Article 6RS45 Tiny Mousehole AFC rises up football leagues – but potholes are a problem

Tiny Mousehole AFC rises up football leagues – but potholes are a problem

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Rachel Stevenson
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RS45)

Cornwall club attracts players from across UK and may be promoted but needs to fix road to campsite that funds it

Perched on a hill overlooking the tip of Cornwall with the Atlantic stretching far beyond, Mousehole AFC is a world away from top-flight football.

The most westerly club in the English leagues is staffed mainly by volunteers, is financed by a campsite in a field next door and serves only locally made pasties in the tea hut - although it did once host a friendly against Manchester United in 1987.

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