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| Full name | Wincanton Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Wasps | ||
| Founded | 1890 | ||
| Ground | Wincanton Sports Ground, Wincanton | ||
| Chairman | Terry Wise | ||
| Manager | Chris Wise | ||
| League | Wessex League Premier Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Western League Division One, 4th of 22 (promoted) | ||
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Wincanton Town Football Club is a football club based in Wincanton, Somerset, England. They are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division and play at the Wincanton Sports Ground. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County Football Association.[1]
History
editThe club was established in 1890, and originally played at Dancing Lane on West Hill.[2] The club played most of its football in the Yeovil and District League in its early years.[3] In more recent years the club won Division two of the Yeovil league in the 1988–89 campaign.[2] This was followed up by two more years of league success when they won Division one the next season, and were crowned league champions another season later.[3] Sometime after this in the 1990s the club then sold its ground at Dancing Lane to move to its current home at Moor Lane.
The club was promoted to Division three of the Somerset County League when they finished as runners-up in the Yeovil league at the end of the 2002–03 campaign.[2] Their first season in the new league saw them gain promotion to Division two when they finished as runners-up.[4] They played for two seasons in division two before deciding to swap to the Dorset Football League, winning the Senior league at the first attempt and gaining promotion to the Dorset Premier Football League.[3] The club stayed in the Dorset Premier League until the end of the 2012–13 campaign when as finishing runners up they gained promotion to division one of the Western Football League.[5] That season also the club achieve a double by winning the Somerset Senior Cup. On 15 October 2013 the club hosted Yeovil Town F.C. to celebrate the opening of Moor Lane's new floodlights. Yeovil won 8–0.[6]
Ground
editThe team play their home games at the Wincanton Sports Ground on Moor Lane.
Honours
editLeague honours
edit- Dorset Premier Football League:[7]
- Runners-up (1): 2012–13
- Dorset Football League Senior Division:[3]
- Winners (1): 2006–07
- Somerset County League Division Three:[4]
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04
- Yeovil and District League Premier Division:[3]
- Winners (1): 1990–91
- Runners-up (1): 2002–03
- Yeovil and District League Division One:[3]
- Winners (1): 1989–90
- Yeovil and District League Division Two:[3]
- Winners (1): 1988–89
Cup honours
edit- Somerset Senior Cup:[5]
- Winners (1): 2012–13
- Dorset Premier Football League Supplementary Cup:[2]
- Winners (1): 2008–09
- Yeovil and District League John Haywood Cup:[8]
- Winners (1): 2000–01
References
edit- ^ "News". SomersetFA. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Wincanton". S299639758.websitehome.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History – Wincanton Town Football Club, Somerset". Wincantontownfc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b WINCANTON TOWN at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b "Club wins promotion to top division for the first time". This is Somerset. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Dorset Premier League Round Up May 19 | The Non League Football Paper – Daily football news". The Non League Football Paper. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Dorset Premier League". Full-time.thefa.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Blast from the past!". Winkys 11. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
External links
edit- Club Website http://www.wincantontownfc.net