Cirencester Town F.C.

Cirencester Town F.C.
Cirencester Town
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Full name Cirencester Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Centurions
Founded 1889
Ground Corinium Stadium, Cirencester
(Capacity: 4,500)
Manager Bryan Hughes
League Southern League
Premier Division
2010–11 Southern League
Premier Division, 13th
Home colours
Away colours

Cirencester Town is an English football club based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The club are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division and play at the Corinium Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.

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History

  • 1889 - Club Founded October of this year
  • 1968-69 - Founder members of Gloucestershire County League
  • 1969-70 - Joined Hellenic League Premier Division
  • 1972 - Relegated to Division One
  • 1973-74 - Hellenic League Division One Champions; promoted to Premier Division
  • 1978 - Relegated to Division One
  • 1990-91 - Hellenic League Division One runner-up; promoted to Premier Division
  • 1991-92 - Hellenic League runner-up
  • 1995-96 - Hellenic League Champions
  • 1996-97 - Joined Southern League Southern Division
  • 1999-00 - Switched to Western Division
  • 2003-04 - Promoted to Premier Division
  • 2007-08 - Relegated to South and West Division
  • 2009-10 - Promoted to the Premier Division

Club Colours

Cirencester are known for their distinctive red and black stripes, which they have worn for most of their history. The current home kit consists of a black and red striped shirt with plain black shorts, while the away kit is light blue.

The team began playing in white shirts with a red sash from their foundation in 1889. For the next five years, until 1904, the team wore all white with a vertical red stripe. These were replaced by red and white striped shirts until 1915.

In the 1916/17 season, they introduced black and red striped kit which has been used ever since.

Stadium

The club play at the 4,500-capcity Corinium Stadium. Gloucester City ground-shared at the stadium between 2008 and 2010 following the flooding of their Meadow Park ground.[1]

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Michael Green
England DF Adam Corcoran
England DF Chris Collins
England MF Tom Etheridge
England DF Zak Westlake
England FW Rob Hoskin
England FW Jonathan Else
England DF Callum Henry (on loan from Forest Green Rovers)
England FW Jody Bevan
No. Position Player
England MF Nathan Davies
England MF Jamie Reid
England DF Jared Wilson
England MF James Mortimer-Jones
England FW Paul Banks
England FW Mark Draycott
England FW Josh Spering
England MF Ellis Dunton

Club records

  • Best league position: 3rd in Southern League, Western division (then level 7), 2003-04
  • Best FA Cup performance: 4th qualifying round, 2001-02 and 2003-04
  • Best FA Trophy performance: 3rd round, 2002-03
  • Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round replay, 1975-76

Development Team

In the 2009-10 season the club introduced a reserve team that competed in the Hellenic League reserves divisions made up mainly of youth players as practice for the first team squad. In their debutant season, the reserves won the Division Two West Reserves title and earned promotion. The reserve side then achieved a midtable position in the Reserves West Division One for the 2010-11 season.

The reserves were then introduced in to a higher division for the 2011-12 season. Competing in the Hellenic League West Division.

References

  1. ^ "Club Info". Gloucester City. http://www.gloucestercityafc.com/clubinfo.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 

Cirencester Town at the Football Club History Database

See also

External links

Coordinates: 51°42′42″N 1°56′40″W / 51.71175°N 1.944542°W / 51.71175; -1.944542


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