Brimscombe & Thrupp F.C.
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| Full name | Brimscombe & Thrupp Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites | |
| Founded | 1886 | |
| Ground | The Meadow | |
| Chairman | Clive Baker | |
| Manager | Mike Green | |
| League |
Hellenic Football League Premier Division | |
| 2013–14 |
Hellenic Football League Premier Division, 12th | |
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Brimscombe and Thrupp are a football club based in Brimscombe near Stroud. They are currently members of the Hellenic Football League. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
History
The club was formed in 1886 as just Brimscombe A.F.C. and were the first ever winners of the Stroud and District League in 1902. They would also become the first ever winners of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League following its creation in 1922.
They became founding members of the Gloucestershire County League in 1968 alongside Stonehouse Town and Forest Green Rovers and attempts to earn promotion to the Hellenic League were made however Brimscombe were denied entry as they failed to secure enough votes for entry. Both Brimscombe A.F.C. and Thrupp then joined together to form a new club to ensure the future of both sides in the late 1970s.
In recent years Brimscombe & Thrupp won the Gloucestershire Senior League under the stewardship of Phil Baker, earning promotion back to the Gloucestershire County League. In April 2011, they won the County League and earned promotion to the Hellenic League Division One West.
In April 2012, the club announced it would be installing floodlights at its ground and entering the FA Vase for the first time in its history.[1] To celebrate the opening of the club's new floodlights, Brimscombe hosted Forest Green Rovers for the official opening on 10 July 2012 in a game attended by over 450 people.[2]
In March 2013, they earned promotion to the Hellenic Premier Division from Division One West, eventually sealing the title on 6 April 2013.[3] Another pre-season meeting with Forest Green Rovers in July 2013 saw a crowd of 600 at the Meadow and towards the end of the year a new stand was installed at the ground, replacing the former stand which had been in place for several decades.
The club's first season in the Hellenic Premier ended with a creditable 12th place finish. The club also completed a cup winning treble lifting the Hellenic Supplementary Cup, Stroud Charity Cup and Floodlit Cup trophies. At the end of the season Phil Baker announced he was standing down as manager after eight years in the job.[4] He was replaced by Mike Green.
Honours
- Hellenic Football League Division One West
- Champions 2012-13
- Hellenic Football League Floodlit Cup
- Champions 2013-14
- Hellenic Football League Supplementary Cup
- Champions 2013-14
- Gloucestershire County League[5]
- Champions 2010–11
- Gloucestershire Northern Senior League
- Division 1 - Runners Up 2008-09
- Division 2 - Champions 2004-05
- Stroud Charity Cup
- Champions 2013-14
References
- ↑ "Brimscombe set for floodlights". Non League Daily. 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "Brimscombe & Thrupp 0-2 Forest Green". thisisgloucestershire. 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "Brimscombe and Thrupp continue remarkable rise through divisions". thisisgloucestershire. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Brimscombe boss Phil Baker stands down". Stroud News & Journal. 5 May 2014.
- ↑ Brimscombe & Thrupp at the Football Club History Database
External links
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BTFCthemeadow
Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Btfcthemeadow
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