Falmouth Town A.F.C.
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| Full name | Falmouth Town Association Football Club | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Bickland Park, Falmouth (Capacity 3,572 (500 seated)) |
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| Chairman | Graham Medlin | ||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Steve Massey | ||||||||||||||||
| League | South West Peninsula League Premier Division |
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| 2006-07 | South Western League, 10th | ||||||||||||||||
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Falmouth Town A.F.C. are a football club based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. They were established in 1950 and were founding members of the South Western League in 1951. They have reached the 1st round proper of the FA Cup 3 times in their history. For the 2007-08 season, they are members of the South West Peninsula League.
In the 1970s, after winning four successive championships, they moved up to the Western League which they also won four seasons running. They were Western League members from 1974-1983. Increased travelling forced Town to revert back to local football and after being initially rejected by the South Western League, they played a season in the Cornwall Combination before being re-elected for the 1984-85 season.
They are the only Cornish team to make the first round proper of the FA Cup, which they have done on three occasions. The president of the club is Roger Fenner.
They have maintained a healthy, regularly contested rivalry with Penryn Athletic for much of their history.
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[edit] Stadium
The club plays at Bickland Park, situated on Conway Road in the west of the town. Built in 1957, its current capacity is 3,572, with 500 seats.
Previously they had played at Union Corner (twice), Ashfield and the Recreation Ground.
[edit] Season-by-season (Last 10 years)
| Season | Division | Position | Notes |
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| 1997-98 | South Western League | 2 | Runner-Up |
| 1998-99 | South Western League | 4 | |
| 1999-00 | South Western League | 1 | Champions |
| 2000-01 | South Western League | 7 | |
| 2001-02 | South Western League | 7 | |
| 2002-03 | South Western League | 10 | |
| 2003-04 | South Western League | 13 | |
| 2004-05 | South Western League | 4 | |
| 2005-06 | South Western League | 3 | |
| 2006-07 | South Western League | 10 |
For previous year's records dating back to the 1953-54 season, please go to Football Club History Database.
[edit] Honours
- Western League
- Champions 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78
- League Cup winners 1974-75
- League Cup runners-up 1981-82
- Alan Young Cup
- 'Winners 1975-76 (shared), 1977-78
- SW Counties Pratten Cup
- Winners 1973-74
- Runners-up 1972-73
- South Western League
- Champions 1961-62, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1996-97, 1999-00
- Runners-up 1958-59, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1987-88, 1997-98
- League Cup winners 1957-58, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99
- League Cup runners-up 1959-60, 1971-72, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1992-93
- Cornwall Senior Cup
- Winners 1961-62, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1996-97
- Runners-up 1966-67, 1972-73, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92
- Cornwall Charity Cup
- Winners 1959-60, 1999-00
- Runners-up 1954-55
- Cornwall Combination
- Champions 1983-84
- Runners-up 1999-00
- League Cup winners 1996-97
- League Cup runners-up 1960-61
- Supplementary Cup winners 1993-94, 1999-00
- Supplementary Cup runners-up 1990-91
- Evely Cup
- Winners 1996-97
- St. Austell Brewery Cup
- Winners 1989-90, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-97
- Runners-up 1992-93
- Aubrey Wilkes Trophy
- Winners 1988-89, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1995-96
[edit] Records
- Best league position: 1st in Western League four times in 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77 and 1977-78.
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round three times in 1962-63, 1967-68 and 1969-70.
- Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd round, 1977-78
- Best FA Vase performance: quarter-final replay, 1986-87
[edit] Sources
- Falmouth Town at the Football Club History Database
