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| Full name | Penrith Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Bonny Blues | ||
| Founded | 1894 | ||
| Ground | Frenchfield Park Stadium,Penrith | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Chairman | Brian 'Billy' Williams | ||
| Manager | Jim Nichols | ||
| League | Northern League Division One | ||
| 2024–25 | Northern League Division One, 17th of 22 | ||
Penrith Association Football Club are afootball club based inPenrith,Cumbria,England.
They play in theNorthern League Division One and their home games take place at the Frenchfield Park Stadium.
The club moto is RES-NON-VERBA which is the Latin phrase that translated means "actions speak louder than words" or "deeds not words" and features on the club crest.
The team are also known as "The Bonny Blues" as the home strip features a blue shirt with blue shorts and blue socks; the away colours are a red shirt with red shorts and red socks.
Founded in 1894.[1] They originally joined theNorth Eastern League in 1907–08 and are currently members of theNorthern Football League Division One.
The club joined the Northern Football League in 1947 and were runners up toStanley United in we have 1961-62 season.
Penrith have had many managers over the years withAlan Ashman being the most famous, Ashman left the club in February 1963 to joinCarlisle United followed byWest Bromwich Albion, where he won theFA Cup in 1968 beatingEverton FC in the Final played atWembley Stadium.
The team spent 35 years in the Northern Football League until moving to theNorth West Counties Football League for the 1982-83 season.
A five-season spell in the North West Counties Football League (including finishing as league runners-up toStalybridge Celtic in the 1983-84 season) saw them in a position to join theNorthern Premier League when they expanded to form a Second Division in 1987.
The move to the Northern Premier League did not prove successful, and by 1990 they were relegated back to the North West Counties League, where they stayed for seven seasons before returning once more to the Northern Football League, fifteen years after originally leaving that league.
In 1981–82, they had their bestFA Cup run, reaching the Second Round, beating Football League clubChester City FC 1-0 at their Southend Road ground in the First Round before losing 3-0 at Belle Vue againstDoncaster Rovers who at the time were managed by formerLeeds United andScotland captainBilly Bremner.
The club have reached the FA Cup First Round twice since beating Chester City, only to lose 2-0 againstHull City in 1983 and 9-0 toBurnley FC in 1984, both ties being played at Southend Road.
The 2002-03 season saw the club winning the Northern Football League Division Two Championship, finishing three points ahead of nearest rivalsHorden Colliery Welfare.
In 2007, they changed their name to Penrith Town, but a merger a year later withNorthern Football Alliance club Penrith United saw the old name resurrected for the merged club, since then the club have continued to play in The Northern Football League.
In 2008 the club saw its ground at Southend Road earmarked for development with a new stadium built at Frenchfield Park, the first home game at the club's new home being played on 4 August 2009.
Penrith’s most recent success being in the 2009-10 season when beatingCarlisle based team Gillford Park FC 6-0 in theCumberland Senior Cup Final.
The club have reached the Third Round of theFA Vase on five occasions the most recent being in 2016-17 when losing 3-0 toAtherton Collieries at the Frenchfield Park Stadium.
In October 2021 the club announced the appointment of formerJamaica internationalChris Humphrey as manager at Frenchfield Park, Humphrey had a successful playing career atHibernian FC andMotherwell FC inScotland as well asShrewsbury Town andPreston North End inEngland.
In May 2022 the club appointed formerCarlisle United playerDarren Edmondson as manager, Edmondson had a distinguished Football League career making 214 appearances and scoring 8 goals for the Cumbrian club.
Following Edmondson's departure in May 2025 to joinWorkington AFC, Penrith announced the re-appointment of Jim Nichols for a second spell as first team manager, eight years after leaving the club at the end of the 2016-17 season.
Since moving to the Frenchfield Park Stadium the club has carried out significant improvements to the facilities and in June 2023 work began to create a new 3G artificial pitch making it a very modern and picturesque stadium.
The current capacity of Frenchfield Park Stadium is around 1,500 and has room for future expansion should the club ever require it.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| First Team Manager | Jim Nichols |
| Assistant First Team Manager | Alan Ingles |
| First Team Goalkeeper Coach | Jordan Carrigan |
| Physiotherapist | Natalie Broad |
| Reserve Team Manager | Mark Bell |
| Academy Manager | Wayne Rebanks |
| Ladies Team Manager | Jamie Fitzwilliam |
| Ladies Development Manager | Simon Savage |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic.
| 2002-2008 | David Heslop |
| 2008-2012 | Richard Prokas & James Tose |
| 2012-2012 | Brian Williams |
| 2012-2016 | Matthew Henney |
| 2016-2017 | Jim Nichols |
| 2017-2018 | Kyle May |
| 2018-2019 | Andrew Coyles |
| 2019-2021 | David Hewson |
| 2021-2022 | Chris Humphrey |
| 2022-2025 | Darren Edmondson |
| 2025-Present | Jim Nichols |
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