Glastonbury F.C.
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| Full name | Glastonbury Town Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1919 as Glastonbury | |
| Ground | Abbey Moor Stadium | |
| League | Somerset County Football League Division One | |
| 2011–12 | Somerset County Football League Premier Division, 18th (relegated) | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Glastonbury Town F.C. is a football club based in Glastonbury, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. The club plays in the Somerset County Football League Division One. Glastonbury Town F.C. was founded in 1890 bearing the title of Glastonbury Avalon Rovers. By the time the club was competing in the FA Cup in 1901–02, losing to Bridgwater 0–2, it was known simply as Glastonbury.
The first honours came before the Great War when the club won the Somerset Junior cup in the years 1912–13 and 1913–14. The club entered the Western League in 1920 and played in it until 1922 when the Second Division of that league was disbanded. It was during this period that the Club moved to the Abbey Park ground with its famous slope, and celebrated the occasion by beating Yeovil 2–1. Glastonbury returned to the Western League in 1931, having spent the intervening years in the Bristol & District and Bristol Suburban Leagues.
Semi-professionalism was adopted in 1934, the first opponents in the Professional Cup were Bristol City to whom the club lost 2–0. In the 1935–36 season, they reached the final of the Somerset Senior Cup for the one and only time, beating Keynsham Town in the final at Wells, on Easter Monday, 4–2. The golden years of Glastonbury Football Club were a period of five seasons from 1947–48 to 1951–52 when the Club won the Western League twice, were runners-up twice and were third once. They also won the Somerset Senior League twice and the Professional cup once in 1948. To cap it all, they reached the first round proper of the FA Cup in the 1950–51 season when 4,000 spectators crowded into Abbey Park to watch their team narrowly lose to Exeter City 2–1.
The sixties saw more success, with the Club lifting the Western League Challenge Cup in 1965–66, and the Championship of the Western League in the 1969–70 season. In 1982 the Club moved to its current ground at Abbey Moor Stadium where the floodlit pitch is surrounded by a greyhound track. Just the one honour was achieved there, in 1994–95, when the best known Glastonbury player of the eighties, Paul Randall, came back to play for the club he left for Bristol Rovers, and then Stoke City in the old First Division of the Football League: with his help Glastonbury took the Runners Up spot in Division One of the Western League. Promotion to the Premier Division was declined by the Club, and there followed a period of decline that ended with the Club being relegated from the Western League in 1998–99 after more than sixty seasons continuous play. The following season, playing in the Somerset Senior League, Glastonbury were relegated again and played in Division One until 2002–03 when a poor season saw the club relegated once more. In the summer of 2003 the club changed its name to Glastonbury Town FC: with current manager Andy Cribb at the helm the team finished fifth in Division Two of the Somerset County League in 2003–04 with a squad solely made up of local players. The Reserves team also went through a period of decline from 1998–99, suffering relegation three times in succession and falling from Division Two of the Somerset County League to Division One of the Mid Somerset League where they have played since 2001–02. In 2003 Abbey Moor Stadium changed hands and the new owner has greatly improved the facilities there with much work done to the pitch, the clubhouse, car park, floodlights, etc. The 2004–05 season saw Glastonbury finish 2nd behind Frome Town Res and promoted to Division One of Somerset County League. The next season saw Glatonbury finish 3rd and again were promoted to the Premier of the Somerset County League, where they have stayed since. The 2011–2012 season saw Glastonbury start off well with a 2–0 win against Taunton Blackbrook but since then they have been off the pace and see themselves bottom. But since Simon White took charge of the First Team with Roy Winter stepping down as manager, Glastonbury's performances have been much improved and could still see themselfs staying in the Premier Division.
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Somerset Junior Cup Winners
1912–13 2–1 v Coleford Athletic
1913–14 1–0 v Welton Rovers Res
Somerset Charity Challenge Cup Winners
1932–33 W 2–1 Wells St Cuthberts
Somerset Senior Cup Winners
1935–36 W 4–2 v Keynsham Town
Somerset Professional Cup Winners
1937–38, 1948–49
Western League Champions
1948–49, 1950–51, 1969–70
Western League Runners Up
1947–48, 1951–52
Western League Division One runners-up
1994–95
Western League Challenge Cup winners[1]
1965–66
Somerset Senior League Champions
1949–50 1950–51
Somerset Senior League Runners Up
1968–69
Somerset County League Division Two Runners Up
2004–05
Alan Young Cup Winners[2]
1967–68 (shared with Minehead), 1968–69(shared with Bridgwater Town), 1970–71
Mid-Somerset Football League Champions
1926–27, 1930–31, 1931–32
Mid-Somerset Football League Runners-Up
1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1934–35
East Somerset Football League Champions
1904–05,1912–13
Weston & District League Champions
1911–12,1912–13,1913–14
Highbridge & District League Div One Champions (Res)
1926–27
Clark Challenge Cup Winners
2006–07 6–3 v Norton Hill Rangers
References
- ^ "Western Football League Cup 1955–1988" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
- ^ "Western Football League Alan Young Cup Winners" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ Glastonbury Town official website – History Accessed 28 June 2012
External links
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