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{{short description|Association football club in England}}
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| founded = 1912 (as ''St. Peters Portishead'')
| ground = Bristol Road, Portishead
| ground = Bristol Road, Portishead
| capacity = 1,397 (197 seated)
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| chairman = Adey Green
| chairman = Adrian Green
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| manager = Eamonn Daly
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'''Portishead Town Football Club''', formerly '''Portishead A.F.C.''', are a [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], [[North Somerset]], England founded in 1912. They are currently members of the {{English football updater|PortishT}} and play at Bristol Road. The club is affiliated to the [[Somerset County FA]].
'''Portishead Town Football Club''', formerly '''Portishead A.F.C.''', are a [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], [[North Somerset]], England founded in 1912. The men's first team are currently members of the {{English football updater|PortishT}} and the Ladies first team are members of the [[FA Women's National League]] South West Division 1. The club is also home to nearly 900 Junior players aged between 5–16 as part of a merger between other Portishead [[Association football|junior football]] teams.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Tom|date=2016-04-19|title=Football club unveil expansion plans|url=https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/business/football-club-unveil-expansion-plans-4483032|access-date=2021-03-11|website=North Somerset Times|language=en-UK}}</ref> The club is affiliated to the [[Somerset County FA]]. They have recently gone onto win the Western League Division One title, securing promotion to the Premier Division for the 2024/25 season.


==History==
==History==
Originally known '''St. Peter's Portishead''' until a name change in 1948, the club played in small regional leagues for years until joining the [[Somerset County League]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead Town Football Club|url=http://www.toolstationleague.com/portishead/index.php|publisher=Toolstation League|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120913115435/http://www.toolstationleague.com/portishead/index.php|archivedate=13 September 2012}}</ref> They won the Premier Division title four times in five years between 1993–94 and 1997–98.<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead|url=http://www.fchd.info/PORTISHE.HTM|publisher=Football Club History Database|accessdate=4 February 2012}}</ref> After their fourth successive runner-up campaign in the 2004–05 season, Portishead successfully applied for promotion to the [[Western Football League|Western League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead Brief Club History|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/portisheadtown/a/history-9341.html|publisher=Pitchero|accessdate=4 February 2012}}</ref>
Originally known '''St. Peter's Portishead''' until a name change in 1948, the club played in small regional leagues for years until joining the [[Somerset County League]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead Town Football Club|url=http://www.toolstationleague.com/portishead/index.php|publisher=Toolstation League|access-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913115435/http://www.toolstationleague.com/portishead/index.php|archive-date=13 September 2012}}</ref> They won the Premier Division title four times in five years between 1993–94 and 1997–98.<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead|url=https://www.fchd.info/PORTISHE.HTM|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref> After their fourth successive runner-up campaign in the 2004–05 season, Portishead successfully applied for promotion to the [[Western Football League|Western League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Portishead Brief Club History|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/portisheadtown/a/history-9341.html|publisher=Pitchero|access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>


In Portishead's first season of Western League football they finished in the top half of the table only to better their performance the following season. In 2006–07 Portishead achieved their highest ever finish in the history of the club finishing runners-up to [[Truro City F.C.|Truro City]] Although Portishead finished as runners-up they were unable to be promoted to the Western League Premier Division as their ground was not suitable, lacking (at that time) floodlights.
In Portishead's first season of Western League football they finished in the top half of the table only to better their performance the following season. In 2006–07 Portishead achieved their then-highest ever finish in the history of the club finishing runners-up to [[Truro City F.C.|Truro City]] Although Portishead finished as runners-up they were unable to be promoted to the Western League Premier Division as their ground was not suitable, lacking (at that time) floodlights. The [[2023–24 Western Football League#Division One|2023–24 season]] saw Portishead crowned champions of Western League Division One, an 8–0 thrashing of [[Gillingham Town F.C.|Gillingham Town]] securing the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/sport/24267963.portishead-town-fc-win-division-one-title-8-0-win/|title=Portishead Town FC win Division One title after 8-0 win|publisher=North Somerset Times|last=Abraham|first=Samir|date=21 April 2024|accessdate=22 April 2024}}</ref>


The following season the club spent their first 3 months in the Premier Division playing games away from home or at neutral venues, as their Bristol Road ground went under total redevelopment, including the installation of an artificial playing surface. They returned home on 16th November, with a 3-0 win over [[Ilfracombe Town A.F.C.|Ilfracombe Town]] in front of a record-breaking 579 fans.
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The club also runs several other teams. The reserve squad plays in the [[Somerset County League]] Division one, while the 'A', 'B', and 'Colts' teams all play in the [[Weston super Mare and District League]]. At the start of the 2016/17 season the club integrated all boys and girls juniors teams into the main club capturing 700 young players aged from 5-16 years.


