Tuffley Rovers F.C.

Tuffley Rovers
Full name Tuffley Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Rovers
Founded 1929
Ground Glevum Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
England
Capacity 1,000 (200 seats, 100 covered standing)
Chairman Graham Moody
Manager Mark Pritchett
League Hellenic League Premier Division
2017–18 Hellenic League Premier Division, 10th of 20

Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a football club based in Tuffley in Gloucester, England. The club is playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division, the 9th level of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. The club operates five Saturday adult sides and a Veterans team, playing Sundays.

The Club's reserve team competes in the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League structure, whilst there are three sides playing in the Stroud and District League. In addition to the adult set-up, there is a full youth structure, with teams at all ages from U7s to U18s.

History

In the 1988–89 season, they joined the Gloucestershire County League and were champions in 1991. In 1993, they were Hellenic League Division One champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. Under the management of Doug Foxwell they regularly finished in the top half of the Hellenic League, and were considered widely to be the second team in Gloucester, behind Gloucester City. However, during the 2005–06 season, they resigned from the Premier Division and their record was expunged. Their first team took the spot of their reserve team in the second level of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League (level 13) and gained back-to-back promotions to return to the Gloucestershire County League. Rovers finished the 2007–08 season in a respectable 4th place in the Gloucestershire County League, but struggled for consistency in 2008–09 under manager Shayne Bradley with the highlight of the season probably being the 10–0 victory over DRG Stapleton. Doug Foxwell returned to manage the side for the 2011/12 season, with the team finishing a creditable third.

Current playing squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Dave Evans (c)
England DF Macaulay Herbert
England DF Sam Hill
England DF Will Wellon
England DF Sam Drew
England DF Marcus Foxwell
England DF Liam Wright
England DF Tristan Haswell
England DF Shane Anson
England DF Ben Tunniclif
England MF Ashley Davies
England MF Warren Mann
No. Position Player
England MF Courtney Hamilton
England MF Kieron Mace
England MF Jack Overthrow
England MF Brett James
England FW Jamie Goodwin
England MF Harry Walker
England FW Mark Ford
England FW Shane Bradley
England FW Gareth Jones

Honours

Records

Tuffley Rovers have not had much success in the national FA competitions. Their best result in the FA Cup was a 2nd qualifying round defeat in 1999–2000 to Lymington & New Milton, while they reached the 2nd round in the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season.[1]

The merge with Windsor Drive YFC

In 2013, Tuffley Rovers and Windsor Drive Youth Football Club combined forces as one 'super club' to offer the chance of the U16's and below youth teams to one day play for Tuffley in the Hellenic League.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tuffley Rovers at the Football Club History Database

Coordinates: 51°50′24.01″N 2°15′44.03″W / 51.8400028°N 2.2622306°W / 51.8400028; -2.2622306

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