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Penrith A.F.C.

Penrith Association Football Club are a football club based in Penrith, Cumbria, England.

They play in the Northern League Division One and their home games take place at the Frenchfield Park Stadium.

The club moto is RES-NON-VERBA which is the Latin phrase that translated means "actions speak louder than words" or "deeds not words" and features on the club crest.

The team are also known as "The Bonny Blues" as the home strip features a blue shirt with blue shorts and blue socks; the away colours are a red shirt with red shorts and red socks.

Founded in 1894.[1] They originally joined the North Eastern League in 1907–08 and are currently members of the Northern Football League Division One.

The club joined the Northern Football League in 1947 and were runners up to Stanley United in the 1961-62 season.

Penrith have had many managers over the years with Alan Ashman being the most famous, Ashman left the club in February 1963 to join Carlisle United followed by West Bromwich Albion, where he won the FA Cup in 1968 beating Everton FC in the Final played at Wembley Stadium.

The team spent 35 years in the Northern Football League until moving to the North West Counties Football League for the 1982-83 season.

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