known as Bolitho Park. While work was being completed, with controversial assistance from Plymouth City Council, they used
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athletics ground in Devonport, before they moved to their new and current home in August 2003. In the 2006–07 season the club entered the FA Vase for the first time, making it to the second qualifying round in their first attempt. A season later the club became founding members 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 ...
, when the
South Western Football 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 ...
and the Devon County Football League merged. In the summer of 2016, Parkway merged with
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club Bar Sol Ona, whose team became the Parkway Reserves in the
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. It is here where Parkway got the design for their previous
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-esque away kit from. In 2018 the club gained promotion to the Western League, in 2021 was promoted to the Southern League and in the subsequent year they were promoted from Division One South to Premier Division South.


Ground

Plymouth Parkway play their games at Bolitho Park, St. Peters Road, Plymouth, PL5 3JG. The ground has floodlights, a clubhouse, and has a capacity of 3500 standing and two covered seating areas for around 250 people. In 2021 a program of improvements were undertaken.


Current squad

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Honours

* Pitching in Southern League Division One South: **Winners (1): 2021–22 *Les Phillips Cup **Winners (1): 2018–19 * South West Peninsula League Premier Division: **Winners (1): 2013–14, 2017–18 **Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2012–13 * Plymouth & District League Division 2:PLYMOUTH & DISTRICT LEAGUE HONOURS
Plymouth & West Devon Combination Football League
**Winners (1): 1990–91 * Throgmorton cupPREMIER DIVISION DIRECTORY 2012/13 SEASON
South western peninsula football league
**Winners (1): 2010–11 2013–14 * Devon Premier Cup: **Runners-up (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 * Plymouth & District League Division 3 Cup: **Runners-up (1): 1989–90 * Plymouth & District League Division 4 Cup: **Winners (1): 1988–89 * George Gillin Trophy: **Winners (1): 2001–02 **Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2002–03 * Stafford Williams Trophy: **Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 * Charity Bowl: **Winners (1): 2014–15 * Edenvale Turf St Luke's Bowl: **Winners (1): 2013–14, 2017–2018 **Super Bowl Winners (1): – 2012


Records

*Highest League Position: 10th in Pitching in Southern League Premier League South 2022–23 *FA Cup best performance: Fourth Qualifying Round,
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(lost to
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) *FA Trophy best performance: Fourth round, 2021–22 (lost to Spennymoor Town) *FA Vase best performance: Quarter-finals, 2019–20 (lost to Hebburn Town) *Highest League attendance: 1,385 vs
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, 26th December 2022


Club officials and staff


See also

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Plymouth Parkway F.C. players Plymouth ( ) is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and southwest of London. It is the most populous city in Devo ...


References


External links


Plymouth Parkway Official Website
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