Penistone Church

Full name	Penistone Church Football Club
Founded	1906; 119 years ago (1906)
Ground	Memorial Ground Penistone South Yorkshire
Capacity	1,000 (100 seats)[1]
Chairman	Ian Richardson
Manager	Brett Lovell & John Whitehead
League	Northern Counties East League Premier Division
2024–25	Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 8th of 20
Website	www.penistonechurchfc.com
Home colours

Penistone Church Football Club is anEnglishfootball club based inPenistone,Barnsley,South Yorkshire. They play in theNorthern Counties East League Premier Division, at level 9 of theEnglish football league system.

In 1909 they were the first winners of theSheffield & Hallamshire Junior Cup,^[2] winning the cup again in 1937.

In 1948 they were the first ever opponents ofSheffield Wednesday's youth team, in aHatchard League fixture. When the Hatchard League merged with the Sheffield Association League, Penistone were founder members of the newSheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. They first reached the Premier Division in 1995 and were something of a yo-yo club during the 1990s, flitting between the Premier Division and Division One on numerous occasions.

They finished as Premier Division runners-up in 2003 but would later spend yet another year in Division One after relegation in 2007. They finally established themselves as one of the top sides in the league during the early 2010s, and in 2014 they were promoted to theNorthern Counties East League Division One, having made theirFA Vase debut againstRossington Main in 2013.^[3]

In 2016 they qualified for the inaugural Division One play-offs, but missed out on promotion to the Premier Division after losing their semi-final againstAFC Emley, but a year later they beat the same opponents in a semi-final re-match before going on to beatGrimsby Borough in the final to win promotion to the Premier Division.

The club reached the final of theSheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup for the first time in 2018, losing 3–4 toShaw Lane atBramall Lane. The following season, Penistone only narrowly missed out on the NCEL Premier Division title, being pipped at the end byWorksop Town

Players that have played in theFootball League either before or after playing for Penistone Church:

• Harry Fearnley
• Seth King
• John Stones

The club plays at the Memorial Ground, Church View Road, Penistone, S36 6AT.

• Best League performance: 2nd inNorthern Counties East League Premier Division, 2018–19
• BestFA Amateur Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round (1951–52, 1960–61)
• BestFA Cup performance: Second qualifying round (2018–19)^[3]
• BestFA Vase performance: Second round (2020–21)^[3][4]
• Record attendance: 825 vEmley A.F.C., Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 2 January 2022^[5]

• Official website

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• Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League
• Northern Counties East Football League
• Sheffield Amateur League

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