Portishead Town F.C.

Portishead Town Football Club, formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, North Somerset, England founded in 1912. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Bristol Road. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.

Portishead Town
Full namePortishead Town Football Club
Nickname(s)Posset
Founded1912 (as St. Peters Portishead)
GroundBristol Road, Portishead
Capacity1,397 (197 seated)
ChairmanAdey Green
ManagerEamonn Daly
LeagueWestern League Division One
2019–20Western League Division One (season abandoned)

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.[1] They won the Premier Division title four times in five years between 1993–94 and 1997–98.[2] After their fourth successive runner-up campaign in the 2004–05 season, Portishead successfully applied for promotion to the Western League.[3]

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 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 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

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

Honours
  • 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[4]
    • Winners (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
  • Somerset Hospital Cup
    • Winners (1): 2009

Weston & District League Division 1

    • Winners (1): 2016
  • Attwell Memorial Shield Cup
    • Winners (2): 2009, 2015

Management team
Job Title Name
Chairman Adrian Green
Director of football James Hughes
First Team Manager Eamonn Daly

References
  1. "Portishead Town Football Club". Toolstation League. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. "Portishead". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. "Portishead Brief Club History". Pitchero. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. "Senior Cup". SomersetFA. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-04.

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