Glastonbury F.C.

Glastonbury
Full name Glastonbury Football Club
Nickname(s) The Dollies
Founded 1890
Ground Abbey Moor Stadium
Chairman Mark Clarke
Manager Simon White
League Somerset County Football League Division One West
2013–14 Somerset County Football League Division Two West, 3rd (promoted)

Glastonbury F.C. is a football club based in Glastonbury, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.[1] The club plays in the Somerset County Football League Division One West.

History

The club was founded in 1890, and were originally called Glastonbury Avalon Rovers.[2] After the turn of the century, the club entered the FA cup for the first time in the 1902–03 season, and had changed their name to Glastonbury.[2][3] The club were playing in the East Somerset Football League at the beginning of the twentieth century, winning the league in the 1904–05 and 1912–13 campaigns.[4] The club gained its first cup silverware when they lifted the Somerset Junior cup in the 1912–13 competition and retained this cup the following season.[5]

After the First World War, the club joined Division two of the Western Football League, for the 1919–20 season.[6] They stayed in this division for three seasons until the Western league decided to disband the second division.[6] The club then played in the Bristol & District and Bristol Suburban Leagues until rejoining Division two of the Western League again for the 1931–32 campaign.[4] Four seasons later, the club took home the Somerset Senior Cup when they beat Keynsham Town 4–2 in the final.

When football returned to the country after the Second World War, the club joined Division one of the Western league for the 1946–47 season, and two seasons later won the league.[7] The club that year also completed a double by winning the Somerset Premier Cup.[5] The club would then have further success by winning the league again two seasons later in the 1950–51 competition.[8] The club would then have to wait 15 more years for silverware when they picked up the Western League Challenge Cup in the 1965–66 season.[9] Four seasons later the club would then become league champions again for the third time.[10]

The club remained in the top division of the Wessex league until the end of the 1978–79 campaign when they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division one.[10] Glastonbury moved to their current home of the Abbymore stadium in 1982.[11] The club would remain in the Western First division until the end of the 1998–99 campaign, with their best season during this time being the 1994–95 competition when they finished as runners-up but were denied promotion as their ground did not meet the standard required for the Premier Division.[12] The 1998–99 campaign saw the club finish eighteenth out of 19 teams and they were relegated to the Somerset County Football League Premier Division.[12]

Their first season in the Somerset County Football League saw the club face relegation again, when they finished second from bottom.[12] They would face further relegation when, at the finish of the 2002–03 season, they came second from bottom.[12] The club now in Division Two changed their name to the current version.[1] The club spent two seasons in Division two before gaining promotion back to one as runners-up at the end of the 2004–05 competition.[13] The club then followed this success the next season with promotion back to the premier division.[14] The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2011–12 season, when, after losing 15 games in a row, they were relegated to division one.[15][16] The 2012–13 season saw the club relegated again for a second successive season.[17]

The start of the 2013–14 campaign saw the club change their name to a more traditional Glastonbury FC.[18]

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Lewis Fox
England GK Jordan Winter
England DF Dave Solway
England DF Bill Whittaker
England DF Lee Aldrich
England DF Harry Whittaker
England DF Matt Harris
England DF Andy Mortimer
England DF Lee Oakley
Scotland DF Jordan Doran
No. Position Player
England MF Ben Mackie
England MF Tom Hill
England MF Jack Warren
England MF Sam Mullins
England MF Brad Hefferman
England FW Steve Nije
England FW Nick Mortimer
England FW Chris Greenham

Ground

Glastonbury Town play their home games at Abbymore stadium, Glastonbury, Somerset BA69AF.

The club moved to this ground in 1982, and originally had a greyhound track, which was covered up in 2000.[19] The ground was put up for sale in 2009, and was eventually sold.[20]

After the clubhouse was closed for the 2011–2012 season, the start of the 2012 season saw the re-sale and re-opening of the club. For the start of the 2013-14 season, the club saw the re-developmentment of the pitch and changing rooms.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

Former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.
  3. Players that have achieved success as a player/manager in other sports.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Glastonbury Town F.C: Football team in Glastonbury., Somerset". Playerwanted.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Home Page". Glastonbury Town Football Club. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Club Glastonbury Town (Glastonbury), England". Wildstat.com. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "History". Glastonbury Town Football Club. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Website created using 350pages at www.350.com". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Western League 1945–1965". Nonleaguematters.net. 1947-06-05. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1950–1951". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Western Football League Cup 1955–1988". Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Western League 1965–1985". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  11. ↑ "Glastonbury FC at the Abbey Moor Stadium:: OS grid ST4939 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland – photograph every grid square!". Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 GLASTONBURY at the Football Club History Database
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 GLASTONBURY TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  14. ↑ "Somerset County League 2003–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  15. ↑ "Boss believes Town can turn it around". This is Somerset. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  16. ↑ "Draw is a positive sign as Dollies end shocking spell". This is Somerset. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  17. ↑ "Somerset County League football Division 1 – Glastonbury Town lose at home to Wrington Redhill to confirm relegation". This is Somerset. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  18. ↑ "New Name, New Era". Glastonbury Official Website. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  19. ↑ United Kingdom. "Glastonbury FC at the Abbey Moor Stadium. The Abbey Moor Stadium is to the northwest of Glastonbury,…". Geolocation.ws. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  20. ↑ "Sale will not affect Glastonbury FC". This is Dorset. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Senior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  22. ↑ "Western Football League Alan Young Cup Winners". Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  23. ↑ "Junior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-03.

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