Highworth Town F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Highworth Town


fullname = Highworth Town Football Club
nickname = The Worthians
founded = 1894
ground = The Elms Recreation Ground, Highworth
chairman = Rod Haines
manager = Dave Webb
league = Hellenic Football League
Premier Division
season = 2007–08
position = Hellenic Football League
Premier Division, 6th
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Highworth Town FC is a football club based in Highworth, Wiltshire, England. They joined the Hellenic League Division One in 1984 and won the Hellenic League Premier Division in 2004-05. Dave Webb is the manager. Nick McCrae is first team captain.

History

Highworth Town Football Club was formed in 1893. They joined the Cirencester & District League and it took them some time to record their first honours, until 1909-10 in fact, when they won both the Swindon Junior Cup and the local Advertiser Cup, a cup they were to capture again in 1912-13.

After winning the Cirencester & District League Division Two Championship in 1931-32, Highworth moved to the Swindon & District League, where they completed the Third Division Championship and Swindon Junior Cup double in 1933-34.

The 1950s saw Highworth make a dramatic rise through the local football ranks. They won the Swindon & District League Third Division title again in 1954-55 and then the Division Two title the following season. One more season was needed to clinch the Division One title and also the Wilts Junior Cup. They then went on to win the Premier Division title in 1957-58, along with the Faringdon Thursday Memorial Cup and the following season saw them Premier Champions again, also winning the Advertiser Cup.

Highworth continued to dominate the Swindon & District Premier Division in the 1960s, winning four successive titles from 1960-61 and another hat-trick from 1965-66 to 1967-68, making seven titles in eight seasons. They reached the final of the Wilts Senior Cup for the first time in 1962-63 and won it the following season.

There was a switch to the Wilts Combination League, where they finished as Runners-Up in Division Two in 1970-71. 1972-73 saw another Wilts Senior Cup victory and all this success prompted them to join the Hellenic League. They achieved their first honours in 1988-89, winning the First Division Challenge Cup and reached the final of the Wilts Senior Cup yet again.

They finally achieved Premier Division status in 1993-94 gaining promotion after finishing third in Division One. Since then they have been Winners of the Wilts Senior Cup in 1995-96 and again in 1997-98, Winners of the Supplementary Cup in 1998-99 and Runners-Up in 2003-04, Runners-Up in the Premier Division in 1999-2000, but their greatest achievement to date is winning the Premiership Title in 2004-05.

Honours

Hellenic League Premier Division Winners 2004-2005 Runners-up 1999-2000

Hellenic League Supplementary Cup Winners 1998-99 Runners-up 2003-2004

Hellenic League Division One Cup Winners 1988-89

Hellenic League Res Division One Runners-up 2002-03

Hellenic League Res Section(West) Winners 1984-85

Hellenic League Res Division Two Winners 1998-99

Hellenic League Res Division Two(W) Winners 2007-2008

Wilts Senior Cup Winners 1963-64, 1972-73, 1995-96, 1997-98 Runners-up 1962-63, 1988-89

Wilts Combination Division Two Runners-up 1970-71

Wilts Junior Cup Winners 1956-57

Wilts Youth Cup Winners 1996-97 Runners-up 1975-76

Swindon and District League Premier Division Winners 1957-58, 1958-59, 1960-61,1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68

Swindon and District League Division One Winners 1956-57

Swindon and District League Division Two Winners 1955-56

Swindon and District League Division Three Winners 1933-34, 1954-55

Swindon and District League Division Four(Res) Winners 1961-62

Swindon Junior Cup Winners 1909-10, 1933-34

Cirencester & Dist Div Two Winners 1931-32

Advertiser Cup Winners 1909-10, 1912-13, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1967-68

Dr Elliott Cup Winners 1970-71

Faringdon Thursday Cup Winners 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1975-76, 1976-77

Arthur Shipway Cup Winners 1988-89, 1993-94

Fairford Hospitals Cup Winners 1990-91, 1991-92

Slade Shield Winners 1936-37

External links

* [http://www.highworthtownfc.org Club website]