The Duchy League is a
football
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competition based in the eastern half of
Cornwall
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, United Kingdom, but also includes a few sides from over the border in
Devon
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. The League was formed in 1965 as a merger of the Liskeard & District League and the St. Austell & District League. It has three divisions headed by the Duchy League Premier Division, which sits at level 13 of the
English football league system
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. It is a feeder to the
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 ...
. In 2014–15, Padstow United won the Premier Division, and earned promotion to the East Cornwall League.
Cup competitions
The 2015–16 season saw the Duchy League run three cup competitions: the KMD Developments Cup; Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup and the TJ International Reserve Team Cup. The KMD Developments Cup has the top 32 teams from the previous seasons league positions take part in a knockout cup competition, with the semi-finals and final played on neutral grounds. The Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup sees the rest of the teams compete in a similar knockout competition whilst the TJ International Reserve Team Cup is a competition for clubs who have a second team in the Duchy Leagues. In 2014–15, St. Stephen of the Premier Division won the KMD Developments Cup; Veryan won the Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup (as well as winning Division Three) and the Reserve Cup was won by Grampound Reserves.
Member clubs 2022–23
Premier Division
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Bodmin Town Reserves
*Boscastle
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Dobwalls
Dobwalls ( kw, Fos an Mogh) is a village and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 3 mi (5 km) west of Liskeard.
The name is spelt ''Dubwalls'' on Bartholomew's map and '' Black's Guide'' of 1879. ...
Reserves
*Gorran
*Lanivet Inn
*Lifton
*Lostwithiel
*Mevagissey
*Polzeath
*St Breward
*St Dominick Reserves
*St Merryn
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Saltash United 3rds
*Southgate Seniors
Division One
*Biscovey
*Boscastle Reserves
*Calstock
*Foxhole Stars Reserves
*Gerrans & St Mawes United
*Gunnislake Reserves
*Holywell & Cubert
*Looe Town Reserves
*North Petherwin Reserves
*Pensilva
*St Cleer
*St Mawgan Reserves
*St Minver Reserves
Division Two
*Bodmin Dragons
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Bude Town Reserves
*Castle Loyale
*Delabole & Tintagel
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Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) Reserves
*Grampound
*Indian Queens
*Lanreath
*Lifton Reserves
*Lostwithiel Reserves
*North Hill
*St Eval Spitfires
*Week St Mary
Recent divisional champions
External links
{{Portal, Cornwall
Official website
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Sports leagues established in 1965