Tiverton Town F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Tiverton Town


fullname = Tiverton Town Football Club
nickname = "Tivvy"
founded = 1913 (as Tiverton Athletic)
ground = Ladysmead,
Tiverton
capacity = 3,500
chairman = flagicon|ENG Dave Wright
manager = flagicon|ENG Martyn Rogers
league = Southern League Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = Southern League Premier Division, 17th
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Tiverton Town Football Club (commonly known as Tiverton Town or simply Tiverton) are an English non-league football club from Tiverton, Devon that plays in the Southern Football League. Managed by Martyn Rogers, the club is nicknamed "The Yellows" due to their all-yellow strip, or "Tivvy", simply because it is a short version of their club name. The club plays its home matches at Ladysmead, Bolham Road, Tiverton.

tadium

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Ladysmead
location = flagicon|ENG Bolham Road,
Tiverton,
Devon,
England
broke_ground = 1946
opened = 1946
owner = Tiverton Town
operator = Tiverton Town
tenants =
Tiverton Town (Southern Football League Premier Division) (1946-present)

seating_capacity =
502 (seated)
3,500 (total) [cite news|url=http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/tiverton_town.html|title=Tiverton Town ground guide|publisher=Pyramid Passion|accessdate=2007-11-11]
highest attendance = 3,000 (vs Leyton Orient, Nov 12, 1994)

As Tiverton Athletic, the club played it's home games at the Athletic Ground, now known as Amory Park. The ground boasted a huge wooden pavilion with a seated verandah, which was quite extravagant for a non-league club in the 1910s.

In 1921, Athletic were effectively evicted from their ground and moved to a local rugby pitch, Elm Field (aka "The Elms"), with the reformed rugby club taking their place at their old ground. A satisfactory ground, The Elms housed a wooden 150-seat stand on one side, with grass banks behind the goals being the only other spectator zones.

The Elms was pretty much destroyed during World War II, meaning Tivvy now had to move to a third ground. They found a place they could call home in a small stadium called Ladysmead, where they still currently play their home games. Despite having a lovely new stadium with an extra stand built out of compensation money, The Yellows had no changing rooms and had to change in the nearby Cross Keys pub, a 10-minute walk from the ground.

Since moving into Ladysmead, the seated capacity has been increased to 520 with the installation of more seats in 2002, and the total capacity has been increased to 3500 with covered terraced areas being built at the main road and west ends.

Tiverton's record attendance came in the FA Cup First Round Proper, against Leyton Orient on November 12, 1994 [cite news|url=http://www.tivertontownfc.com/historypage.htm|title=Tiverton Town general history|publisher=Tiverton Town FC|accessdate=2007-11-11] .

Players

First-team squad

"As of 26 August 2008, according to official site". [cite news|url=http://www.tivertontownfc.com/squadpage.htm|title=Tiverton Town FC squad|publisher=Tiverton Town FC|accessdate=2007-11-11]

On loan

Player honours

At the end of each season, a number of awards are voted for and given to the players. [cite news|url=http://www.tivertontownfc.com/playerhonourspage.htm|title=Tiverton Town FC player honours|publisher=Tiverton Town FC|accessdate=2007-11-11] The Manager's Player of the Year award is given to the player of the season according to the manager, the Players' Player of the Year award - previously sponsored by Stella Artois - is given to the player of the season as voted for by his teammates, the Supporters' Player of the Year award - previously sponsored by Inbev - is given to the player of the season as voted for by the supporters, and the Club Person of the Year award is given to the member of the non-playing staff who is believed to have helped the club the most in the season.

2007-08

*Manager's Player of the Year: Glenn Gould
*Players' Player of the Year: Matt Villis
*Travel Club Player of the Year: Chris Vinnicombe/Tom Knighton
*Supporters' Player of the Year: Chris Vinnicombe
*WWW Player of the Year: Chris Vinnicombe
*Club Person of the Year: Les Williamson

2006-07

*Manager's Player of the Year: Chris Vinnicombe
*Players' Player of the Year: Mike Booth
*Travel Club Player of the Year: Mike Booth
*Supporters' Player of the Year: Mike Booth
*WWW Player of the Year: Mike Booth
*Club Person of the Year: Pauline Burton

2005-06

*Manager's Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
*Stella Artois Players' Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
*Travel Club Player of the Year: Sam Croft
*Inbev Supporters' Player of the Year: Mark Ovendale
*WWW Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
*Club Person of the Year: Delphine Pengelly

Club officials

Youth Development

Source: fchd|id=TIVERTOT|name=Tiverton Town

Trivia

* The Manchester United and England International goalkeeper, Ben Foster, spent a short spell on loan at Tiverton during the 2002/2003 season making 16 appearances.

References

External links

* [http://www.tivertontownfc.com/ Official club website]
* [http://www.tivertontownyouth.co.uk/ Official club youth development website]
* [http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/ Official Southern Premier League website]
* [http://www.tivvy.co.uk/ Unofficial Tiverton Town fans forum]