Crest of St Blazey Football Club

St Blazey

The Green & Blacks

St Blazey Football Club, nicknamed “The Green & Blacks,” is a non-league football club based in St Blazey, Cornwall.

They currently compete in the Jewson Western League Premier Division, which is part of the ninth tier of English football. The team calls Blaise Park their home ground.

The club began life in 1896 as a junior side founded by Dr. E.S.S. Davis, a member of the Cornwall County Football Association. Early success came in 1909 and 1910 with victories in the Eastern Divisional Cup, Junior Cup and Bodmin & District League Cup, before senior status was achieved later in 1910. In the 1930s they twice finished runners-up in the Cornwall Senior Cup before finally lifting the trophy in 1936. That same season they also won the Cornwall Charity Cup and the Herald Cup, becoming the first side to secure all three honours in a single campaign.

In 1951 St Blazey became founder members of the South Western League, a competition they went on to dominate, winning the title thirteen times. Their most notable season came in 2001–02 when they completed the campaign unbeaten, winning thirty-three of their thirty-six league fixtures and finishing with 102 points. Alongside their league exploits, the club entered national competitions, first appearing in the FA Cup in 1950. Their best run in the competition came in 1998, reaching the Fourth Qualifying Round before being narrowly beaten by Camberley Town. They also entered the FA Trophy in 1969, reaching the First Round proper the following year after progressing through three qualifying stages.

The club remained in the South Western League until 2007, when it merged with the Devon County League to form the South West Peninsula League. They have also been regular competitors in the FA Vase since first entering in 1984, with their strongest performance arriving in 2003 when they reached the Fifth Round before bowing out to eventual finalists A.F.C. Sudbury.