Football league
The Duchy League was an English football competition based in the eastern half of Cornwall, but also included a few sides from over the border in Devon. The League was formed in 1965 as a merger of the Liskeard & District League and the St. Austell & District League. It had three divisions headed by the Duchy League Premier Division, which operated at level 13 of the English football league system. It was a feeder to the East Cornwall League. In 2014–15, Padstow United won the Premier Division, and earned promotion to the East Cornwall League.
Cup competitions
For the 2015–16 season, the Duchy League ran three cup competitions: the KMD Developments Cup; Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup and the TJ International Reserve Team Cup. The KMD Developments Cup had the top 32 teams from the previous seasons league positions take part in a knockout cup competition, with the semi-finals and final played on neutral grounds. The Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup featured the rest of the teams competing in a similar knockout competition, whilst the TJ International Reserve Team Cup was a competition for clubs who have a second team in the Duchy Leagues. In 2014–15, St. Stephen of the Premier Division won the KMD Developments Cup; Veryan won the Bodmin Sports Trophies Duchy League Cup (as well as winning Division Three) and the Reserve Cup was won by Grampound Reserves.
Following the 2022–23 season, the league was absorbed into the St Piran League.
Member clubs 2022–23
Premier Division
- Bodmin Town Reserves
- Boscastle
- Dobwalls Reserves
- Gorran
- Lanivet Inn
- Lifton
- Lostwithiel
- Mevagissey
- Polzeath
- St Breward
- St Dominick Reserves
- St Merryn
- Saltash United 3rds
- Southgate Seniors
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Division One
- Biscovey
- Boscastle Reserves
- Calstock
- Foxhole Stars Reserves
- Gerrans & St Mawes United
- Gunnislake Reserves
- Holywell & Cubert
- Looe Town Reserves
- North Petherwin Reserves
- Pensilva
- St Cleer
- St Mawgan Reserves
- St Minver Reserves
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Division Two
- Bodmin Dragons
- Bude Town Reserves
- Castle Loyale
- Delabole & Tintagel
- Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) Reserves*
- Grampound
- Indian Queens
- Lanreath
- Lifton Reserves
- Lostwithiel Reserves
- North Hill
- St Eval Spitfires
- Week St Mary
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* Club resigned from the league during the season.
Recent divisional champions
Season
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Premier
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One
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Two
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Three
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Four
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Five
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2003–04
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Biscovey
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St Austell Reserves
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Nanpean Rovers Reserves
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Dobwalls Reserves
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Edgcumbe
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Looe Town
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2004–05
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Polperro
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Lanreath
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Lamerton
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Edgcumbe
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St Mawgan Reserves
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Holywell Bay/Cubert Athletic
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2005–06
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St Columb Major
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Lamerton
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Edgcumbe
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Lanivet
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Holywell Bay/Cubert Athletic
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Week St Mary
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2006–07
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Bere Alston United
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St Stephen's Borough
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Looe Town
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Holywell Bay/Cubert Athletic
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Lostwithiel
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Stratton United
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2007–08
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St Stephen's Borough
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Looe Town
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St Cleer Reserves
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Bodmin Saints
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Gorran
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St Austell Reserves
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2008–09
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Edgcumbe
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St Cleer
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Bodmin Saints
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Looe Reserves
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St Austell Reserves
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Perranporth Reserves
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2009–10
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St Teath Reserves
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Altarnun
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St Newlyn East
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St Austell Reserves
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Gerrans
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Charlestown Saints
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2010–11
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Torpoint Athletic 3rds
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Calstock
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St Austell Reserves
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Sticker Reserves
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North Petherwin
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LC Phoenix
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2011–12
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Fowey United
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St Austell Reserves
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Biscovey
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North Petherwin
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LC Phoenix
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St Cleer Reserves
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2012–13
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St Austell Reserves
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Pensilva
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Padstow United
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St Minver
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North Hill
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Veryan
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2013–14
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Pensilva
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St Dominick Reserves
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Foxhole Stars Reserves
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Callington Town 3rds
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Veryan
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St Merryn
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2014–15
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Padstow United
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Foxhole Stars
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Callington Town 3rds
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Veryan
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Mevagissey Reserves
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Kilkhampton
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2015–16
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Looe Town
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Callington Town 3rds
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Veryan
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Tregrehan Mills
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Pensilva
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Foxhole Stars Reserves
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2016–17
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St Minver
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St Dennis Reserves
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Godolphin Atlantic Reserves
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St Minver Reserves
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Dobwalls Reserves
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Lamerton Community
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2017–18
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St Stephen
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St Newlyn East
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Stoke Climsland
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Lamerton Community
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Polperro Reserves
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2018–19
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Foxhole Stars
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Stoke Climsland
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Altarnun
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Polperro Reserves
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Nanpean Rovers
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2019–20
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season abandoned
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2020–21
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season abandoned
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One East
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One West
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Two
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2021–22
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North Petherwin
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Nanpean Rovers
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Foxhole Stars Reserves
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2022–23
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Southgate Seniors
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Pensilva
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Lanreath
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