Willand Rovers F.C.

Willand Rovers

Full name

Willand Rovers Association Football Club

Nickname(s)

Rovers, Devon All-Whites

Founded

1946

Ground

Stan Robinson Stadium, Willand

Capacity

1,000

Chairman

Mike Mitchell

Manager

Russell Jee & David Steele

League

Western League Premier Division

2015–16

Western League Premier Division, 6th

Home colours

Away colours

The ground

Willand Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Willand, near Exeter, in Devon. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Stan Robinson Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Devon County Football Association^[1]

History

Willand Rovers Football Club was formed in 1946, after the financial collapse of Willand Wanderers FC, (formed in 1907), during the Second World War.^[2] The club moved to their present home of The Stan Robinson Stadium, in the 1950s and were playing in the Devon and Exeter Football League.^[2] The club in 1990 was relegated to the Senior Division of the Devon and Exeter Football League as their ground was not considered up to the standard of the premier division.^[2] However, the club went back to the premier division for the 1991–92 season.^[2]

For the start of the 1992–93 season they were among the founder members of the Devon League.^[3] They went on to win the winning that league twice before gaining promotion to the Western League Division One in 2001.^[4] They won the Western League Division One title in 2004–05, earning another promotion to the Western League Premier Division where they have finished in the top six during each of their seasons at that level.^[5] Willand Rovers made it to the Les Phillips Cup Final in 2006, losing to Corsham Town, but went one better in 2007, winning the Cup after a final against Welton Rovers.^[6]^[7] They reached the Fifth Round of the FA Vase in 2009–10.^[5]

Ground

Willand Rovers play their home games at The Stan Robinson Stadium, (also known as Silver Street), Silver Street, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2RG.

Honours

League honours

Western Football League Premier Division ^[5]
- Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Western Football League Division One^[5]
- Champions (1): 2004–05
Devon County League^[5]
- Champions (2): 1998–99, 2000–01

Cup honours

Devon St Lukes Bowl:^[8]
- Runners-up (1): 2007–08
Les Phillips Cup:^[7]^[9]^[10]
- Winners (3): 2006–07, 2012–13, 2014–15
- Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Records

Highest League Position:^[5] 2nd in Western Football League Premier Division 2009–10
FA Cup best performance:^[5] Fourth Qualifying Round 2014-15
FA Vase best performance:^[5] Fifth Round 2009–10

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kurtis Parkin
		GK	Tom McHale
		DF	Joe Curtis
		DF	Chris Abbott
		DF	Ryan Guppy
		DF	Aaron White
		DF	Joe Kelly
		DF	Steve Orchard
		MF	Aiden Moyle
		MF	Ian Patchett

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Luke Alden
		MF	Brett Worbey
		MF	David Steele
		MF	Angus Wilson (Dual Registration with Bideford)
		FW	Luke Durham
		FW	James Blake
		FW	Tom Bath
		FW	Rikki Shepherd

Former players

Richard Pears^[11]
Headley Steele

References

↑ "Willand Rovers forced to postpone Torquay United fixture due to waterlogged pitch". This is Exeter. 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
1 2 3 4 Dijit New Media, +44 20 7436 5222, http://www.dijit.net. "Willand Rovers – The History". Willandrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ "Western Football League | Club Directory | Willand Rovers". Toolstationleague.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ "Devon County League 1992–2007". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Willand Rovers at the Football Club History Database
↑ "Western Football League | Club Directory | Corsham Town". Toolstationleague.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
1 2 "History". Weltonroversfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ "Football Club History Database – Devon County Cups". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ "Western Football League Cup – Les Phillips cup 1989–present" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
↑ "Football: Owen era at Hallen ends with defeat (From Gazette Series)". Gazetteseries.co.uk. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
↑ http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Superb-fightback-sees-Willand-cup/story-20303540-detail/story.html

External links

Official Club website

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Coordinates: 50°53′16.93″N 3°22′12.58″W / 50.8880361°N 3.3701611°W / 50.8880361; -3.3701611

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