Пензанс AFC: Англия футбол клубының тарихы

Association football club in England

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 that league until 2007 when they joined the newly formed South West Peninsula League Division One West. In common with many other teams that play in black and white stripes, they are nicknamed The Magpies. They currently play in the .

Penzance AFC was founded in 1888, the same year as the Football League was established. They played their first match that season against employees of the Eastern Telegraph Company, based in Porthcurno. The following year, the club was one of the founding members of the Cornwall County Football Association. They missed out on the final in the next two seasons, but then appeared in the following six finals, winning three of those matches. They enjoyed mixed success in the competition, winning the League in consecutive seasons in 1955–56 and 1956–57, and then again in 1974–75, before in later years suffering from a series of finishes in the bottom half of the table. The match against Liverpool, played in August 1988 attracted a crowd of over 5,000 as Penzance lost 6–0. 2,000 people attended the Celtic match, watching as the Scottish team also claimed a 6–0 victory over the Magpies in March 1989. Penzance have appeared in both the FA Cup and the FA Vase on multiple occasions, their most recent FA Cup appearance being during the 2006–07.

Penzance play their home matches at Penlee Park, Alexandra Place, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4NE. The ground was opened in 1952 by Sir Stanley Rous, To mark the official opening of the new ground, Penzance played a match against Luton Town, who were at the time playing in Division Two. The ground has a 550 seat stand, clubhouse, tea hut and parking.