==Ground==
===Reserve team===
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The reserve squad plays in the [[Somerset County League]] Division one, while the 'A', 'B', and 'Colts' teams all play in the Weston super Mare and District League.

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Portishead Town play their home games at Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6QG.


==Honours==
==Honours==
*[[Western Football League]]

**Division One Winners (1): [[2023–24 Western Football League#Division One|2023–24]]
*'''[[Somerset County Football League]]'''
*'''[[Somerset County Football League]]'''
**''' Winners (4):''' 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
**Winners (4): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
**'''Runners-up (4):''' 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
**Runners-up (4): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
*'''Somerset Senior Cup'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somersetfa.com/somerset-fa/previous-winners/senior-cup?db=masterc=1 |title=Senior Cup |publisher=SomersetFA |date=2012-04-19 |accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref>
*'''Somerset Senior Cup'''<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-04-19|title=Senior Cup|url=http://www.somersetfa.com/somerset-fa/previous-winners/senior-cup?db=masterc=1|access-date=2013-04-04|publisher=SomersetFA}}</ref>
**Winners (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
**Winners (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
*'''Somerset Hospital Cup'''
*'''Somerset Hospital Cup'''
**''' Winners (1):''' 2009
**Winners (1): 2009
Weston & District League Division 1'''
*'''Weston super Mare and District League Division 1'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 2016
**Winners (1): 2016
*'''Attwell Memorial Shield Cup'''
*'''Attwell Memorial Shield Cup'''
**''' Winners (2):''' 2009, 2015
**Winners (2): 2009, 2015


==Management team==
==Records==
*Best [[FA Vase]] performance: Fourth round, 2024–25


== Portishead Town Ladies ==
{| class="wikitable"
Having previously had a Ladies team, Portishead Town resurrected the Ladies section in 2011. The team was to be led by Chip Wright and were elected to join Somerset County Women's League. After initially struggling, the 2015/2016 season saw the team achieving a league and cup double, beating Staplegrove in the final 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Somerset County Women's League|url=https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=126334994&psSelectedDivision=4771919&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=1045069|access-date=2021-03-11|website=fulltime-league.thefa.com}}</ref> The 2016/17 season followed on from the previous year with a league and cup double once again, this time beating Penn Mill 4–3 in a thrilling final.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Somerset County Women's League|url=https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=349127578&psSelectedDivision=693597448&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=1045069|access-date=2021-03-11|website=fulltime-league.thefa.com}}</ref>
|-

! '''Job Title'''
With promotion to [[South West Regional Women's Football League]], Portishead Town Ladies won their third successive promotion in 2017/18 from the Eastern Division on goal difference from Royal Wootton Basset Ladies. The Ladies were then promoted to The FA Women's National League South West Div.1 where they are currently competing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South West Regional Women's Football League|url=https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=912322127&psSelectedDivision=831228267&psSelectedLeague=49427966|access-date=2021-03-11|website=fulltime-league.thefa.com}}</ref> During the 2017/18 season, the Ladies Reserves team was created, who compete in the Somerset County Women's League, winning Division Two in their first season<ref>{{Cite web|title=Somerset County Women's League|url=https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=523894576&psSelectedDivision=2955391&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=1045069|access-date=2021-03-11|website=fulltime-league.thefa.com}}</ref> and currently compete in Division One.
! '''Name'''

|-
'''<big>Honours</big>'''
|Chairman

|Adrian Green
'''Somerset County Women's League'''
|-

|Director of football
Division 1 Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17
|James Hughes

|-
Division 1 Runners-up: 2013–14
|First Team Manager

|Eamonn Daly
Division 2 Winners: 2017-18 (reserves)
|}

'''Somerset County Women's League Cup'''

Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17

Runners-up: 2014–15

'''[[South West Regional Women's Football League]]'''

Eastern Division Winners: 2017–18

== Portishead Town Youth ==
In an effort to modernise the club, increase the membership numbers and preserve the clubs status for future generations the club merged with two local junior clubs, Portishead Junior FC and Gordano Valley Giants to create Portishead Town Youth. The Junior section offers community football for both boys and girls with teams competing in junior leagues across Bristol and North Somerset and two Under 18 sides offering a pathway into the senior sides. With nearly 900 junior members, Portishead Town FC is one of the largest junior club's in the South West of England.

