Buckland Athletic F.C.

Buckland Athletic

Full name

Buckland Athletic Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Bucks

Founded

1977

Ground

Homers Heath
Newton Abbot

Capacity

1,000

Chairman

Roy Holmes

Manager

Adam Castle

League

Western Football League
Premier Division

2014–15

Western Football League
Premier Division, 2nd

Home colours

Away colours

Buckland Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The club plays in the Western Football League Premier Division. Buckland Athletic is a FA chartered Standard Club.^[1]

History

Established in 1977, and started playing in the Torbay Pioneer League at Sandringham Park.^[2] The club then moved to Senior Division Three of the Devon and Exeter Football League for the 1987-88 season, and moved to Coach Road.^[3] The club immediately gained promotion as champions of Division Three.^[3] The club then moved grounds again to Decoy Park for the 1990-91 season, but two seasons later moved to Homers Lane in Kingsteignton, which later was renamed Homers Heath.^[3] The move to the new ground proved successful as the club gained promotion to the premier division of the Devon and Exeter Football League.^[3]

The club under the management of Nigel Holmes and Roger Madge, the club went onto win the Premier Division in the 1994-95 season.^[3] The club then went onto win the title again under manager Shaun Bartlett in the 1990-2000 season, which allowed the club to gain promotion to the Devon County League.^[3]

They maintained membership of the Devon County League, with a best position of second in their debut season, until 2007 when they became founder members of the South West Peninsula League.^[4] The club after finishing third in the 2008-09 season, and went on to win the title twice in a row in the following two seasons.^[5] During their first championship winning season the club also made their debut in the FA Cup, losing in a replay to Hamworthy United 3-2 at the County Ground.^[6]

After finishing as Runners-up the club then managed to gain promotion to the Western Football League for the 2012–13 season.^[7]

Ground

Buckland Athletic play at Homers Heath, Kingskerswell Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5JU.

The club used to play at Homers Lane, Kingsteignton, but when the lease on the ground ran out in 2005, they moved to a brand-new ground at Homers Heath on the outskirts of the neighbouring town of Newton Abbot. The ground has won twice the South West Peninsula football League award for best Premier Division ground in 2008 and 2009.^[8]

Honours

League honours

South West Peninsula League Premier Division^[6]
- Champions (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
- Runners-up (1): 2011–12
Devon County League^[6]
- Runners-up (1): 2000–01
Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Division^[2]^[9]
- Champions (2): 1994-95, 1999-00
- Runners-up (1): 1998-99
Devon and Exeter Football League Senior Third Division^[3]
- Champions (1): 1987-88

Cup honours

Devon St Lukes Bowl^[10]^[11]
- Winners (2): 2010-11, 2011–12
South West Peninsula League Throgmorton Cup^[12]
- Winners (1): 2009-10
- Runners-up (1): 2011-12
South West Peninsula League Charity Bowl^[13]^[14]
- Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Cup^[2]
- Winners (2): 1997-98, 1998–99
East Devon Senior Cup^[2]
- Winners (1): 1995-96

Records

Highest League Position:^[6] 2nd in Western League Premier Division 2012-13
FA Cup best performance:^[6]^[15] Second qualifying round 2010–11
FA Vase best performance:^[6] First Round 2011–12

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
		GK	Grant Fisher
		GK	Tom Buckler
		DF	George Buckmaster
		DF	Karl Green
		DF	Lewis Perring
		DF	Liam Drew
		DF	Marc Revell
		DF	Si Laughton
		DF	Nick Milton
		MF	Kieran Parkin
		MF	Liam Moseley

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Charlie Johansen
		MF	Liam Head
		MF	Lloyd Gardner
		MF	Nick Rudge
		MF	Shane Gill
		MF	Simon Revell
		MF	Andy Robertson
		MF	Dan Griffiths
		MF	Jared Lewington
		FW	Ellis Laight
		FW	Gavin Hammon

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.

Shaun Hadley

References

↑ "Homepage | Buckland Athletic FC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
1 2 3 4 "History | Buckland Athletic FC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Western Football League | Club Directory | Buckland Athletic". Toolstationleague.com. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
↑ "South West Peninsula League 2007-2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
↑ "BUCKLAND Athletic retained their Carlsberg South West Peninsula League Premier title after winning 2-1 at relegation-threatened Elburton Villa.". This is South Devon. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Buckland Athletic at the Football Club History Database
↑ "Holmes is sad to be leaving Peninsula". This is Cornwall. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
↑ "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League - Awards". Swpleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Devon and Exeter Football League - History". Defleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
↑ "Football Club History Database - Devon County Cups". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "DEVON BOWL FINAL: Buckland Athletic 4-0 Tiverton Town". This is South Devon. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League - Honours". Swpleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Parkway hit for six by stylish Buckland". This is Cornwall. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Football Club History Database - South West Peninsula League 2010-11". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Brave Buckland Athletic see their FA Cup dreams ended by Bath in thriller". This is Devon. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

External links

Official club website

Western League

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Coordinates: 50°30′47.639″N 3°35′44.549″W / 50.51323306°N 3.59570806°W / 50.51323306; -3.59570806

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