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| Corsham Town - Season 2004/05, Western League - Division Premier |
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| Corsham Town - 2004/05 |
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Corsham Town play in the Toolstation Direct Western League - Premier Division.
ADDRESS
Southbank, Lacock Road, Corsham, Wiltshire. SN13 9HS
Telephone Number: 01249 715609
DIRECTIONS TO GROUND
A4 into Corsham, at Hare and Hounds Roundabout take the Melksham Road B3353 until the War Memorial, then Lacock Road. Ground a half a mile on the right side.
CLUB HISTORY
Corsham Town Football Club was formed in 1884 and affiliated to the Football Association in 1893, with one of the earliest games on record being against the local village of Chapel Knapp. Most of Corsham's history has been lost in the midst of time and as yet no one has carried out any thorough research into the club's past.
One thing for certain, is that Corsham's history has had many high and many low moments, this trend having been evident right up until recent years.
Before moving to the clubs present home at the Southbank, Corsham played on an area of land adjacent to the present-day Recreation Ground. After the Second World War council houses were built on the pitch and after missing out on a chance to relocate to the Grove Field, opposite the cricket ground, Corsham Town Football Club was relocated to their present site, which is leased from The Methuen Estate.
Until recent years the only glory Corsham had experienced in living memory was their Wiltshire Senior Cup victory in 1976. They also won promotion to the Wiltshire County League Division One in the same year. The years preceding and following this successful season were spent travelling up and down between the two senior county leagues. Each time Corsham looked like building a successful squad players would be tempted to join the neighbouring Western League clubs of Chippenham, Melksham, Calne, Devizes or Westbury.
The early 90's saw another period of rebuilding and under the management of John Mason a squad of youngsters began to learn their trade. John Mason didn't stay with the club and many of the players once again joined Western League clubs, although the foundations of the clubs current successes had been firmly laid.
1997 - The decision was made to apply to the Western League and, although going out of both cup competitions early in the season, the dream was realised when Corsham lifted the Wilts League Championship for the first time in the known history of the club.
Recent achievements have not been confined to the pitch as the early 90's also saw major changes in the running of the club with John Gingell taking over as Chairman and virtually a brand new management committee. The new clubhouse was built and then under the leadership of Dick Brown a successful lottery bid was made enabling the building of new changing rooms and all weather-training facilities.
2004/2005 Screwfix Direct Western League Premier Division
2003/2004 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
Colin Bush was appointed manager with John Woods as assistant manager/player. The season did not start well with the first 10 league games returning 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The team continued to mould and results turned with the next 26 leagues games producing 16 wins, 8 draws and only 2 defeats. A close quarter final 3-2 defeat in the Les Phillips Cup against Bristol Manor Farm was closely followed by an appearance in the Wilts Senior Cup Final against Trowbridge Town.
The final position of 5th broke all club records since joining the western league, highest position, most wins, lowest number of defeats, most goals scored, least goals conceded. With the restructuring of the pyramid system to make the league forty teams strong, the teams finishing in the top five places in division one achieved promotion to the premier division.
2002/2003 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
Expectations were high at the start of the season, as Mark Godley had assembled a very useful looking squad with some excellent results in pre-season games. League points were hard to come by, but the team performed well in cup competitions by beating Premier Division sides in the FA Vase and Portland Utd in the preliminary round of the FA Cup.
The club was shocked with the totally unexpected resignation of manager Mark Godley on 16th September following a home defeat by Weston St Johns. Assistant Manager Dave King + Player/Coach John Freegard agreed to act as caretaker managers until the end of the season. The season contained highs and lows with the team finishing the season in 16th position.
2001/2002 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
This season Mark Godley continues in charge with assistance coming from John Freegard and Rob Humphrey's. The squad has expanded yet again with some very good close season signings. A youth team (U18) has also been formed with Martyn Blackman becoming manager. The youth team play in the Wilts Youth Floodlight League. Near the end of the season Rob stepped down as Assistant to concentrate more on playing, Mark Godley brought in the experienced Dave King who is well known and respected in the Western League as Robs successor.
May 2001 saw the dream realised for Colin Hudd (Chairman), when after two years of fundraising, floodlights were installed at the Southbank. This in turn opened the way forward for promotion to the Premier League and entry to the FA Vase and FA Cups.
2000/2001 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
The season kicked off with Rob Humphrey's and Mark Godley being given permanent control of the team and they immediately recruited a much stronger squad with the welcome return, among others, of Dave Kilmurray, Craig Chaplin, Luke Chapman and Wayne Munday. Results were good and consistency achieved. In March 2001 Mark Godley took overall charge of the team with Rob Humphrey's in the supporting role of assistant manager. The 2000/2001 season ended with Corsham finishing in a creditable 9th place in the league with the further additions of Brian Kayll and John Freegard.
1999/2000 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
The 1999 close season saw a mass exodus of established Corsham players and new manager Chris Jeffery's was up against it from the start, losing 0-4 in his opening game against eventual champions Devizes Town. Points were indeed a rare commodity for Corsham and by March, with a grand total of four, Chris finally conceded defeat, and resigned.
Not wanting to rush into finding a replacement, midfielder Rob Humphrey's was given the unenviable job until the end of the season. His target, avoid relegation. Ably assisted by Mark Godley they set about the task with endeavour and finished the season with some of the best results Corsham had seen in the last few years and a respectable 20 points. The only real disappointment of the season was another Wiltshire Senior Cup semi-final exit at the hands of Purton.
1998/1999 Screwfix Direct Western League Division 1
Colin Hudd was elected Chairman as Dick's replacement at the beginning of last season and is aiming to emulate his predecessors and successfully lead the club through its formative years in the Screwfix Western League.
Expectations were exceeded in Corsham's first season in the Screwfix Direct Western League finishing a respectable 9th, the only real disappointment losing 2-1 to Wootton Bassett in the Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi Final. The end of the season also saw the departure of Pete Tripp as manager, who felt that he had taken the club as far as he could and it would now be down to someone else to take up the reigns and lead the club through its next period of development.
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