Godalming Town F.C.

Godalming Town

Full name

Godalming Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The G's

Founded

1950 (as Godalming United)

Ground

Weycourt, Godalming

Capacity

3,000 (200 seated)

Chairman

Kevin Young

Manager

Andy Hunt

League

Isthmian League Division One South

2015–16

Southern League Division One Central, 10th (transferred)

Home colours

Away colours

Godalming Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Godalming, Surrey, England. They were established in 1971 and currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League. The reserves play in the Suburban Football League.

History

The club traces its origins to Godalming United FC, a club formed in 1950 by former pupils of Godalming Grammar School. In 1970 Surrey Senior League side Farncombe folded. Godalming took over their debts and their Meadrow ground, changing their name to Godalming & Farncombe FC and the name of the ground to Weycourt.

The club was accepted into the Combined Counties League in 1979, and in 1980 changed its name again, this time to Godalming Town FC. The team were league champions in 1983–84 but subsequently slipped down the league until by the early 1990s they were regularly battling against relegation.

In 1992 the Guildford Football Appeal donated money towards the cost of adding floodlights to the ground, and in return the name of the club was changed once more, to Godalming & Guildford FC.

During the 2005 close season, the club reverted to the name Godalming Town.

In 2005–06 Godalming won the Combined Counties League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South, the highest level at which the club had ever played.

In the 2009–10 season manager Chuck Martini led the side to the play-off final, where they lost 2–1 to Folkestone Invicta, and the Surrey Senior Cup final, where the G's beat Isthmian League Premier Division side Sutton United 2–1.

Goldaming were moved to the Southern League for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Ground

Godalming Town play their home games at Wey Court, Meadrow, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3JE.

When the club took over Wey Court, a new pitch was laid on the site of an old waste tip, although drainage problems and subsidence meant the team had to play at Broadwater Park for a period.

In 1985 another local club, Addlestone & Weybridge Town, folded and, before their ground at Liberty Lane was demolished, Godalming purchased the stand and perimeter fence, re-erecting the stand at Weycourt with seating and a fascia added.

In 1995 a new turnstile building was erected incorporating a turnstile from Millwall's old ground, and in 1996 the clubhouse was refurbished. In 2006 another turnstile was donated, this time by Southend United and a new covered stand was built.

Honours

Surrey Senior Cup:^[2]
- Winners (2): 2009–10, 2012–13

Club records

Best league position: 1st in Combined Counties League, 1983–84, 2005–06
Best FA Cup performance: 4th qualifying round, 2011–12
Best FA Trophy performance: Preliminary round, 2006–07 (first entry)
Best FA Vase performance: 2nd round, 1987–88, 1993–94 and 1995–96

Sources

Godalming Town at the Football Club History Database
Godalming & Guildford at the Football Club History Database
Godalming & Farncombe United at the Football Club History Database

Current squad

As of 17 September 2016

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Richard Ossai
		GK	Kallum Lunn
		DF	Tom Willment
		DF	Chris Musgrove
		DF	Ashley Lloyd
		DF	Lee Rushe
		DF	Charlie Hutton
		MF	Liam Roberts
		MF	Chris Wales
		MF	Steve Laidler
		MF	Louis Hutton
		MF	George Frith
		MF	Will Hutton
		MF	Darren Wheeler
		FW	Adam Cornell
		FW	Jack Mazzone
		FW	Graeme Purdy

References

↑ Spiller, Richard (5 July 2013). "Godalming Town and Guildford City handed cash after losing FA appeals". getsurrey.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
↑ "Saturday Senior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

External links

Official website

Isthmian League

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Borough of Waverley

Towns, villages and hamlets

Parks

Churches

List of places of worship
Busbridge: Busbridge Church
Chiddingfold: St Teresa of Avila Church
Farnham: St Andrew's Church
St Joan of Arc's Church
Park Lane Chapel (former)
Godalming: Friends Meeting House
Meadrow Unitarian Chapel
St Edmund King and Martyr's Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church
United Church (URC/Methodist)
Congregational Church (former)
Salvation Army Hall (former)
Hambledon: Hambledon Church
Wrecclesham: St Peter's Church

Education

Transport

Buildings and structures

Sport

Football	Badshot Lea F.C. Farnham Town F.C. Godalming Town F.C. Old Carthusians F.C. Shottermill & Haslemere F.C.

Cricket	Godalming Cricket Club

Coordinates: 51°11′41.770″N 0°35′51.248″W / 51.19493611°N 0.59756889°W / 51.19493611; -0.59756889

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