A.F.C. St Austell

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AFC St. Austell
A.F.C. St Austell logo.png
Full nameAssociation Football Club St. Austell
Nickname(s)The Lillywhites
Founded1890;135 years ago (1890)
GroundPoltair Park
St Austell
ChairmanJason Powell
ManagerMark Ferguson Smith
Assistant manager Steve Wheatly
Coaches
Simon Parnell and Phil Dingle
League Western League Premier Division
2023–24 South West Peninsula League Premier Division West, 1st of 17 (promoted)

Association Football Club St. Austell is a football club based in St Austell, Cornwall. They play in the Western League Premier Division.

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History

A.F.C St Austell were among the founding members of the South Western League in 1951. In over 50 years they claimed the title once, in 1968–69, and achieved four runner-up spots between 1963 and 1973. They remained in their original competition until 2007 when they joined the newly formed South West Peninsula League Division One West. In 2009–10 season A.F.C. St Austell gained promotion to the South West Peninsula Premier League by finishing runners up. A second success since came in the 2014–15 season when the club were crowned champions; their first league trophy since 1968–69 season.

They have played intermittently in the FA Competitions over the decades. Their best performance in the FA Cup dates back to 1947–48 when they made the third qualifying round, while in the FA Vase their most successful is the 2014–15 season, where the club reached the semi-finals, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Glossop North End. [1] They also won the league and cup double.

In 2012, floodlights were installed on the ground, enabling the club to compete once again in the FA Cup and FA Vase tournaments.

In 2015 the club applied to take the step to the next tier of football but due to a failed ground inspection the application was denied by the FA.

2016 saw the team lift the league Cup.

2018-2019 saw the side come 5th level on points with Saltash and make the League Cup quarter final and the Senior Cup semi final. They also made it to 4th round of the FA Vase losing to eventual winners Chertsey Town.

To the start of the new 2019 -2020 season the club appoint Lee Hodges and Chris Todd as 1st Team Manager and Assistant Manager who left prior to the season starting and were replaced by St Austell favourites Chris Knight and James Powell for their 2nd spell managing the club.

The 2019 -2020 season was cut short from the world pandemic of Coronavirus, the season was declared null and void. They were in 2nd place at the time.

Mark Ferguson-Smith and Steve Wheatley were made the new manager and coach for the 2020 - 2021 season.

Season history

SeasonDivisionPositionNotes
2000–01 South Western League 16th
2001–02South Western League19th
2002–03South Western League18th
2003–04South Western League6th
2004–05South Western League9th
2005–06South Western League17th
2006–07South Western League18th
2007–08 South West Peninsula League West Division 16th
2008–09South West Peninsula League West Division3rd
2009–10South West Peninsula League West Division2ndPromoted to Premier Division
2010–11 South West Peninsula League Premier Division 10th
2011–12South West Peninsula League Premier Division8th
2012–13South West Peninsula League Premier Division4th
2013–14South West Peninsula League Premier Division9th
2014–15South West Peninsula League Premier Division1st
2015-16South West Peninsula League Premier Division2nd
2016-17South West Peninsula League Premier Division4th
2017-18South West Peninsula League Premier Division6th
2018-19South West Peninsula League Premier Division5th
2019-20South West Peninsula League Premier Division2nd

Ground

St Austell play their home games at Poltair Park, which was previously known as Tregonissey Road.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Glossop's 10 men reach Vase Final despite St Austell loss". The FA. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League – Honours". Swpleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

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