The Cornwall County Football Association, also known as the Cornwall FA, is the

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Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. Formed in 1889, it is responsible for the administration, control, promotion and development of football at all levels throughout the county.

Organisation

The Cornwall County Football Association was formed on 18 September 1889, at a meeting held at the Royal Hotel in

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.About Us
Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 18 February 2010. Representatives from Dunheved College ( Launceston),

Liskeard Liskeard ( ; kw, Lyskerrys) is a small ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, South West England. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) eas ...

, Millbrook,

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. Situated ...

Porthcurno Porthcurno ( kw, Porthkornow, Porthcornow, meaning ''"pinnacle cove"'', see below) is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ec ...

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Torpoint Torpoint ( kw, Penntorr) is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Torpoint had ...

and Truro were involved in the meeting. The CCFA relocated to its present headquarters at Kernow House,

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...

, in December 2009. Almost 400 clubs are affiliated with the association today, with approximately 500 teams playing 11-a-side football in Cornwall, making it the most popular sport in the county. There are a further 300 teams playing youth football, and 250 playing small-sides football, as the association aims to encourage people of all ages, genders, and abilities to be involved in the game. The association's most prestigious tournament, 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 is ...

, was first played at

on 3 April 1893, where

defeated Launceston 5–0. In addition to the Senior Cup, the CCFA organises the Junior Cup, the Sunday Cup, the Women's Cup, the Durning Lawrence Charity Cup, the Under-18 PM Bartlett Trophy League, the Under-18 Rathbone Trophy, the Under-16 Luke Cup, and the Under-16 Girls' League. There are 31 leagues that are affiliated with the CCFA, that cover 11-a-side, six and five-a-side, men's, women's, and youngsters from under-9 to under-18 years of age. There are three representative teams who compete at county level, the women's, youth, and girls' under-16s. The county's colours are gold and black.

Representative team

The men's representative team has represented Cornwall against international, as well as other county sides. Cornwall played three

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against

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who toured England in 1953, and have competed against

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and

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on a regular basis since 1998. The county is affiliated with the FA, and therefore cannot compete at full international level, such as the

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, and the

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Affiliated Leagues

Men's Saturday Leagues

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 D ...

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Cornwall Combination League The Cornwall Combination League is a football competition based in the western half of Cornwall, England, formed in 1959. The current league sponsors are drinks retailers LWC. The league has a single division of 20 clubs, being larger than any ...

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Duchy League The Duchy League is a football competition based in the eastern half of Cornwall, United Kingdom, but also includes 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. ...

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East Cornwall League The East Cornwall Premier League (ECPL) is a football competition based in Cornwall and west Devon, England, in the United Kingdom. The league sits at level 12 of the English football league system and consists of 18 clubs. Due to a sponsorship ...

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Trelawny League The Trelawny League is an English association football league comprising clubs from West Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, ...

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Womens and Girls Leagues

Cornwall Women's Football League The Cornwall Women's Football League, known during the 2023-24 season as the Earthbound Electrical Cornwall Women's Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a football league which sits at level 7 of the league structure of women's football ...

Cornwall Girls League
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Men's Sunday Leagues

Cornwall Sunday LeagueWest Cornwall Sunday League

Youth Leagues

Kernow Youth League

East Cornwall Youth League

Other Leagues

Cornwall Veterans League

Small Sided Leagues

*Carn Brea 5 a side League *Cornwall 6 a side – St Austell *Penryn Football Development Centre – 5-a-side league *Soccer Nights – adult men's leagues in the Truro, Camborne, Penzance & Bodmin areas

Futsal Leagues

*Futsal League – Cornwall College Camborne *Futsal League – St Austell's Polkyth Leisure Centre *Futsal League – Torpoint & Rame Community Sports Centre Source:

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Cornwall County FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including: *Bodmin and District League *

Falmouth & Helston League The Falmouth and Helston League was an English association football league comprising clubs from South Cornwall. The league was formed following the amalgamation of the Falmouth and District Football League and the Helston and District Football ...

and the

Mining Division League The Mining League (last sponsored by One and All Sports) was a football (soccer), football league competition based in Cornwall, England, UK, with three divisions. The First Division sat at level 13 of the English football league system, and the ...

(amalgamated in 2011 to become the

)'' *Launceston and District League *Liskeard and District League and St Austell and District League (amalgamated to become

) *West Penwith League *Amor Shield

Affiliated Member Clubs

Members of the Cornwall County Football Association include; * Biscovey * Bodmin Town * Bude Town * Callington Town * Camelford * Dobwalls * Edgcumbe *

Falmouth Town Falmouth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. They are currently members of the and play at Bickland Park. The club were the first Cornish team to reach the first round proper of the F ...

* Foxhole Stars * Godolphin Atlantic * Hayle * Helston Athletic * Holmans Sports Club * Illogan RBL * Lanreath * Launceston * Liskeard Athletic * Ludgvan * Millbrook * Morwenstow * Mousehole * Mullion * Nanpean Rovers *

Newquay Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...

* Penryn Athletic *

* Perranporth * Perranwell * Polperro *

Porthleven Porthleven () is a town, civil parish and fishing port near Helston, Cornwall, England. The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. The ...

* Portreath * Probus * RNAS Culdrose * Roche * Saltash United * Sticker * St Agnes *

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell wa ...

St Blazey St Blazey ( kw, Lanndreth) is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Blaise is the civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the settlements of ...

* St Columb Major * St Day * St Dennis * St Dominick * St Ives Town * St Just * St Stephen * St Stephens Borough * Torpoint Athletic * Troon * Truro City * Wadebridge Town * Wendron United

Competitions

Cups

Leagues

Footnotes

References

External links

Official organizational website of the Cornwall FA
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