Mousehole Association Football Club is a football club based in

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. They are currently members of the and play at Trungle Parc. It is named for the nearby village of

Mousehole Mousehole (; kw, Porthenys) is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, UK. It is approximately south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies ...

History

Mousehole joined the

Cornwall Combination 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 ...

in 1960–61 and were promoted to 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 is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West ...

Division One West on its formation in 2007, after finishing as Combination runners-up the previous season. They won Division One West in 2015–16. At the end of 2018–19 the league was restructured, and Mousehole successfully applied for promotion to the Premier Division West, at Step 6 of the National League System. In 2017, the club had a sponsorship arrangement with the Endorsed Group, a recruitment and software company run by a local businessman. Together with the club they set up the Endorsed Academy, aiming to improve coaching standards and provide opportunities for young footballers in Cornwall. Mousehole hosted a pre-season tournament in July 2018, the Endorsed Cup, featuring youth teams from

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and

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. In 2018, an approach was made by Mousehole concerning a possible merger between themselves and neighbours

Penzance A.F.C. Penzance Association Football Club is a Charter Standard Football Club based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. They were established in 1888 and were founding members of the South Western League in 1951, and maintained membership of ...

, amid concerns that Trungle Parc may not prove viable as Mousehole progress through the leagues. A further approach was made by Penzance in 2019, but in May, Mousehole released a statement confirming they had withdrawn from the discussions. In 2021, they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Western League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and

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seasons. They were promoted to the

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as champions in the 2022–23 season, only the second Cornish side to reach step four of the non-league system.

Honours

*Cornwall Combination **Runners-up 1985–86, 2006–07 *South West Peninsula League **Division One West Champions 2015–16 *Western Football League **Premier Division Champions 2022–23

References

External links

Official website
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