Diss Town F.C.

Diss Town

Full name

Diss Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Tangerines

Founded

1888

Ground

Brewers Green Lane, Diss

Chairman

Richard Upson

Manager

Ross Potter

League

Eastern Counties League Division One

2016–17

Eastern Counties League Division One, 6th of 21

Home colours

Away colours

Diss Town Football Club is a football club based in Diss, Norfolk, England. Affiliated to the Norfolk County FA they are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One and play at Brewers Green Lane.

History

The club was established in 1888 following a suggestion from the local cricket club, with whom the football club initially shared the ground on Roydon Road. In 1892 they won their first trophy, the Norfolk Junior Cup, beating the Great Yarmouth Town second team in the final.

In 1906 Diss joined the Norwich and District League. In 1935 they moved up to the Norfolk & Suffolk League,^[1] and were runners-up in 1955–56.^[2] They won the league cup the following season, and again in 1960 (shared with Gothic) and 1961. In 1964 the club were founder members of the Anglian Combination, winning Division One in 1967–68 (also winning the league cup) and again in 1973–74. In 1975 Diss won the Norfolk Senior Cup, beating St Andrews 3–2 at Carrow Road. In 1975–76 they finished as league runners up and league cup winners. In 1976–77 they won the Premier Division, and won it again in 1978–79. In 1980 and 1982 the club won the league cup again.

During the 1983–84 season Diss moved to a new ground at Brewers Green Lane, and in 1988 became founder members of Division One of the Eastern Counties League.^[3] After finishing third, sixth and fourth, they won Division One in 1991–92 and were promoted to the Premier Division.^[3] In the same season, the club's reserve team won the Norfolk Junior Cup, a century after the first team had won it. Two seasons later the club won the FA Vase in front of a crowd of 13,450 at Wembley, beating Taunton Town 2–1 after extra time, following an injury time equaliser. The following season they finished as runners-up in the Premier Division and won the Norfolk Senior Cup again, beating Wroxham 4–0.

Under Robert Fleck the club won the Senior Cup for the third time in 2003, beating Great Yarmouth Town 4–1, and retained it the following season by beating Wroxham 3–0. In 2005 they reached the final for a third consecutive season, but lost on penalties to Wroxham. At the end of the 2006–07 season the club were relegated to Division One after finishing twentieth. They returned to the Premier Division after finishing third in 2010–11. They were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2014–15 season.^[3]

Honours

FA Vase
- Winners 1993–94
Eastern Counties League
- Division One champions 1991–92
Norfolk & Suffolk League
- League Cup winners 1956–57, 1959–60 (joint), 1960–61
Anglian Combination
- Premier Division champions 1976–77, 1978–79
- Division One champions 1967–68, 1973–74
- League Cup winners 1967–68, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1981–82
Norfolk Senior Cup
- Winners 1974–75, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05
Norfolk Junior Cup
- Winners 1892, 1992

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 1956–57, 1994–95, 2002–03^[3]
Best FA Vase performance: Winners 1993–94^[3]
Record attendance: 1,731 vs Atherton LR, FA Vase semi-final, 19 March 1994^[4]

References

↑ Norfolk & Suffolk League 1897–1939 Non-League Matters
↑ Norfolk & Suffolk League 1946–1964 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 5 Diss Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p645 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

External links

Official website

2017–18 Eastern Counties League
Premier Division	Brantham Athletic Coggeshall Town Ely City Fakenham Town FC Clacton Felixstowe & Walton United Godmanchester Rovers Gorleston Great Yarmouth Town Hadleigh United Haverhill Borough Haverhill Rovers Histon Ipswich Wanderers Kirkley & Pakefield Long Melford Newmarket Town Saffron Walden Town Stanway Rovers Stowmarket Town Thetford Town Walsham-le-Willows Wivenhoe Town Wroxham
Division One	AFC Sudbury Reserves Braintree Town Reserves Cornard United Debenham LC Diss Town Downham Town Framlingham Town Halstead Town Holland King's Lynn Town Reserves Leiston Reserves Little Oakley March Town United Needham Market Reserves Norwich CBS Norwich United Reserves Swaffham Town Team Bury Whitton United Wisbech St Mary Woodbridge Town
Seasons	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 2016–17 2017–18

Coordinates: 52°22′51.04″N 1°05′49.81″E / 52.3808444°N 1.0971694°E / 52.3808444; 1.0971694

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