Penrith AFC Youth

FA Accredited

Cumbria, North West

U7-U16

Eden Valley market town. Youth development in the Lake District fringe.

What your child plays at Penrith AFC Youth

Penrith AFC Youth runs teams across 10 age groups. Here's the format, ball and pitch size at each stage under FA youth rules — tap an age group for the full detail.

Age group	Format	Ball	Pitch
U7 · 5–6 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U8 · 6–7 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U9 · 7–8 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U10 · 8–9 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U11 · 9–10 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U12 · 10–11 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U13 · 11–12 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U14 · 12–13 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U15 · 13–14 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards
U16 · 14–15 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards

Not sure which group your child is in? Use our age-group calculator.

Club history

The Penrith Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith, which plays its home games at Greygums Oval, Cranebrook. It competes in the Sydney AFL competition, running in season 2024 Senior and Reserve grade open-age grade men's sides, as well as a women's AFL team competing in the Women's Division 2 competition.

About Penrith AFC Youth

Penrith AFC Youth is based in Cumbria, North West. It caters for U7-U16. Penrith AFC Youth holds FA Accreditation, the FA's quality mark for grassroots clubs meeting safeguarding, coaching, and player-welfare standards.

Penrith AFC Youth plays home fixtures at Penrith AFC Juniors Ground, Frenchfield Stadium and Penrith AFC Youth.

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