Verwood Town F.C.

Verwood Town
Full name Verwood Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Potters
Founded 1920
Ground Potterne Park
Verwood
Chairman Steve Jefferis
Manager Carl Poore
League Wessex League
Premier Division
2013–14 Wessex League
Premier Division, 19th

Verwood Town F.C. are a football club based in Verwood, Dorset, England. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club.[1] They play in the Wessex League Premier Division. Long term manager Adie Arnold resigned from his post in March 2014, ending an 8 12-year association with the club. The new manager is Carl Poore, formerly a player at AFC Bournemouth, Dorchester Town, Wimborne Town and Poole Town. After injury halted his playing career, he went in to management with Dorset Premier League side Cranborne.

History

They club was founded in 1920. They had entered the Hampshire League before 1989, and were runners-up in Division One in 2002–03. They were among the founding members of Wessex League Division Three in 2004. They were placed in Division one upon reorganisation and won the league in 2011–12 gaining promotion to the Wessex League Premier Division.[2]

RECENT HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 1983/84 Winners Pickford Senior Trophy 1984/85 Winners Banks Cup 1985/86 Winners Pickford Senior Trophy 1986/87 Winners Dorset Senior Trophy 1987/88 Runners up Bournemouth Division 1 1988/89 Third Bournemouth Division 1

	Promotion to Hants League Division

1989/90 Third Hants Division 2

	Runners up Dorset Senior Trophy

1991/92 Fourth Hants Division 2

	Winners Bournemouth Senior Cup

1992/93 Third Hants Division 2

	Promoted to Hants Division 1
	Winners Dorset Senior Trophy

1993/94 Runners up Sunday Team

	Promoted to Division 3

1994/95 Winners Bournemouth Senior Cup 1996/97 Winners Dorset Senior Trophy 1999/00 Semi Final Dorset Senior Cup 2002/03 Runners up Hants Division 1

	Semi Final Bournemouth Senior Cup

2005/06 Semi Final Dorset Senior Cup

	Third Wessex League Div. 2
	Promoted to Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 1

2007/08 Fourth Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 1 2011/12 Champions Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 1

	Promoted to Sydenhams League(Wessex) Premier Division

Ground

Verwood Town play their home games at Potterne Park, Potterne Way, Verwood, BH21 6RS.

The club have covered seating and a covered terrace plus a refreshment bar.

Honours

Records

References

  1. "Dorset CS Clubs". DorsetFA. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verwood Town at the Football Club History Database

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Coordinates: 50°51′56.02″N 1°51′45.54″W / 50.8655611°N 1.8626500°W