In 1909 they became the first winners of the Sheffield Junior Cup. They had to use public transport to get home from the game and they arrived back in Penistone at 8-55pm to be met by a crowd of over two thousand people. Having started life in the Sheffield Amateur League, which they also won, they then played in the Penistone League and, again, won the league. They went on to play in, and win, the Sheffield Hatchard League.

Years later when the Hatchard League and County Senior League joined to form the Sheffield County Senior League, Penistone was one of the founder members, with two teams playing in the League and this is where the reserves play to this day. They have won the Division One title twice and been runners-up in the Premier Division and the League Cup. The Reserves have played in Division 2 since the league was formed but in the 2009/10 season won promotion to Division 1. The first team were in the Premier Division until the end of the 2013/14 season when they were promoted into the Northern Counties East League.

In 2006, Penistone Church FC was 100 years old making them one of the oldest clubs in the area. This achievement was marked by various functions and one of them was a football match between Penistone Church and the Emmerdale All Stars, watched by a crowd of approximately one thousand. In 2007 Penistone Church FC became a Charter Standard club. The club won the County Senior League Cup in 2011/12 and 2013/14 and were Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup semi-finalists in 2011/12.

Having started life with just one team, we now have two senior teams, two over-35 teams, and youth teams from the Under 7s to Under 18s. Over one hundred and eighty youngsters are affiliated to the club and there are more than three hundred members in total.