Buckland Athletic F.C.

Buckland Athletic
Full name Buckland Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bucks
Founded 1977
Ground Homers Heath
Newton Abbot
Ground Capacity 1,000
Chairman Roy Holmes
Manager Adam Castle
League Western Football League
Premier Division
2014–15 Western Football League
Premier Division, 2nd

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

Cup honours

Records

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 Grant Fisher
England GK Tom Buckler
England DF George Buckmaster
England DF Karl Green
England DF Lewis Perring
England DF Liam Drew
England DF Marc Revell
England DF Si Laughton
England DF Nick Milton
England MF Kieran Parkin
England MF Liam Moseley
No. Position Player
England MF Charlie Johansen
England MF Liam Head
England MF Lloyd Gardner
England MF Nick Rudge
England MF Shane Gill
England MF Simon Revell
England MF Andy Robertson
England MF Dan Griffiths
England MF Jared Lewington
England FW Ellis Laight
England FW Gavin Hammon

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. "Homepage | Buckland Athletic FC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "History | Buckland Athletic FC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Western Football League | Club Directory | Buckland Athletic". Toolstationleague.com. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  4. "South West Peninsula League 2007-2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  5. "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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Buckland Athletic at the Football Club History Database
  7. "Holmes is sad to be leaving Peninsula". This is Cornwall. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  8. "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League - Awards". Swpleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  9. "Devon and Exeter Football League - History". Defleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  10. "Football Club History Database - Devon County Cups". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  11. "DEVON BOWL FINAL: Buckland Athletic 4-0 Tiverton Town". This is South Devon. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  12. "Carlsberg South West Peninsula Football League - Honours". Swpleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  13. "Parkway hit for six by stylish Buckland". This is Cornwall. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  14. "Football Club History Database - South West Peninsula League 2010-11". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  15. "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

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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