Penistone Church FC
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PCFC In the Community
HJohn Marsh Plaque Unveiling - Crystal Palace - Thurlstone
A Plaque unveiling at The Crystal Palace Inn, Thurlstone, took place on March 18th 2026 at 3.00pm. The Plaque is dedicated to local man, and football pioneer, John Marsh. The founding member of the Wednesday FC in 1867.
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First Captain and Secretary of the club 1867- 1874.
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Winning Captain of the Cromwell Cup in 1868.
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Captain of the Sheffield Football Association representative side 1871- 1874.
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Landlord of The Crystal Palace Inn Thurlstone 1874-1880.
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The guest of honour was Liam Palmer, the current Captain of Sheffield Wednesday FC. A nice crowd of locals and dignitaries gathered to listen to the story of John Marsh presented by Richard Galliford & Kevin Neill. The plaque was then unveiled by Liam Palmer and a family descendant of John Marsh himself.
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You can see lots more details about John Marsh and other footballing pioneers from Penistone in our History page just by clicking the link below.
Calling Boys & Girls - Players Wanted - 17th Feb
PCFC Community Meeting Invitation - Tues 10th Feb 7pm
Working Together For Our Community.
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PCFC would like to invite all local community groups, charities, sports clubs and organisations to a meeting.
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The meeting is an opportunity to:
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Share Ideas & Plan for the future
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Explore how local groups can work together
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Discuss facilities, activities & opportunities that benefit the wider community
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Build stronger links between clubs, charities & organisations in Penistone & its surrounding areas.
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This is an open and informal meeting and everyone is welcome
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Location - PCFC Club House
Date - Tues 10th Feb 2026
Time - 7pm
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For more details -
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Email - commercial@penistonechurchfc.com
Call - David - 07971 589631
Church Starlets Perform live at Corporation Sheffield - Jan 31st
Local lads, Luke Fretwell, George Thompson, Jack Cartwright and Fin Taylor, all of whom play in our u18 Blacks team, starred on Saturday evening on the stage at Sheffield music venue Corporation in front of a sell out crowd as part of the venues echosounds event. The quartet make up part of the line up of local indie band The Silk Stones who played for us in the PCFC club house in December. The lads went down a storm playing popular covers as well as debuting their first ever single 'Skeletons'.
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Luke & George also feature regularly for both our u21s and reserves teams, with Luke being leading scorer in the u21 league so far this season, having also featured in the first team on a couple of occasions. The future is bright on the pitch and on the stage for this talented lot. Congratulations on the launch of your first single lads, we hope it's the first of many from everyone at PCFC.
Clothes Bank - Jan 6th
The Clothing Bank Get Warm Return at PCFC
Penistone Church Football Club received over 70 bags of clothing as part of their December push to support the Yorkshire based Clothing Bank Charity.
Club chairman David Elliott said he was "delighted but not surprised" with the level of support received for the initiative adding, "we know how lucky Penistone Church Football Club is to operate in such a great, vibrant and supportive community. In 2026 we are keen to build closer relationships with groups and charities like The Clothing Bank that we can help. That may be through the utilisation and provision of our facilities or through support from our experienced and talented pool of volunteers".
The clothing donations will now be taken to The Clothing Bank Hub in West Yorkshire where the clothes will be checked, sorted and redistributed to people and groups in need, including the homeless, shelter homes, young vulnerable adults and families.
Penistone Church Football Club would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who took the time to visit and donate. Club chairman David, Liam Harding the manager along with player Macy from the Penistone Church FC Women's u15 Whites team also visited Penistone FM to discuss the project.
