Penlake Juniors were formed in 1971 by Mr Chris Duffy (the current club President) & Mr Eddie Guinness.
The Name Penlake stems from the old British Rail Club in Sutton Junction which was in fact situated on the Penlake trading estate.
The club now operates from the British Rail Club where we hold our meetings on a Sunday evening at 8.pm. We play our home matches on Beeches Playing fields in Sutton Road St.Helens.
The club hosts 14 teams ranging from U/8's to Open Age.
We also have an under 7's Academy and have recently formed a girls team .
The Highlight for Penlake Juniors came in 1986 when one of our teams gained entry into the "GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS" by achieving the longest undefeated run of 153 games between 1981 & 1986 If you log on to our website www.penlakejuniors.co.uk you can see the full details
Club Honours
Over the past 37 years the club has won numerous trophies playing in leagues in Warrington, St Helens, South Lancashire, Rainhill & Wigan in age groups ranging from Under 10’s to Open Age.
There are too many to list individually, so they have been condensed as follows:
Honours as at end of season 2007/2008:
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS - 50 times champions 29 times runners up.
CHALLENGE CUP -35 times winners 15 times runners up.
AUXILIARY CUP (WARRINGTON) - 7 times winners 1 runner up.
SPRING CUP (ST HELENS OR RAINHILL)- 4 times winners 3 runners up.
DIVISIONAL CUP (WIGAN & SOUTH LANCS)- 5 times winners 3 runners up.
LANCASHIRE CUP- 3 times Winners, once runner up.
Winners:
1982 - 1983 Manager Mr E Guinness
1991 - 1992 Manager Mr P Pinder
1996 - 1997 Manager Mr S Lyon
Runners up:
1998 - 1999 Manager Mr S Lyon
Additional honour for Guinness Book Of Record Holders Longest Unbeaten Run. As this record still stands this makes Penlake Juniors the Team of the Millennium.
