About The Club
Welcome to our new youth football team! We are an enthusiastic group dedicated to fostering a friendly and supportive environment for all players. Our focus is community engagement and helping each individual grow both on and off the field. Join us as we kick off this exciting journey!
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We are a new U12 community football club, here in West Cornforth.
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Our badge incorporates the villages history from the star, which was used by the Balaclava Football Club, a pub team from the Balaclava Inn in West Cornforth that played in the local leagues, likely in the mid-20th century and is part of the local football history of the village. To the miners wheel and cart. Yes, that miners wheel and cart on our badge is taken from Google Maps right outside the Cornforth Community Centre where our team will train and play matches.
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Another way of representing the village is taking the name of the Cornforth United AFC from the past to the present.
The picture above is that of Cornforth United AFC, winning the Durham Hospital & Wingate Charity Cups 1913-14. We hope we make the name a success again!
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You can find out more about the original team in these articles
BBC News - County Durham exhibition explores the lives of the WW1 pit footballers
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Our team is about the community and giving our children a fun place not to just learn football, but also to learn valuable life lessons and forge lifelong friendships.
