Glastonbury F.C.

Glastonbury
Full name Glastonbury Football Club
Nickname(s) The Dollies
Founded 1890
Ground Abbey Moor Stadium
Chairman Mark Clarke
Manager Nick Mortimer/Andy Mortimer
League Somerset County Football League Division One West
2015-16 Somerset County Football League Division Two West, 3rd (promoted)

Glastonbury F.C. is a football club based in Glastonbury, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.[1] The club plays in the Somerset County Football League Division One West.

History

The club was founded in 1890, and were originally called Glastonbury Avalon Rovers.[2] After the turn of the century, the club entered the FA cup for the first time in the 1902–03 season, and had changed their name to Glastonbury.[2][3] The club were playing in the East Somerset Football League at the beginning of the twentieth century, winning the league in the 1904–05 and 1912–13 campaigns.[4] The club gained its first cup silverware when they lifted the Somerset Junior cup in the 1912–13 competition and retained this cup the following season.[5]

After the First World War, the club joined Division two of the Western Football League, for the 1919–20 season.[6] They stayed in this division for three seasons until the Western league decided to disband the second division.[6] The club then played in the Bristol & District and Bristol Suburban Leagues until rejoining Division two of the Western League again for the 1931–32 campaign.[4] Four seasons later, the club took home the Somerset Senior Cup when they beat Keynsham Town 4–2 in the final.

When football returned to the country after the Second World War, the club joined Division one of the Western league for the 1946–47 season, and two seasons later won the league.[7] The club that year also completed a double by winning the Somerset Premier Cup.[5] The club would then have further success by winning the league again two seasons later in the 1950–51 competition.[8] The club would then have to wait 15 more years for silverware when they picked up the Western League Challenge Cup in the 1965–66 season.[9] Four seasons later the club would then become league champions again for the third time.[10]

The club remained in the top division of the Wessex league until the end of the 1978–79 campaign when they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division one.[10] Glastonbury moved to their current home of the Abbymore stadium in 1982.[11] The club would remain in the Western First division until the end of the 1998–99 campaign, with their best season during this time being the 1994–95 competition when they finished as runners-up but were denied promotion as their ground did not meet the standard required for the Premier Division.[12] The 1998–99 campaign saw the club finish eighteenth out of 19 teams and they were relegated to the Somerset County Football League Premier Division.[12]

Their first season in the Somerset County Football League saw the club face relegation again, when they finished second from bottom.[12] They would face further relegation when, at the finish of the 2002–03 season, they came second from bottom.[12] The club now in Division Two changed their name to the current version.[1] The club spent two seasons in Division two before gaining promotion back to one as runners-up at the end of the 2004–05 competition.[13] The club then followed this success the next season with promotion back to the premier division.[14] The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2011–12 season, when, after losing 15 games in a row, they were relegated to division one.[15][16] The 2012–13 season saw the club relegated again for a second successive season.[17]

The start of the 2013–14 campaign saw the club change their name to a more traditional Glastonbury FC.[18]

The 2013-14 season saw success return to Glastonbury FC. Under the management of Simon White the team went on a long unbeaten run after losing their first game, no experiencing defeat in the league again until March. The team were in the promotion places for most of the season. However a late end of sesson hiccup saw the team drop to third and miss out on automatic promotion. League restructuring allowed three teams to go up and it was later confirmed that Glastonbury FC would play their next season in Somerset County Division One West.

In 2014-15 a number of young players from the Wessex partnership were introduced to the team. This resulted in the team winning their first nine games and leading the table. However this form could not be maintained, and hampered by mid-season injuries the team dropped down the league. A late season recovery saw the team finish strongly and recorded a respectable seventh place finish.

Following the 2014-15 season, Simon White stood down and was replaced by joint managers Nick Mortimer and Andy Mortimer. Sam Mullins committed his future to the club and will remain club captain, youth product Cory Bobbett has been appointed as the new vice captain.

The 2015-16 season kicked off with a win over Portishead Res despite a below par performance, a goaless draw away at newly promoted Combe St Nicholas and a 2-1 win away at Minehead. Early season goals came from Joel Hopper, new signing Szilard Csegoldi, and debut goals for Adam Rahn and Paul Whittaker.

