Clevedon Town F.C.

Clevedon Town Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the village of Kenn outside of Clevedon, Somerset. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County Football Association and is an FA chartered Standard club They are currently members of the and play at the Hand Stadium.HistoryClevedon FC was formed in 1880, making the club one of the oldest clubs in the West Country. They were founder members of the Western League in 1892 although their stay only lasted three seasons. After dropping back into local football they re-joined the Western League in the 1910–11 season. They initially played at Dial Hill, still the home of the local cricket club, but they moved to a new site at Old Street (later renamed Teignmouth Road) in 1895, where they were to remain until 1992.After the First World War, Clevedon played in the Bristol & District League and the Bristol & Suburban League before a switch to the Somerset Senior League in the early 1930s, where they remained until World War Two. After the War the club again returned to the Western League and also made their debut in the FA Cup for the 1945–46 season. However the club became better known for their runs in the FA Amateur Cup, reaching the rounds proper no less than 8 times in 13 years. This cup success, however, was not matched in the league and Clevedon spent several years in Division 2 before resigning, for financial reasons, at the end of the 1957–58 season.

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