==Ground==

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Portishead Town play their home games at Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6QG.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:33, 7 December 2024

Portishead Town
Official crest
Full namePortishead Town Football Club
Nickname(s)Posset
Founded1912 (as St. Peters Portishead)
GroundBristol Road, Portishead
ChairmanAdrian Green
LeagueWestern League Premier Division
2023–24Western League Division One, 1st of 22 (promoted)

Portishead Town Football Club, formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, North Somerset, England founded in 1912. The men's first team are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and the Ladies first team are members of the FA Women's National League South West Division 1. The club is also home to nearly 900 Junior players aged between 5–16 as part of a merger between other Portishead junior football teams.[1] The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. They have recently gone onto win the Western League Division One title, securing promotion to the Premier Division for the 2024/25 season.

History

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Originally known St. Peter's Portishead until a name change in 1948, the club played in small regional leagues for years until joining the Somerset County League in 1975.[2] They won the Premier Division title four times in five years between 1993–94 and 1997–98.[3] After their fourth successive runner-up campaign in the 2004–05 season, Portishead successfully applied for promotion to the Western League.[4]

In Portishead's first season of Western League football they finished in the top half of the table only to better their performance the following season. In 2006–07 Portishead achieved their then-highest ever finish in the history of the club finishing runners-up to Truro City Although Portishead finished as runners-up they were unable to be promoted to the Western League Premier Division as their ground was not suitable, lacking (at that time) floodlights. The 2023–24 season saw Portishead crowned champions of Western League Division One, an 8–0 thrashing of Gillingham Town securing the title.[5]

The following season the club spent their first 3 months in the Premier Division playing games away from home or at neutral venues, as their Bristol Road ground went under total redevelopment, including the installation of an artificial playing surface. They returned home on 16th November, with a 3-0 win over Ilfracombe Town in front of a record-breaking 579 fans.

Reserve team

[edit]

The reserve squad plays in the Somerset County League Division one, while the 'A', 'B', and 'Colts' teams all play in the Weston super Mare and District League.

Honours

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  • Western Football League
  • Somerset County Football League
    • Winners (4): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
    • Runners-up (4): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
  • Somerset Senior Cup[6]
    • Winners (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
  • Somerset Hospital Cup
    • Winners (1): 2009
  • Weston super Mare and District League Division 1
    • Winners (1): 2016
  • Attwell Memorial Shield Cup
    • Winners (2): 2009, 2015

Records

[edit]
  • Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2024–25

Portishead Town Ladies

[edit]

Having previously had a Ladies team, Portishead Town resurrected the Ladies section in 2011. The team was to be led by Chip Wright and were elected to join Somerset County Women's League. After initially struggling, the 2015/2016 season saw the team achieving a league and cup double, beating Staplegrove in the final 2–0.[7] The 2016/17 season followed on from the previous year with a league and cup double once again, this time beating Penn Mill 4–3 in a thrilling final.[8]

With promotion to South West Regional Women's Football League, Portishead Town Ladies won their third successive promotion in 2017/18 from the Eastern Division on goal difference from Royal Wootton Basset Ladies. The Ladies were then promoted to The FA Women's National League South West Div.1 where they are currently competing.[9] During the 2017/18 season, the Ladies Reserves team was created, who compete in the Somerset County Women's League, winning Division Two in their first season[10] and currently compete in Division One.

Honours

Somerset County Women's League

Division 1 Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17

Division 1 Runners-up: 2013–14

Division 2 Winners: 2017-18 (reserves)

Somerset County Women's League Cup

Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17

Runners-up: 2014–15

South West Regional Women's Football League

Eastern Division Winners: 2017–18

Portishead Town Youth

[edit]

In an effort to modernise the club, increase the membership numbers and preserve the clubs status for future generations the club merged with two local junior clubs, Portishead Junior FC and Gordano Valley Giants to create Portishead Town Youth. The Junior section offers community football for both boys and girls with teams competing in junior leagues across Bristol and North Somerset and two Under 18 sides offering a pathway into the senior sides. With nearly 900 junior members, Portishead Town FC is one of the largest junior club's in the South West of England.

Ground

[edit]

Portishead Town play their home games at Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6QG.

References

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  1. ^ Wright, Tom (19 April 2016). "Football club unveil expansion plans". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Portishead Town Football Club". Toolstation League. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Portishead". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Portishead Brief Club History". Pitchero. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. ^ Abraham, Samir (21 April 2024). "Portishead Town FC win Division One title after 8-0 win". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Senior Cup". SomersetFA. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Somerset County Women's League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Somerset County Women's League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ^ "South West Regional Women's Football League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Somerset County Women's League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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