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League, The club went on to win back-to-back league titles in 1985–86
       and 1986–87 and again in 1988–89 and 1989–90. Further league titles
       followed  in  1991–92,  1996–97  and  1999–2000.  When  the  South
       Western  League  merged  with  the  Devon  County  League  to  form
       the South West Peninsula League in 2007, the club were placed in the
       Premier Division of the new league. In 2017–18 they won the League
       Cup, beating Tavistock 4–2 after extra time in the final. At the start of
       the following season the club won the league's Charity Bowl with a 2–1
       win over Plymouth Parkway.

       Following  league  reorganisation  at  the  end  of  the  2018–19  season,
       Falmouth were placed in the Premier Division West. In 2021–22 they
       won the Cornwall Senior Cup and were Premier Division West chanpions,
       earning promotion to the Premier Division of the Western League.




       Ground

       The  club  initially  played  at  the  Recreation  Ground,  before  moving  to
       Union Corner when they joined the South Western League.  Over 1,200
       spectators attended the club's first South Western League match on 18
       August  1951,  the  game  ending  in  a  3–3  draw.  The  ground  was  a
       farmer's field with players initially having to change in a nearby YMCA
       and then travel to the ground by bus. Shortly afterwards the club bought
       two fields at Ashfield, where a new ground was built. However, this was
       soon sold to Shell-Mex and BP for £20,000,with the club moving back to
       Union Corner for a season in 1956. The money allowed them to build a
       new  ground  at  Bickland  Park,  which  opened  in  August  1957
       with Newquay the first visitors. In the early  1960s  the club  played  a
       home game at Falmouth Docks' Mongleath/Boslowick as Bickland Park
       was being used for a Cornwall FA match.

       Bickland Park has covered stands on all four sides of the ground, with
       the 350-seat main stand on one side of the pitch sent into banking. The
       other three sides of the ground have covered standing areas. Floodlights
       were installed in 1973, although their first use was on 10 April 1974 for
       a match against Porthleven.
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