Ilminster Town F.C.

Ilminster Town

Full name

Ilminster Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Blues^[1]

Ground

The Recreation Ground

Manager

Matt Hughes

League

Somerset County League Premier Division^[2]

2013–14

Somerset County League Premier Division, 13th

Home colours

Ilminster Town Football Club is an English football club based in Ilminster, Somerset. The play in the Somerset County League Premier Division and fields three further teams in the Devon and Exeter League and the Perry Street League. The club plays its home games at The Recreation Ground. Ilminster were crowned Somerset County League Division One champions in 2011–12.^[3]

History

Ilminster entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1948–49. They continued to play regularly in the FA Cup throughout the 1950s; their best performance was reaching the Second Qualifying Round.

The club joined the Western Football League in the newly reformed Division One for the 1976–77 season. The following season, Ilminster were promoted to the Premier Division after finishing third. They lasted two seasons in this division, during which time they reached the Third Round of the FA Vase, before being relegated back to Division One. Two seasons later, the club left the Western League altogether.

Ilminster Town joined the Somerset Senior League Division One in 1985–86, but were relegated to Division Two in 1988. The next season the club were crowned champions and regained their Division One status. They remained in the league until being relegated in 1995. Again they bounced back the following season by winning Division Two. In 1999, the club was again relegated, and only returned to Division one after finishing runners-up in 2002–03. The following season, Ilminster were crowned champions of Division One and reached the Premier Division for the first time. In 2008, the club was relegated back to Division One, but returned to the Premier Division in 2012 after again winning the league title.^[4]