Kernow football team

Kernow
AssociationKernow Football Alliance
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachDarren Gilbert
CaptainJames Ward
Most capsMark Goldsworthy (6)
Top scorerDan Jennings (7)
First colours
First international
Cornwall 5–0 Barawa 
(Bodmin, Cornwall; 25 May 2019)
Biggest win
Cornwall 10–3 Chagos Islands 
(Bodmin, Cornwall; 25 August 2019)
 Cascadia 1–8 Cornwall
(London, England; 22 May 2021)

The Kernow football team represents Cornwall at international association football since 2018. It uses the native Cornish name of the region, Kernow, to represent its team, and is managed by the Kernow Football Alliance. As the side is not a member of UEFA or FIFA, it cannot qualify for the UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup, although it is a member of ConIFA and is eligible to participate in the ConIFA World Football Cup and ConIFA European Football Cup. The team is currently managed by Darren Gilbert, and coached by Darren Wright, Andrew Graham and Wayne Roberts. In 2023 Kernow faced FA Sápmi in a deciding match to join the 2024 ConIFA World Football Cup. Kernow won 2-1 progressing to the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup finals.

History

Following the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup held in London, the Kernow Football Alliance was formed by Andrew Bragg and Jason Heaton, and officially joined CONIFA in November 2018.[1] They played their first game on 25 February 2019 against Foxhole Stars in an unofficial game,[2] running out 3–2 winners. The next month, it was announced that they would take part in the 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup, which was to act as a 2020 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification tournament.[3] However, they withdrew before the tournament, to be replaced by Chagos Islands. They played their first official international on 25 May 2019 against Barawa, winning 5–0 in Bodmin.

Kernow entered the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification, where they were placed in Group A with Sápmi. They beat Sápmi 2-1 and qualified for the 2024 CONIFA World Cup.

Tournament records

ConIFA World Football Cup record

Year Position GP W D L GS GA
2014 Not a CONIFA Member
2016
2018
2020 Cancelled
2024 Qualified

Recent fixtures and results

25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) Unofficial Friendly Kernow 3–2 Foxhole Stars XI St Austell
19:30 Clarke 28'
Brokenshire 50' (pen.)
Eddy 56'		 Report Jennings 71' (pen.)
Downing 75'		 Stadium: Poltair Park
13 May 2019 (2019-05-13) Unofficial Friendly Kernow 5–0 St Dennis Bodmin
19:30 Goldsworthy 4', 90'
Lorenz 70'
Annear 80', 88'		 Stadium: Priory Park
25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) Friendly Kernow 5–0  Barawa Bodmin
15:00 C. Turner 18'
Lorenz 19'
Goldsworthy 48'
Eddy 64', 80'		 Report Stadium: Priory Park
31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup Ellan Vannin  Cancelled Kernow Ossett, Yorkshire
17:00 Stadium: Ingfield Stadium
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup Yorkshire  Cancelled Kernow Ossett, Yorkshire
12:30 Stadium: Ingfield Stadium
2 June 2019 (2019-06-02) 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup Kernow Cancelled Parishes of Jersey Harrogate, Yorkshire
19:45 Stadium: CNG Stadium
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Unofficial Friendly Mousehole Cancelled Kernow Mousehole
Stadium: Trungle Parc
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) Friendly Kernow 10–3  Chagos Islands Bodmin
16:00 Goldsworthy 9', 20', 65' (pen.)
Brokenshire 13'
Jennings 42', 45', 78', 88'
Jacques 57' (o.g.)
Summers 62'		 Report Sooprayen 27', 76', 90' Stadium: Priory Park
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Prost International Trophy Cascadia  1–8 Kernow Northwood, London
15:00 Report Mitchell, Turner, Gilbert (3), Clarke, Jennings (2) Stadium: Acretweed Stadium
5 June 2022 2022 CONIFA European Football Cup Elba Island Cancelled Kernow Nice, France
6 June 2022 2022 CONIFA European Football Cup Artsakh  Cancelled Kernow Nice, France
16 July 2023 (2023-07-16) 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification Kernow 2–1  Sápmi Falmouth
13:00 Gilbert Jennings Report Leppakangas Stadium: Bickland Park
21 July Friendly Kernow 5 - 2 Chagos BIOT Liskeard
15:00 BST Stadium: Lux Park

