Portishead Town F.C.

Portishead Town

Full name

Portishead Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

Posset

Founded

1912 (as St. Peters Portishead)

Ground

Bristol Road, Portishead

Capacity

1200 standing, 197 seated

Chairman

Adey Green

First Team Manager

Alan Tyers

League

Western League
Division One

2014–15

Western League
Division One, 21st

Home colours

Away colours

Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.

History

Originally known St. Peter's Portishead until a name change in 1948, the club played in small regional leagues for years until joining the Somerset County League in 1975.^[1] They won the Premier Division title four times in five years between 1993–94 and 1997–98.^[2] After their fourth successive runner-up campaign in the 2004–05 season, Portishead successfully applied for promotion to the Western League.^[3]

In Portishead's first season of Western League football they finished in the top half of the table only to better their performance the following season. In 2006–07 Portishead achieved their highest ever finish in the history of the club finishing runners-up to Truro City Although Portishead finished as runners-up they were unable to be promoted to the Western League Premier Division as their ground was not suitable, lacking (at that time) floodlights.

The club also runs several other teams. The reserve squad plays in the Somerset County League Division one, while the 'A', 'B', and 'Colts' teams all play in the Weston super Mare and District League. The club also runs a ladies team and youth teams catering for boys and girls.

Ground

Portishead Town play their home games at Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6QG.

Honours

Somerset County Football League
- Winners (4): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
- Runners-up (4): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05

Somerset Senior Cup^[4]
- Winners (2): 1996–97, 2007–08

Somerset Hospital Cup
- Winners (1): 2009

Attwell Memorial Shield Cup
- Winners (1): 2009

Management team

Job Title	Name
Chairman	Adey Green
Vice-Chairman	Mark Stallard
Head of football	Lee Ballard
First Team Manager	Alan Tyers
Reserve Team Manager	Martin Greenslade

References

↑ "Portishead Town Football Club". Toolstation League. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Portishead". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Portishead Brief Club History". Pitchero. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Senior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-04.

External links

Official site
Portishead at the Football Club History Database
Western League

Western League

Premier Division	Barnstaple Town Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Welton Rovers Willand Rovers Winterbourne United

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Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Coordinates: 51°28′27.63″N 2°45′48.99″W / 51.4743417°N 2.7636083°W / 51.4743417; -2.7636083

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