Melksham Town F.C.

Melksham Town

Full name

Melksham Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

Town

Founded

1876

Ground

The Oakfield Stadium, Melksham

Chairman

Dave Wiltshire

Manager

Darren Perrin

League

Western League Premier Division

2016–17

Western League Premier Division, 3rd of 20

Home colours

Away colours

Melksham Town Football Club are a football club based in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Oakfield Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Wiltshire Football Association^[1]

History

The club was formed as Melksham F.C. in 1876 and in 1894 became founding members of the Wilts League.^[2] They then spent the next eighty years in the Wilts league, during which time they won the league once in the 1903–04 season, and also completed a league and cup double when they took the Wilts Senior Cup as well.^[2] They entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1946.^[3] In 1951 the club changed their name to their current one.^[3]

They joined the Western Football League in 1974. Melksham won Division One in 1979–80, gaining promotion to the Premier Division.^[4] They stayed in the division until they were relegated in 1988.^[4] The club left the Western League in 1993, when they were relegated to the Wiltshire County League after finishing in bottom position.^[2] However they returned to the Western league in just one season when under manager Mel Gingell, they won the Wiltshire County league.^[2]^[5] The club three seasons later in the 1996–97 campaign under manager Darren Perrin, were promoted to the Premier Division One, as champions. The club then spent the next thirteen seasons in the top division of the Western league before being relegated to Division One again at the end of the 2009–10 campaign.^[4]^[6] At the end of the 2011–12 season the club gained prmotion back to the Premier Division when they finished as runners-up in Division one.^[7]

In the 2014–15 season Melksham won the Western Football League Premier Division but could not be promoted to the Southern League due to not being able to meet ground rules on time.^[8]

Ground

Until 2017, Melksham Town played their games at The Conigre, Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES.

The club had played at the Conigre ground since 1926.^[9] In 1986 the ground had new floodlights, toilets and changing rooms added, and these were opened with a friendly match against Southampton^[2]

They moved to a new stadium, Oakfield Stadium, with the first game being played on the 14th January 2017 against Bristol Manor Farm F.C. in the FA Vase.

Honours

League honours

Western Football League Division One^[4]^[7]
- Champions (2): 1979–80, 1996–97
- Runners-up (1): 2011–12
The Wiltshire Football League Premier Division^[5]
- Champions (1): 1993–94
Wiltshire Football League^[2]
- Champions (1): 1903–04
- Runners-up (5): 1924–25, 1929–30, 1959–60, 1967–68, 1971–72

Cup honours

Wiltshire Premier Shield^[10]
- Winners (5): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1997–98, 1999–2000
- Runners-up (1): 1986–87
Wiltshire Senior Cup^[2]^[10]^[11]
- Winners (7): 1903–04, 1969–70, 1977–78, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
- Runners-up (5): 1957–58, 1967–68, 1968–69, 2005–06, 2006–07

Records

Club Records

Highest League Position:^[4] 3rd in Western Football League premier Division 1997–98
FA Cup best performance:^[4] Third Qualifying Round 1954–55, 1957–58
FA Trophy best performance:^[4] Second Qualifying Round 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
FA Vase best performance:^[4] Third Round 1974–75, 1981–82, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2007–08
Highest Attendance:^[2] 2,821 vs Trowbridge Town 1957

Player Records

Most number of Goals in a Single season:^[2] 72 goals – Gareth Lewis – 1967–68

Former players

Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
Players with full international caps.

References

↑ "Wiltshire County FA". WiltshireFA. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Western Football League | Club Directory | Melksham Town". Toolstationleague.com. 1999-06-12. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
1 2 Melksham at the Football Club History Database
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Melksham Town at the Football Club History Database
1 2 "Premier Division Honours". Wiltshirefootballleague.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ "FOOTBALL: Melksham to join Calne in Toolstation League First Division (From The Northern Echo)". Thenorthernecho.co.uk. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
1 2 Houlihan, Owen (2012-07-10). "FOOTBALL: Promoted Melksham face opening-day away trip (From This Is Wiltshire)". Thisiswiltshire.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ "Melksham Town’s promotion hopes dashed by council delay |". Melkshamnews.com. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
↑ "Club is moving the goalposts (From Wiltshire Times)". Wiltshiretimes.co.uk. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
1 2 "Football Club History Database – Wiltshire County Cups Summary". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ Harry Abbott. "WILTSHIRE SENIOR CUP FINAL: It’s all White for Perrin’s champs (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)". Gazetteandherald.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

External links

club website

2017–18 Western League
Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridgwater Town Bridport Brislington Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Hallen Hengrove Athletic Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Street Wellington Wells City Willand Rovers
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Coordinates: 51°22′14.10″N 2°08′29.97″W / 51.3705833°N 2.1416583°W / 51.3705833; -2.1416583

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