Selected International Opponents

Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA
 Barawa 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Cascadia 1 1 0 0 8 1
 Chagos Islands 1 1 0 0 10 3
Chagos BIOT 1 1 0 0 5 2
 Sápmi 1 1 0 0 2 1

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to a friendly against Chagos Islands on 25 August 2019.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2024 after the game against FA Sapmi. CONIFA includes unofficial friendlies towards the caps total.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jason Robertson (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 3 0 Helston Athletic
5 2DF Tom Whipp (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 4 0 Bodmin Town
2 2DF Ed Timmons 3 0 Helston Athletic
6 2DF James Ward (captain) 4 0 Falmouth Town
3 2DF Will Tinsley 1 0 AFC St Austell
4 2DF Jack Calver 1 0 Plymouth Parkway
14 2DF Billy Palfrey 0 0 Plymouth Parkway
15 2DF Kieran Conibear-Trathen 0 0 Sandviks IK
7 3MF Harry Clarke 5 2 Bodmin Town
8 3MF Olly Brokenshire 3 2 Helston Athletic
12 3MF Max Gilbert 5 4 Bodmin Town
16 3MF Cameron Turner 2 2 Bodmin Town
11 3MF Hayden Turner 2 1 Mousehole
17 3MF Josh Bragg 0 0 Åtvidabergs FF
18 3MF Harry Evans 0 0 ECU Joondalup
19 3MF Shane White 1 0 Taunton Town
9 4FW Mark Goldsworthy 6 6 Helston Athletic
10 4FW Dan Jennings (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 3 7 Bodmin Town
20 4FW Josh Grant 0 0 Tavistock
21 4FW Andy Watkins (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 0 0 Bath City

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the past twelve months or withdrew from the squad due to injury or suspension.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Jordan Duffey (2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 1 0 Cardiff City v.  Chagos Islands, 25 August 2019PRE
GK Ollie Chenoweth {{{age}}} 2 0 Mousehole
GK Jason Chapman 1 0 AFC St Austell v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019
GK Barrie Wyatt 1 0 Helston Athletic v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019WD
GK Jack Heaton 2 0 Unknown
DF Josh Otto {{{age}}} 1 0 Mousehole v. Cascadia, 22 May 2021
DF Callum O’Brien {{{age}}} 1 0 Helston Athletic
DF Kyle Fraser {{{age}}} 1 0 Mousehole
DF Tom Chambers 4 0 AFC St Austell
DF Martin Giles 2 0 AFC St Austell v.  Chagos Islands, 25 August 2019PRE
DF Jake Ash 1 0 Bodmin Town v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
DF Jack Podmore 1 0 Liskeard Athletic v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019
DF Dave Barker {{{age}}} 1 0 Helston Athletic
DF Dylan Peel 0 0 Liskeard Athletic v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019
DF Jason Rogers (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 1 0 AFC St Austell v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
DF George Tucker 1 0 Bodmin Town v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
DF Sam Gilbert 0 0 Liskeard Athletic v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
DF Tom Hands 2 0 Mousehole
DF Tyler Tonkin 1 0 Mousehole
MF Nathan Summers 1 1 Bodmin Town
MF Tallan Mitchell 2 1 Bodmin Town
MF Harry Jeffery {{{age}}} 1 0 Liskeard Athletic
MF Darren Gilbert 1 0 Unattached
MF Tom Harris 5 0 Bodmin Town
MF Jude Boyd {{{age}}} 1 0 Mousehole
MF Billy Curtis 1 0 Mousehole v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
MF Neil Slateford 1 0 AFC St Austell v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019WD
MF Chris Reski 1 0 AFC St Austell v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
MF Jarrad Woods 0 0 Liskeard Athletic v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
FW Liam Eddy 2 3 AFC St Austell v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
FW Jordan Annear (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 1 2 Plymouth Parkway v. St Dennis, 13 May 2019
FW Matt Lloyd 1 0 AFC St Austell v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
FW Dan Pethick 0 0 Bodmin Town v. Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
FW James Lorenz 3 2 Liskeard Athletic
FW Billy Hopcroft 0 0 Launceston

Cornish footballers who represented FIFA national teams

References

  1. ^ Cornwall join Conifa to play 'international football' BBC Sport. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ Kernow FA announces first squad as CONIFA member Falmouth Packet. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ The Atlantic Heritage Cup is coming to Yorkshire this summer Archived 10 May 2019 at archive.today ConIFA. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ Squad Announcement. Kernow FA. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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