The season continued with a local derby victory over Street Res with Rahn netting against his former club and the winner coming from an Andy Mortimer header. The first cup game saw a 4-0 win over Larkhall Res before successive draws at Burnham and at home to Cleeve. A 3-1 win at Dorset Premier League side Westland Sports saw the Dollies progess to the second round of the Somerset Senior Cup for the first time in three years, although a 1-0 defeat at Ilminster Town saw Glastonbury suffer their first defeat of the season in the Premier/First Division Cup. Glastonbury recovered from the setback by recording a fine 2-0 win away at Winscombe, new strike pair Charlie Moon and Adam Rahn netting the goals. Bottom of the table Easton In Gordano were then dispatched 3-0 to see Glastonbury briefly top the table. Cup games then followed against Welton Rovers Res, the Dollies recording the two goal win they needed to progress to the knockout stage. Sam Mullins, Fabio Ramos and Szilard Csegoldi were the men on target. The second round of the County Cup saw Glastonbury host Stockwood Wanderers who were sporting a 100% league record. Two goals from Adam Rahn, taking him to eight for the season, and a solid all round team performance saw Glastonbury win 2-1 and march on to round three. Progress in the last 16 of the Premier/First Division Cup was halted with a 2-1 defeat at Peasedown Athletic, while the County Cup run ended with Highridge wiining by the same score at Abbey Moor. A first league defeat arrived in the final game before Christmas, but following the festive period Glastonbury became the first team to take points off of leaders Middlezoy with a 1-1 draw away from home. A win against local rivals Wells looked on the cards as the Dollies dominated the opening half-hour only for the game to be abandoned following injury to the referee.

Shortly afterwards Nick and Andy Mortimer departed the club.

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 Lewis Fox
England GK Ally Gilles
England DF Sam Mullins
England DF Bill Whittaker
England DF Paul Whittaker
England FW Sam Perry
England DF Rob Davey
England DF Andy Mortimer
England MF Harry Tabor
England MF Ashley Harris
England MF Brad Reeves
No. Position Player
England MF Cory Bobbett
England DF Tyler Compton
England MF Dave Solway
England MF Adam Rahn
Italy MF Sami Hanchi
Portugal FW Fabio Ramos
England FW Will Vaughan
England FW Joel Hopper
England FW Harry Magee
England FW Ben Lantz
England FW Josh Smith

Ground

Glastonbury Town play their home games at the Abbey Moor stadium, Glastonbury, Somerset BA69AF.

The club moved to this ground in 1982, and originally had a greyhound track, which was covered up in 2000.[19] The ground was put up for sale in 2009, and was eventually sold.[20]

After the clubhouse was closed for the 2011–2012 season, the start of the 2012 season saw the re-sale and re-opening of the club. For the start of the 2013-14 season, the club saw the re-developmentment of the pitch and changing rooms.

The summer of 2015 saw a further overhaul of the ground with re-decoration of the changing rooms, clubhouse and spectator areas, and the installation of new toilet facilities

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

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.
  3. Players that have achieved success as a player/manager in other sports.

References

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  2. 1 2 "Home Page". Glastonbury Town Football Club. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Club Glastonbury Town (Glastonbury), England". Wildstat.com. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  5. 1 2 "History". Glastonbury Town Football Club. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  6. 1 2 "Website created using 350pages at www.350.com". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Western League 1945–1965". Nonleaguematters.net. 1947-06-05. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1950–1951". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  9. 1 2 "Western Football League Cup 1955–1988" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  10. 1 2 "Western League 1965–1985". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  11. ↑ "Glastonbury FC at the Abbey Moor Stadium:: OS grid ST4939 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland – photograph every grid square!". Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GLASTONBURY at the Football Club History Database
  13. 1 2 GLASTONBURY TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  14. ↑ "Somerset County League 2003–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  15. ↑ "Boss believes Town can turn it around". This is Somerset. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  16. ↑ "Draw is a positive sign as Dollies end shocking spell". This is Somerset. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  17. ↑ "Somerset County League football Division 1 – Glastonbury Town lose at home to Wrington Redhill to confirm relegation". This is Somerset. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  18. ↑ "New Name, New Era". Glastonbury Official Website. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  19. ↑ United Kingdom. "Glastonbury FC at the Abbey Moor Stadium. The Abbey Moor Stadium is to the northwest of Glastonbury,…". Geolocation.ws. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  20. ↑ "Sale will not affect Glastonbury FC". This is Dorset. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Senior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  22. ↑ "Western Football League Alan Young Cup Winners" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  23. ↑ "Junior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-03.

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