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Plymouth Parkway v Buckland Athletic


PLYMOUTH PARKWAY
The club was originally formed by Stuart Cadmore in 1988 when a group of players left the youth team Plymouth Kolts and joined the Plymouth & District League in Division 4. In that same year the club secured sponsorship from Exeter Airport, and as part of that deal they changed their name to Ex-Air Flyers. They were the first club in Plymouth to be sponsored from outside the city limits. The club colours of yellow and blue are from the colours of the airport logo and remain the same today.[1]

In their first season the club gained promotion and then moved the Parkway Sports Club. The club carried on to be promoted in successive seasons until it reached Division one and was waiting to join the Premier Division when the Devon League was formed in 1992.[2] The club decided to apply to become members of the Devon League instead as the Parkway Sports Club had sufficient facilities to join the league. The club was accepted into the league but the club had to change its name so they become known as EAF Plymouth FC.[3]

Before the 1993–94 season the Sports Club offered a number of extra facilities and help to the club, so the club changed their name to Plymouth Parkway FC.[4] Five seasons later in 1998 the club left the Devon league to join the South Western League. On the eve of the 2000–01 season the club became homeless with the loss of the Parkway Sports Club due to a disagreement over the terms of the lease and subsequent maintenance costs. As a result, and with special permission from the league, the club spent that season having to play all of its games away from home. During their build up to the 2001/02 season the club announced they would be developing an area of Manadon as their new ground, to be known as Bolitho Park. While work was being completed, with controversial assistance from Plymouth City Council, they used The Brickfields athletics ground in Devonport, before they moved to their new and current home in August 2003.[1][4]

In the 2006–07 season the club entered the FA Vase for the first time, making it to the second qualifying round in their first attempt.[5] A season later the club became founding members of the South West Peninsula League, when the South Western Football League and the Devon County Football League merged. The club has remained in the premier division of the South West Peninsula League ever since.

In the summer of 2016, Parkway merged with Plymouth and West Devon Football League club Bar Sol Ona, whose team became the Parkway Reserves in the East Cornwall League. It is here where Parkway get the design for their FC Barcelona-esque away kit from.[6]

BUCKLAND ATHLETIC

The club was established in 1977 as a youth team and joined the Torbay Pioneer League.[1] After winning the Devon Youth Cup, the club entered senior football, joining Division Three of the Devon & Exeter League in 1987.[1] They won the division at the first attempt,[2] and were promoted to Division Two. They were promoted again the following season, moving up to Division One.[1]

A fourth-place finish in Division One in 1992–93 saw Buckland promoted to the Premier Division.[3] They went on to win the Premier Division title and Football Express Cup in 1994–95,[4][5] and the East Devon Senior Cup the following season.[6] The club won the Premier Division Cup in 1997–98, and after retaining it the following season,[7] they were Premier Division champions again in 1999–2000.[4]

After winning their second Premier Division title, Buckland moved up to the Devon County League, and were runners-up in their first season.[8] In 2007 the league merged with the South Western League to form the South West Peninsula League, with Buckland placed in the Premier Division. They were Premier Division champions in 2009–10 and retained the title the following season.[8] After finishing as Premier Division runners-up in 2011–12, the club were promoted to the Premier Division of the Western League. In 2014–15 they were Western League runners-up.[8]



Whilst the eyes on the world will be on Anfield tomorrow night, the world's most famous cup competition starts and these two Toolstation League sides have been pitted together. Both have played one game with Parkway winning 7-1 with Adam Carter bagging four of them their unlucky victims Cadbury Heath and Athletic losing, Parkway'sgoal difference of plus 6 suggests they may be slight favourites.

With this thread will go as fare as I can until I end up with a Premiership club because that these days is where the romance ends

Parkways website
https://www.ppfc.co.uk/

Buckland's site

http://bucklandathletic.com/