Bodmin Town F.C.

Bodmin Town
Full name Bodmin Town Football Club
Nickname(s) Black & Ambers
Founded 1889
Ground Priory Park
Ground Capacity 5,000 (400 seated)
Main Sponsor Kellys Of Cornwall
Chairman James Chapman
Manager Darren Gilbert
League South West Peninsula League Premier Division
2014–15 South West Peninsula League Premier Division, 2nd

Bodmin Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bodmin, Cornwall. They play in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division.

History

Founded in 1889, the club played at a number of venues before moving to Priory Park in 1948.[1] Having originally played in a white kit, the club adopted its current colours of black and amber in 1925.[2] Bodmin Town joined the South Western League in 1953, finishing as high as fourth in 1958, before resigning in order to join the East Cornwall Premier League.[2][3] The 1954–55 season saw the club make its debut in the FA Cup getting to the first qualifying round.[3] The club returned to the South Western League seven years later and continued to compete in that league until 2007, when they became a founding member of the South West Peninsula League.

Since joining the South West Peninsula League the club has managed to dominate it by winning 4 championships and coming Runner-up twice, The 2012–13 season saw the club win the South West Peninsula League for the fourth time and completed a treble by winning the Throgmorton Cup and Cornwall Senior Cup. The 2013/14 season saw the club reach the 5th round of the FA Vase for the 2nd time in recent years. Bodmin Town eventually finished 7th in the league after a season of rebuilding after a number of players had moved to higher leagues.

At the beginning of the 2015 season, Bodmin Town FC with the help from Bodmin Town Council and the Football stadia improvement fund done a tremendous amount of improvements to the Priory Park ground, New floodlights were erected, the Main stand was fully refurbished and the ground was fully enclosed with a 2.4m anti climb fencing solution. This has safeguarded the future of the club and its youth teams. The club for the 2015–16 season will be again managed by Darren Gilbert and assisted by Lee Hobbs, Ronnie Swiggs and Terry Huddy with the aim to try and recapture the league from a very strong AFC St Austell

.[4]

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Club records

Ground

Bodmin Town play their home games at Priory Park, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AF. The Grounds main stand is the Dennison Memorial Stand, with seating for 400 people was built in 1958. The clubhouse was built 1985, and floodlights were added to the ground in 1971.[1]

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
England GK Kevin Miller
England DF Lee Bevan
England DF Luke Rundle
England DF Shane Jewell
England DF Nick Hurst
England DF Sam Hillson
England DF Steve Simmonds
England DF Tom Chambers
England DF Jack Podmore
England MF Lewis Tasker
England MF Steve Bowker
England MF Ben Joyce
England MF Luke Alden
No. Position Player
England MF River Allen
England MF Darren Gilbert
England MF Darren Hicks
England MF Jordan Dingle
England MF Lance Bailey
England MF Sam Matthews
England MF Shane Krac
England FW Ryan Richards
England FW Adam Carter
England FW Andrew Neal
England FW Connor Dymond
England FW Dan Jennings

Former players

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Bodmin Town FC". Pyramid Passion. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A history of Bodmin Town Football Club". Bodmin Town. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bodmin Town F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  4. "Midfielder Shane Krac wins Bodmin Town fans' award". This is Cornwall. 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  5. "Bodmin Town's record win overshadowed by injury to player-manager Darren Gilbert". This is Cornwall. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  6. "Cornwall Senior Cup 2011–12 Cornwall FA". Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  7. "Bodmin Town win thriller to lift Cornwall Senior Cup". This is Cornwall. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  8. "Cornwall Senior Cup: Bodmin Town beat Godolphin Athletic 7–0 in final – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  9. "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League – Honours". Swpleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-25.

External links

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