- Saltash United F.C.
Infobox Football club
clubname = Saltash United
fullname = Saltash United Football Club
nickname = The Ashes
founded = 1946
ground = Kimberley Stadium,Saltash
capacity =
chairman = Kevin Doddridge
manager = Kevin Hendy
league =South West Peninsula League Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position =South West Peninsula League Premier Division, 2nd
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leftarm1=ff0000 |body1=ffffff |rightarm1=ff0000 |shorts1=ff0000 |socks1=ff0000Saltash United Football Club is a football club based in
Saltash ,Cornwall , in theUnited Kingdom . Established in 1946, the club was one of the founding members of theSouth Western League in 1951. The club has won theSouth Western League twice and the Western League three times in their history. They spent the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons in the Western League Division One but resigned and returned to the South Western League in 2006. When the South Western League merged with theDevon County League to form the newSouth West Peninsula League , Saltash became members of the Premier Division of the new competition.History
The club has competed in all three of the major FA competitions over the years. In the
FA Cup , they have been irregular entrants since 1970. Their most successful season was 1987-88, when they fell one round short of making the First Round Proper, losing to Farnborough Town in the Fourth Round Qualifying. In theFA Trophy , they competed from 1980 to 1993, making the competition proper in two successive seasons in the mid 1980s, while after having been transferred from the Trophy to theFA Vase , their longest run was in 1996-97, when they made the Third Round (last 64).eason-by-season record since 1951
Honours
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Western Football League Premier Division:
**Winners (3): 1984-85, 1986-87, 1988-89
**Runners-up (2): 1983-84, 1987-88*
Western Football League Division One:
**Winners (1): 1976-77*
South Western League :
**Winners (2): 1953-54, 1975-76
**Runners-up (4): 1952-53, 1973-74, 1974-75 2007-08*
South Western League Cup:
**Winners (1): 1952-5*
Cornwall Senior Cup :
**Winners (2): 1950-51, 1987-88, 1992-93
**Runners-up (1): 2007-08*
Cornwall Charity Cup †:
**Winners (2): 1950-51, 2000-01* Herald Cup†:
**Winners (1): 1950-51† Limited details available, may have achieved more.
External links
* [http://saltashunited.co.uk Official site]
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