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SECRETARY: SIMON CRUWYS
ADDRESS: 12 Rebell Way,Glastonbury,Somerset, BA6 9QD
TELEPHONE: 01458835966,Mobile: 07712134155
simoncruwys@hotmail.com
Manager: Bryan Ashton,Mobile: 07799206203
Email:brywithay100@aol.com
Alternative Contact:Tim Whittaker,Mobile:07792121480
Club Colours:Red Shirts,Black Shorts,BlackSocks
Change Colours: Yellow Shirts,Black Socks,Yellow Shorts
Ground: Abbey Moor Stadium, Godney Road, Glastonbury. Tel: 01458 831671
Club:On Ground
GLASTONBURY TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB
The Club was founded in 1890 bearing the title of Glastonbury Avalon Rovers. By the time the Club was competing in the FA Cup in 1901-02, losing to Bridgwater 0-2, it was known simply as Glastonbury. The first honours came before the Great War when the Club won the Somerset Junior cup in the years 1912-13 and 1913-14.
The Club entered the Western League in 1920 and played in it until 1922 when the Second Division of that league was disbanded. It was during this period that the Club moved to the Abbey Park ground with its famous slope, and celebrated the occasion by beating Yeovil 2-1.
Glastonbury returned to the Western League in 1931, having spent the intervening years in the Bristol & District and Bristol Suburban Leagues. Semi-professionalism was adopted in 1934, the first opponents in the Professional Cup were Bristol City to whom the Club lost 2-0.
In the 1935-36 season the Club reached the final of the Somerset Senior Cup for the one and only time, beating Keynsham Town in the final at Wells, on Easter Monday, 4-2.
The golden years of Glastonbury Football Club were a period of five seasons from 1947-48 to 1951-52 when the Club won the Western League twice, were runners-up twice and third once. They also won the Somerset Senior League twice and the Professional cup once in 1948. To cap it all the Club reached the First Round proper of the FA Cup in the 1950-51 season when 4,000 spectators crowded into Abbey Park to watch their team narrowly lose to Exeter City 2-1.
The sixties saw more success with the Club lifting the Western League Challenge Cup in 1965-66, and the Championship of the Western League in the 1969-70 season.
In 1982 the Club moved to its current ground at Abbey Moor Stadium where the floodlit pitch is surrounded by a greyhound track.
Just the one honour was achieved there, in 1994-95, when the best known Glastonbury player of the eighties, Paul Randall, came back to play for the club he left for Bristol Rovers, and then Stoke City in the old First Division of the Football League: with his help Glastonbury took the Runners Up spot in Division One of the Western League.
Promotion to the Premier Division was declined by the Club, and there followed a period of decline that ended with the Club being relegated from the Western League in 1998-99 after more than sixty seasons continuous play.
The following season, playing in the Somerset Senior League, Glastonbury were relegated again and played in Division One until 2002-03 when a poor season saw the club relegated once more.
In the summer of 2003 the club changed its name to Glastonbury Town FC: with current manager Andy Cribb at the helm the team finished fifth in Division Two of the Somerset County League in 2003-04 with a squad solely made up of local players.
The Reserves team also went through a period of decline from 1998-99, suffering relegation three times in succession and falling from Division Two of the Somerset County League to Division One of the Mid Somerset League where they have played since 2001-02.
In 2003 Abbey Moor Stadium changed hands and the new owner has greatly improved the facilities there with much work done to the pitch, the clubhouse, car park, floodlights, etc.
CLUB HONOURS:
Somerset Junior Cup winners 1912-13 2-1 v Coleford Athletic
1913-14 1-0 v Welton Rovers Res
Somerset Charity Challenge Cup winners 1932-33 W 2-1 Wells St Cuthberts
Somerset Senior Cup winners 1935-36 W 4-2 v Keynsham Town
Somerset Professional Cup winners 1937-38, 1948-49
Western League Champions 1948-49, 1950-51, 1969-70
Western League runners up 1947-48, 1951-52
Western League Division One runners up 1994-95
Western League Challenge Cup winners 1965-66
Somerset Senior League ChampionS 1949-50 1950-51
Somerset Senior League runners up 1968-69
Somerset County League Div. Two runners up 2004-05
Alan Young Cup winners 1968-69, 1970-71
Mid-Somerset Football League Champions 1926-27, 1930-31, 1931-32
Mid-Somerset Football League Runners-Up 1924-25, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1934-35
East Somerset Football League Champions 1904-05,1912-13
Weston & District League Champions 1911-12,1912-13,1913-14
Highbridge & District League Div One Champions (Res) 1926-27
Clark Challenge Cup Winners 2006-07 6-3 v Norton Hill Rangers
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Normal Venue: Abbey Moor Stadium, Abbey Moor Stadium, Godney Road, Glastonbury BA6 9AF Tel: 01458 831671 
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| Home Colours: Red shirts, Black shorts, Red socks Away Colours: Yellow shirts, Black shorts, Yellow socks |
| Contact 1: Bryan Ashton, Manager, [Mobile] 077992062203 [H]brywithay100@aol.com |
| Contact 2: Simon Cruwys, Secretary, [Home] 01458835966 [Mobile] 07712134155 [H]simoncruwys@hotmail.com |
| Contact 3: Tim Whittaker, Alternative Contact, [Mobile] 07792121480 |
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| Please immediately advise the Fixture Secretary of any changes |
| Home Pitch Availability |
| Date |
Venue |
Pitch |
Status |
| Saturday, 01 September 2012 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Saturday, 08 September 2012 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Saturday, 29 September 2012 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Saturday, 30 March 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Friday, 05 April 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Tuesday, 09 April 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Saturday, 20 April 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Saturday, 27 April 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Tuesday, 30 April 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
| Tuesday, 07 May 2013 |
Abbey Moor Stadium |
1 |
OK |
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