- Calne Town F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Calne Town |
fullname = Calne Town Football Club
nickname = The Lilywhites
founded =1886
ground = Bremhill View,Calne
capacity = 2,500
chairman =
manager = Robbie Lardner & Simon Hillier
league =Western Football League
Premier Division
season = 2007–08
position =Western Football League
Premier Division, 14thCalne Town F.C. is a football club based in
Calne ,Wiltshire ,England .Club History
They were established in
1886 and joined theWestern Football League Division One in1986 . They earned promotion to the Premier Division with a runner-up effort in 1992-93, but returned to Division One after a last-place finish in 1998-99. Under the management of Kelvin Highmore they returned to theWestern Football League Premier Division in 2005 and also became the first first division team to reach the Les Phillips Cup final.They reached the Third Round Qualifying of the
FA Cup in season 1997-98.Trivia
Their Bremhill View ground was featured in David Bauckham's book "Dugouts", with particular attention drawn to its unusual tall and narrow uPVC dugouts. [cite book | author=Bauckham, David | title=Dugouts| publisher=New Holland | year=2006| id=ISBN 1-8453-7478-9]
References
External links
* [http://www.calnetownfc.co.uk/ Home page]
*fchd|name=Calne Town|id=CALNET
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