Dartmouth A.F.C.

Dartmouth
Full name Dartmouth Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Darts
Founded 1999
Ground Long Cross, Dartmouth
Manager Simon Webb and Daniel Lumley
League South Devon League Premier Division
2015–16 South Devon League Premier Division, 2nd

Dartmouth Association Football Club is a football club based in Dartmouth, Devon, England. They are currently members of the South Devon League Premier Division and play at Long Cross.

History

Established in 1908 as Dartmouth United, the club began competing in the Torbay and District League. They later moved into the Plymouth and District League, winning the title five times, but went back to the South Devon League for the 1968–69 season. They finished in the top two in each of their first three seasons in the South Devon League, winning the competition twice. In 1995, the club finished as runners-up in the South Devon League, winning automatic promotion to the Devon County League. They finished 4th in their first season and, the following season (1995–96), won the Premier League Cup, and finished runners-up in both the League and League Cup.

In mid-1999, Dartmouth United and Dartmouth Y.M.R.C. amalgamated to form Dartmouth A.F.C. The new club won the Devon County League title in 2001–02 and 2002–03, but opted to remain in the Devon League rather than climb the non-league pyramid.

In June 2012 before the 2012–13 season, the club faced some bad news when the FA refused to allow them to enter any national FA competitions due to not meeting the required criteria to compete. Shortly after, the club resigned from the South West Peninsula League altogether and the first team took the place of the reserve side in the South Devon League Division One. They finished in a respectable 4th in their first season in Division One before winning the division in the 2013/14 season to move up into the Premier Division. The club also won the Firewatch Devon Senior Cup in the 2013/14 season.[1]

Dartmouth's first season back in the Premier Division (2014/15) ended with them finishing in third place and they finished as runners-up the following season (2015/16) The reserve side won the Division Three double that year too.

Ground

Dartmouth play their home games at Longcross, Milton Lane, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9HW.

Former players

One of their most famous former players is Ralph Birkett, who left Dartmouth to play for Torquay United and went on to play for the England national football team.

Season-by-season record since 1995

Season Division Position
1995-96 Devon County League 4th
1996-97 Devon County League 2nd
1997-98 Devon County League 9th
1998-99 Devon County League 7th
1999-2000 Devon County League 8th
2000-01 Devon County League 5th
2001-02 Devon County League 1st
2002-03 Devon County League 1st
2003-04 Devon County League 9th
2004-05 Devon County League 3rd
2005-06 Devon County League 5th
2006-07 Devon County League 1st
2007-08 South West Peninsula League 7th
2008-09 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division 7th
2009-10 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division 15th
2010-11 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division 18th
2011-12 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division 14th
2012-13 South Devon Football League, Division One 4th
2013-14 South Devon Football League, Division One 1st
2014-15 South Devon Football League, Premier Division 3rd
2015-16 South Devon Football League, Premier Division 2nd

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Peninsula teams suffer FA Vase setbacks Cornish Guardian
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