Shaftesbury F.C.
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| Full name | Shaftesbury Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Shaftesbury Rockies | ||
| Founded | 1888 | ||
| Ground | Cockrams | ||
| Capacity | 2500 | ||
| Vice Chairman | Nick Crane | ||
| Chairman | Steve Coffen | ||
| Manager | Jim Milligan ,Luke Burbidge and Brett Pitman | ||
| League | Wessex League Premier Division | ||
| 2022–23 | Wessex League Premier Division, 13th of 20 | ||
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Shaftesbury Football Club are a
History
The club was established in 1888 and by the 1905–06 season were winners of the Dorset Junior League.[2][3] The club became members of the Dorset Senior League for the start of the 1931–32 campaign and a season later were winners of the competition.[3]
After the Second World War the club played in the
The 1976–77 season saw the club return to the Dorset Combination league.[4] The club went on to win the combination league in the 1988–89 competition.[6] They repeated another title success again in the 1996–97 campaign.[4]
When the
In 2022, Shaftesbury played in the Wessex League Charity Shield game but lost to League Winners Hamworthy United
Ground
Shaftesbury play their home games at Cockrams, Coppice Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8PF. But, when the council refused to give planning permission, the club called upon the local sponsor and supermarket, Tesco. Tesco built the club a new playground and a huge sheltered stand which is estimated to have around 2–300 persons capacity.[citation needed]
The club have played at Cockrams since moving there in 1974.[3] The ground belongs to the local Shaftesbury council who lease the ground to the club.[8]
Honours
League honours
- Dorset Football Combination League :[4]
- Winners (2): 1988–89, 1996–97
- Dorset Senior League :[3]
- Winners (1): 1932–33
- Dorset Junior League :[3]
- Winners (2): 1905–06, 1962–63
Cup honours
- Dorset Senior Cup:[3]
- Runners-Up (1): 1960–61
- Dorset Football Combination League Challenge Cup :[4]
- Winners (2): 1988–89, 1994–95
- Runners-Up (1): 1987–88
- Dorset Junior League Cup :[3]
- Winners (3): 1899–1900, 1905–06, 1975–76
- Runners-Up (1): 1896–97
- Dorset Junior Cup :[3]
- Winners (1): 1907–08
Records
- Highest League Position:[4] 3rd Wessex Premier League 2021–22
- FA Cup best performance:[4] Second qualifying round 2021–22
- FA Vase best performance:[4] Second Round 2022-23
Former players
- Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
- Players with full international caps.
- Steven Thompson
Former coaches
- Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
- Managers/Coaches with full international caps.
Stuart Housley- Ken Wookey
References
- ^ "Dorset CS Clubs". DorsetFA. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Football Club Cockrams Coppice Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8PF 01747 853990". Visitshaftesburydorset.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Shaftesbury". S299639758.websitehome.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j SHAFTESBURY [DORSET] at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "History » Honours". Dorchester Town FC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Non League Tables for 1988–1989". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Wessex League 1986–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Town council support for football club". This is Dorset. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.