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Here at MBFDC, we offer a variety of football opportunities utilising state of the art facilities based at Mounts Bay Academy in Penzance, Cornwall. Our coaching and development programmes cater for a range of age groups and abilities from 4-16 years of age (boys and girls). Please explore the website to see what we offer, alternatively, click the links below…

• Development Centre LTPD Squads (in partnership with Plymouth Argyle & Cornwall FA)
• Saturday Mini Soccer Centre 
• Soccer Tots (4-6 year olds…begin your football world with us!)
• School Holiday Soccer Camps
• Football Birthday Parties
• Girls’ Wildcats 
• Facility Hire

When the 3G floodlit synthetic pitch arrived in 2011, along with it came the appointment of Kevin Lawrence, who is full time Head of Football Development at Mounts Bay Academy. In association with Cornwall FA, we are very proud to be the Football Development Centre for the Penwith area and we are extremely passionate about developing local players. We are also a feeder centre to the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence and Academy, this pathway has been very successful with many players being linked to professional clubs as well as playing at County, Regional and even National level. Our most recent success story is MBFDC player being selected for England. Read the full story here England Selection – Josh Storey

MBFDC has been running now for eight years and is hoping to prosper further by improved links with Cornwall FA, Cornwall Schools FA and professional football clubs. In particular, we have strong links with Plymouth Argyle being our nearest professional club. We are also in association with global brand Nike and their national kit provider ‘kitlocker.com‘, who supply all our players and coaching staff with top of the range Nike kit and equipment. We also engage with the wider community and have many links with local schools and clubs. We host an array of schools festivals and tournaments every season providing adequate competitions for all to enjoy. Our facilities are also available for the community to hire. 

All MBFDC coaching staff are UEFA/FA qualified and DBS checked, allowing the players to develop within a professional and safe learning environment.

We welcome players from any school or club, if you are looking to have some fun, play football and receive some professional coaching then look no further. We hope to see you very soon!

With kind regards

MBFDC