Liskeard Athletic F.C.

Liskeard Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Liskeard, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West and play at Lux Park.

The original Liskeard Athletic were regular finalists in the Cornwall Senior Cup; after finishing on the losing side in 1893–94, 1895–96, 1901–02 and 1903–04, they won the trophy in 1904–05 with a 1–0 win over Penzance. The club folded in 1935 due to financial problems.[1]

The modern club was established in 1946.[1] In 1966 they joined the South Western League. The club were runners-up in 1975–76 and went on to win the league the following season.[2] After finishing as runners-up again in 1977–78, they won the league for a second time the following season and moved up to Division One of the Western League.[2] A third-place finish in their first season in the division resulted in promotion to the Premier Division.[2] They went on to win the Cornwall Senior Cup in 1983–84 and 1984–85.

In 1985–86 Liskeard were Premier Division runners-up and won the Senior Cup for a third consecutive season. They were Western League champions in 1987–88 and won the Senior Cup again in 1988–89. The club finished as runners-up in the Premier Division again in 1989–90,[2] also retaining the Senior Cup. However, in 1995 they dropped back into the South Western League.[2] The club won the Senior Cup in 2002–03 and were runners-up in the South Western League in 2006–07. At the end of the season the league merged with the Devon County League to form the South West Peninsula League, with Liskeard placed in the Premier Division.

The 2013–14 season saw Liskeard finish bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One West.[2] Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were elevated to the Premier Division West.