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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rachel Stevenson

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

Mousehole AFC’s ground and campsite at Paul, just inland from Mousehole harbour in Cornwall.
Mousehole AFC’s ground and campsite at Paul, just inland from Mousehole harbour in Cornwall. Photograph: Matt Keeble/Times Newspapers Ltd

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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