Kernow
AssociationKernow Football Alliance
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachDarren Gilbert
Andrew Westgarth
CaptainJames Ward
Most caps5 players (4)
Top scorerMark Goldsworthy (6)
First colours
First international
Cornwall Cornwall 5–0 Barawa 
(Bodmin, Cornwall; 25 May 2019)
Biggest win
Cornwall Cornwall 10–3 Chagos Islands 
(Bodmin, Cornwall; 25 August 2019)
 Cascadia 1–8 Cornwall Cornwall
(London, England; 22 May 2021)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances0

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 co-managed by Phil Lafferty and Darren Gilbert, and coached by Darren Wright and Andrew Graham. 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 have beaten Devon twice in a cup match .They beat Shropshire,Devon and Nottingham in a competition called the 4 teams (you can only get in the 4 teams by reaching the semi-finals of the county cup)

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
Sápmi 2014 Not a CONIFA Member
Abkhazia 2016
Ogaden 2018
Kurdistan Region 2024 qualified

Recent fixtures and results

25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) Unofficial Friendly Kernow Cornwall 3–2 Cornwall 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 Cornwall 5–0 Cornwall St Dennis Bodmin
19:30 Goldsworthy 4', 90'
Lorenz 70'
Annear 80', 88'		 Stadium: Priory Park
25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) Friendly Kernow Cornwall 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 Cornwall Kernow Ossett, Yorkshire
17:00 Stadium: Ingfield Stadium
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup Yorkshire  Cancelled Cornwall Kernow Ossett, Yorkshire
12:30 Stadium: Ingfield Stadium
2 June 2019 (2019-06-02) 2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup Kernow Cornwall Cancelled Jersey Parishes of Jersey Harrogate, Yorkshire
19:45 Stadium: CNG Stadium
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Unofficial Friendly Mousehole Cornwall Cancelled Cornwall Kernow Mousehole
Stadium: Trungle Parc
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) Friendly Kernow Cornwall 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) Friendly Cascadia  1–8 Cornwall Kernow Northwood, London
15:00 Report Stadium: Acretweed Stadium

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

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 25 August 2019 after the game against  Chagos Islands. 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 (age 20) 2 0 Cornwall Helston Athletic
5 2DF Tom Whipp (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25) 4 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town
2 2DF Ed Timmons 3 0 Cornwall Helston Athletic
6 2DF James Ward (captain) 2 0 Cornwall Falmouth Town
3 2DF Will Tinsley 0 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell
4 2DF Jack Calver 0 0 England Plymouth Parkway
14 2DF Billy Palfrey 0 0 England Plymouth Parkway
15 2DF Kieran Conibear-Trathen 0 0 Sweden Sandviks IK
7 3MF Harry Clarke 4 1 Cornwall Bodmin Town
8 3MF Olly Brokenshire 3 2 Cornwall Helston Athletic
12 3MF Max Gilbert 3 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town
16 3MF Cameron Turner 1 1 Cornwall Bodmin Town
11 3MF Hayden Turner 1 0 Cornwall Mousehole
17 3MF Josh Bragg 0 0 Sweden Åtvidabergs FF
18 3MF Harry Evans 0 0 Australia ECU Joondalup
19 3MF Shane White 0 0 England Taunton Town
9 4FW Mark Goldsworthy 4 6 Cornwall Helston Athletic
10 4FW Dan Jennings (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 20) 1 4 Cornwall Bodmin Town
20 4FW Josh Grant 0 0 England Tavistock
21 4FW Andy Watkins (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23) 0 0 England 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 (age 22) 1 0 Wales Cardiff City v.  Chagos Islands, 25 August 2019PRE
GK Jason Chapman 1 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019
GK Barrie Wyatt 1 0 Cornwall Helston Athletic v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019WD
GK Jack Heaton 1 0 Unknown
DF Tom Chambers 4 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell
DF Martin Giles 2 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v.  Chagos Islands, 25 August 2019PRE
DF Jake Ash 1 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
DF Jack Podmore 1 0 Cornwall Liskeard Athletic v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019
DF Dylan Peel 0 0 Cornwall Liskeard Athletic v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019
DF Jason Rogers (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
DF George Tucker 1 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
DF Sam Gilbert 0 0 Cornwall Liskeard Athletic v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
DF Tom Hands 1 0 Cornwall Mousehole
DF Tyler Tonkin 1 0 Cornwall Mousehole
MF Nathan Summers 1 1 Cornwall Bodmin Town
MF Tallan Mitchell 1 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town
MF Darren Gilbert 1 0 Unattached
MF Tom Harris 4 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town
MF Billy Curtis 1 0 Cornwall Mousehole v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
MF Neil Slateford 1 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019WD
MF Chris Reski 1 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
MF Jarrad Woods 0 0 Cornwall Liskeard Athletic v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
FW Liam Eddy 2 3 Cornwall AFC St Austell v.  Barawa, 25 May 2019
FW Jordan Annear (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 27) 1 2 England Plymouth Parkway v. Cornwall St Dennis, 13 May 2019
FW Matt Lloyd 1 0 Cornwall AFC St Austell v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019
FW Dan Pethick 0 0 Cornwall Bodmin Town v. Cornwall Foxhole Stars AFC, 25 February 2019PRE
FW James Lorenz (1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 38) 3 2 Cornwall Liskeard Athletic
FW Billy Hopcroft 0 0 Cornwall 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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