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The History of Mousehole A.F.C. Cont…

Just a year later, The Seagulls achieved their ‘continuous improvement’ objective,
with an extraordinary run of form that saw them clinch the Western League Premier
Division title on the last day of the season with a 3-0 win against ‘bogey side’
Wellington, in front of a club record league crowd of 650.

The Trungle Parc stadium has seen significant work over recent years in order to
meet the requirements of the higher Leagues, and the pitch is widely considered
to be one of the best in Cornwall.

Mousehole the highest-placed club currently playing in Cornwall and the most
westerly in the NLS. Just 15 years ago they were playing against teams in only the
west of the County - now they compete against clubs across five Counties, with a
250-mile travel radius.

This season (2023/24), the club’s biggest challenge is to improve the stadium to
the standards required by the FA for Step 4 football.

Development Team

In 2018/19, Mousehole Reserves, drawn away in every round, won the Cornwall
Junior Cup for the first time (2-0 v Foxhole Stars).

Ahead of the 2020/21 season, in which they joined the newly-formed St Piran
League – an NLS ‘Feeder League’, formerly Step 7 – they name-changed from
‘Reserves’ to ‘Development Team’, to match the aim of providing a pathway through
to the First Team.

In 2021/22, two youngsters promoted from the Development Team made 25 First
Team appearances between them at Step 5 level.

In 2022/23, Drew Symons (Manager) arrived from Falmouth United to move the
development strategy forward, working closely with the First Team management
and coaching group. After finishing runners-up in 2022/23 the ambition remains:
to gain promotion to Step 6.

Important other teams at Mousehole include:

• a Women’s Team, successful members of the Cornwall Women’s Football
League – in 1999 they were not only founder members but Champions in the
League’s first season
• a thriving Youth section comprising 13 teams across the age range, including a
progressive Under-18s set-up qualifying for entry into the national FA Youth
Cup