- Mildenhall Town F.C.
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Mildenhall Town Full name Mildenhall Town Football Club Nickname(s) The Hall Founded August 1898 Ground Recreation Way, Mildenhall
(Capacity: 2,000)Chairman Martin Tuck League Eastern Counties League
Premier Division2010-11 Eastern Counties League
Premier Division, 5thHome coloursAway coloursMildenhall Town F.C. is an English football club based in Mildenhall, Suffolk. They are currently members of the Premier Division of the Eastern Counties League, and play at Recreation Way.
The club is affiliated to the Suffolk County FA.
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History
The club was established in August 1898 and won the Suffolk Junior Cup in 1900, beating Southwold RA Volunteers 4-0.[1] After playing at a variety of grounds, following World War II the club moved to its current ground on Recreation Way, which they initially shared with the cricket club. In 1945 they joined the Bury and District League, where they played until 1969, when they switched to the Cambridgeshire League.
In 1975 the club reached the Premier Division. In 1988 they joined the newly formed Division One of the Eastern Counties League. The step up required the club to upgrade the ground's facilities - such as adding a covered stand, perimeter rails, hard standing, a new clubhouse, and floodlights - in order to satisy the league's requirements. The last of these upgrades was completed in time for the beginning of the 1994-95 season.
In 1992-93 the club's reserves, still playing in the Cambridgeshire League, won the Cambridgeshire Junior Cup. The following season the reserves won Creake Shield, and then went onto complete a league and cup double the season after that by again winning the Junior Cup and Division 1b. In 1996 the club's first team won the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup in 1996. Three years later they finished second in the league, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2006-07 the club finished runners-up to Lowestoft Town, their highest-ever league finish.
Honours
- Suffolk Junior Cup
- Winners 1900
- Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup
- Winners 1996
- Cambridgeshire Junior Cup
- Winners 1993, 1994 (reserves)
- Creake Shield
- Winners 1994 (reserves)
- Cambridgeshire League
- Division 1b champions 1993-94 (reserves)
Records
- Best league performance: 2nd, Eastern Counties League, 2006–07
- FA Cup best performance: Third qualifying round, 2000–01
- FA Vase best performance: Fifth round, 2005–06
References
- ^ Mildenhall Town Football Club - The History Eastern Counties League
External links
- Club website
- Mildenhall Town at the Football Club History Database
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Categories:- Eastern Counties Football League
- Association football clubs established in 1898
- Suffolk football clubs
- Suffolk Junior Cup
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