Nanstallon United Youth Football Club

Nanstallon United Youth Football Club was the creation of Stephen Mills in 1988 in aid of the local children in the village after he saw the local school lose to St Mabyn school. It began as simple training sessions with occasional matches against other local village teams. The ex-Liverpool and England left back Alan Kennedy attended an early training session in 1989 whilst on holiday in Cornwall. Nanstallon acquired land from local businessman Denis Webber in Washaway and their first pitch was created, signalling the official creation of the team. With the aid of Richard English Nanstallon entered the Under Twelve Boys league and lost their first game to Charlestown, 33-0 with Tom Scaife in goal (who received man of the match) some of the other players involved were Duncan Mills, Matthew Diggett and Graham Hill. As the club grew in size Richard English was established as the chairman while Stephen Mills continued to manage the teams (now U13s, U12s and U11s). Eventually Stephen Mills parted company with the club due to a clash of ideas over the future ambitions of the club.

In 2005 the club's changing facilities burnt down and the story was featured on BBC Radio Cornwall. Steve McFadden, an actor in Eastenders (Phil Mitchell), organised a charity match between a select team of Eastenders cast members and the BBC Radio Cornwall presenters. The Eastenders team won 1-0 at Bodmin Town's football ground. The celebrity match raised £7000 for Nanstallon United.

External links

• BBC News article about Nanstallon United