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JOHN PENNY
Born: 19 August 1938
Came from: Plymouth Schoolboys Went to: Falmouth Town
First game: 28 September 1957 Last game: 12 March 1960
Appearances: 7 (7/0) Goals: 0
Plymouth-born Penny joined Argyle as a teenager and also played for Plymouth Schoolboys. He impressed whilst playing for the reserves in the Plymouth and District and South Western leagues, but made only a few appearances on the wing during his three seasons in the first team squad. After leaving Home Park he moved into non-league football with Falmouth Town, where he was a big favourite. He played a significant part in Falmouth's win of the first ever South Western League treble and the following season helped them become the first and only Cornish club to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup, in which he scored in Falmouth's 1-2 defeat by Oxford United at Bickland Park. Penny then moved to Bideford, also with considerable success.
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From Steve Dean (GoS Owner) in Plymouth on 31/03/2016 ...
Grateful thanks to Keith Rashleigh from Budock Water near Falmouth for sending in the details of John Penny's post-Argyle story.
APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.
I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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