Bourne Town F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Bourne Town


fullname = Bourne Town Football Club
nickname = The Wakes
founded = 1883
ground = Abbey Lawn
capacity = 5000
chairman = Andy Stubley
manager = Neil Thorpe
league = United Counties Football League
Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = 18th
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Bourne Town Football Club is an English football team based in Bourne, England, currently playing in the United Counties Football League Premier Division. They were established in 1883 and joined the United Counties Football League in 1947, where they have been champions on three occasions - in 1969/70, 1971/72 and 1990/91. In the 1989-90 season, the Wakes reached the 4th round of the FA Vase.

The club plays its home fixtures at Abbey Lawn, Bourne, which is located off Abbey Road at coord|52|46.0080|N|0|22.326|W|region:GB.

In March 2007, the local press reported that Club Chairman Terry Bates was to step down after many years of service to the club [ [http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/sport/New-chairman-for-Wakes.2921633.jp New Chairman for Wakes "Stamford Mercury" 31 May 2007 ] ] , and he was succeeded by Andy Stubley as chairman and Jo Sunner as vice chairman at the start of the 2007/08 season. First-team manager Glenn Notley resigned on 4 February 2008 over a major disagreement with the management committee [ [http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/sport/WAKES-Munton-back-in-Wakes39.3757231.jp WAKES: Munton back in Wakes' hot seat "Bourne Local" 8 February 2008 ] ] , and was replaced by Darren Munton, who was set to continue until the end of that season [ [http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/sport/Munton-expects-baptism-of-fire.3757334.jp Munton expects baptism of fire "Stamford Mercury 7 February 2008 ] ] . However, during March 2008, Chairman Andy Stubley announced that Neil Thorpe was to take over as team manager with immediate effect, and that his assistants would be ex-Lincoln City and Boston United player Mark Cook and John Chand [ [http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/sport/WAKES-New-manager-unveiled.3901286.jp WAKES: New manager unveiled "Bourne Local" 23 March 2008 ] ] .

In May 2008, the club announced the start of a scheme to train young players full-time in conjunction with a local college [ [http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/sport/WAKES-Taking-on-first-fulltime.4066027.jp WAKES: Taking on first full-time players "Bourne Local" 8 May 2008] ] .

References

Club statistics

{| class="wikitable"{| border="1" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
- style="background:darkmagenta; color:white; color:white;" color=white align="center"
width="80px" | Season
width="220px" | Division
width="50px" | Points
width="50px" | Position
width="50px" | League Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Vase
width="250px" | Note
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1990 – 1991
UCL Premier
93
bgcolor="#FFD700"| 1/22

1 QR
R 1

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1991 – 1992
UCL Premier
89
4/24

1 QR
Pre

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1992 – 1993
UCL Premier
72
8/22

2 QR
R 3

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1993 – 1994
UCL Premier
57
13/22

Pre
Pre

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1994 – 1995
UCL Premier
51
8/19

Pre
R 1

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1995 – 1996
UCL Premier
36
18/20

Pre
R 1

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1996 – 1997
UCL Premier
31
18/20

Pre
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1997 – 1998
UCL Premier
29
19/21

1 QR
R 1

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1998 – 1999
UCL Premier
63
6/20

1 QR
2 QR

-
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 1999 – 2000
UCL Premier
49
12/20

Pre


-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2000 – 2001
UCL Premier
54
12/21

Pre
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2001 – 2002
UCL Premier
53
13/21

Pre
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2002 – 2003
UCL Premier
32
19/21

Pre
2 QR
Ex Pre = Extra Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2003 – 2004
UCL Premier
47
15/22
Pre
Pre
2 QR
Pre = Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2004 – 2005
UCL Premier
42
19/22
R 2
Pre
R 1
1 QR = First Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2005 – 2006
UCL Premier
54
13/22
R 1
Pre
1 QR
2 QR = Second Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2006 – 2007
UCL Premier
39
18/21
R 2
Pre
R 1
R 1 = First Round
-
bgcolor="#AAD0FF"| 2007 – 2008
UCL Premier
34
18/21
R 2
Ex Pre
2 QR
R 2 = Second round
-
-}

Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk)

External links

* [http://www.bournetownfootballclub.co.uk/ Official Site Bourne Town website]
* [http://www.ebucl.com Official United Counties League website]
* [http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/BOURNET.HTM Bourne Town on Football Club History Database]