Trowbridge Town F.C.

Trowbridge Town

Full name	Trowbridge Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Bees
Founded	1880 (Reformed in 1998)
Ground	Woodmarsh, Trowbridge
Chairman	Ralph McCaldon
Manager	Michael Baggs
League	Wiltshire League
2015–16	Wiltshire League, 1st
Home colours

Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of the Wiltshire League and play at Woodmarsh on the southern edge of the town.^[1]

History

A Trowbridge Town team was originally formed in 1880^[2] and became one of the founding members of the Bristol & District League in 1892, finishing as runners-up in the league's first season.^[3][4] They stayed in the Bristol league for three seasons and then joined the Western League where they stayed until 1958 apart from two occasions; firstly between 1898 and 1901 when they resigned from the league, secondly 1907–1913 when they joined the Wiltshire County League.^[3] After success in the Western League, in 1958 they won promotion to the Southern League.^[4] In 1981, Trowbridge won promotion to the Football Conference (then known as the Alliance Premier League) where they played for three seasons before being relegated back to the Southern League where they remained until folding in 1998.^[4]

A new team was quickly formed and the Club joined the Wiltshire County League for the 1999–2000 season, where they won the County Intermediate League in their debut season and then joined the County Senior League following improvements to the Woodmarsh Ground. After achieving the Wiltshire League Championship and Wilts Senior Cup double in the 2003–04 season, and conducting further ground improvements, they gained promotion to the Hellenic Football League.^[5] At the end of the 2011–12 season the club was relegated from the Hellenic league to the Wiltshire League, as despite finishing bottom of the league, the relegation was voluntary as so that the club could comply with an agreement with the FA and Hellenic League Feeder leagues to relegate a bottom placed club if the facilities did not comply with the grade required.^[6]

Ground

Trowbridge Town play their home games at Axe and Cleaver Ln, Woodmarsh, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0SB.

Honours

League honours

• Southern League Southern Division :^[4]
  • Runners-up: 1990–91
• Western League Premier Division :^[4]
  • Winners: 1939–40, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1955–56
  • Runners-up: 1921–22, 1948–49, 1956–57
• Western League Division two:^[4]
  • Winners: 1927–28, 1929–30, 1938–39
  • Runners-up: 1919–20
• Hellenic League Division One West:^[7]
  • Runners-up: 2004–05, 2006–07
• Wiltshire Senior League:^[7]
  • Winners: 2003–04, 2015-16
• Wiltshire Intermediate League:^[7]
  • Winners: 1999-2000

Cup honours

• Wiltshire senior cup:^[7]
  • Winners (8 Times): 1894–95, 1895–96 (shared with Swindon Town),1897–98, 1921–22, 1925–26, 1933–34, 1937–38, 2003–2004
  • Runners-up(9 Times): 1886–87, 1889–90, 1892–93, 1896–97, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1912–13, 1929–30, 2002–03
• Bristol & District League:^[4]
  • Runners-up: 1892–93
• Western Football League Cup:^[8]
  • Winners: 1956–57
• Wiltshire Professional Shield:^[9]
  • Winners: 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1972–73
• Western Counties Floodlit League Cup:^[9]
  • Winners: 1980–81
• Corsham Print Senior Cup:^[7]
  • Runners-up: 2002–03, 2003–04

Records

• Highest League Position:^[4] 17th in Alliance Premier League 1981-82
• F.A Cup best Performance:^[4] First round 1945–46, 1947–48, 1957–58, 1963–64
• F.A Trophy best Performance:^[4] First round 1970–71, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1995–96
• F.A. Vase best performance:^[4] Semi-final 1990–91

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 in other sports or the media

David Pyle Thomas Roberts Rex Tilley Colin Tavener Jack Hallam Jerry Gill Ken Smith Bernie Wright Jesse Whatley Ray Cashley Tony Byrne John Smeulders

Lewis Haldane Peter Sampson Alois Eisenträger Ray Pulis Cecil Dixon James Vince Alfred Gard Steve Smith Vic Lambden Murray Fishlock Miah Dennehy Steve Harding

Kevin Sheldon Billy George Lew Bradford Ray Mabbutt Danny Bartley David Moss Phil Ferns Don Townsend Paul Compton Bryan Bush John Layton

Eric Weaver Ray Baverstock Peter Aitken Paul Davies Trevor Tainton Steve Talboys Alan Birchenall Richard Thompson Roger Smart Ken Skeen

References

1. "Location". Contacts & Location. Trowbridge Town Official Site. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
2. "First Team Results Season 1880–1881". The Trowbridge Town Football Club Archive. Trowbridge Town former official site (last updated May 2008). Retrieved 1 January 2011.
3. "Trowbridge Town FC Archive". Trowbridgetownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
4. TROWBRIDGE TOWN at the Football Club History Database
5. "History – History 2 – Trowbridge Town FC". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
6. Mailer, John (2012-08-06). "Hellenic League Newsletter No 1 – Woodley Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
7. "Honours – Honours 1 – Trowbridge Town FC". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
8. "Western Football League Cup 1955-1988" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
9. "Honours 2". Club Info. Trowbridge Town official site. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

External links

• Club site
• Archive Site

Coordinates: 51°18′05.51″N 2°12′38.09″W / 51.3015306°N 2.2105806°W