Tuffley Rovers F.C.

Formed in 1929, Tuffley Rovers spent many years playing in the Stroud and District League and North Gloucestershire Association League before promotion to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and 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 due to financial difficulties 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 new 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, before they finally achieved promotion back to the Hellenic League at the end of the 2012/13 season.

Foxwell left the club at Christmas in 2013/14 and after John Hamilton saw the club to a position of safety at the end of the season, former player Warren Evans took over as manager, achieving promotion back to the Hellenic League, Premier Division at the end of his first season (2014/15).

After a difficult 2015/16 season, Evans departed with his team struggling to retain their place in the division. Shayne Bradley took on a caretaker manager role and Rovers ended up 17th of twenty teams and in a relegation position but retained their Premier Division status, as only three clubs were relegated.

The appointment of Mark Pritchett in the summer of 2016 was followed by two successive 10th place finishes, as Rovers consolidated their place in the Hellenic League, Premier Division.

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

No. Position Player DF Ruari O’Boyle DF Macaulay Herbert DF Sam Hill DF Joel White DF Luke Payne DF Brad Loveridge DF Rhys Davies DF Mark Pritchett DF Harry Walker MF Dominik Kent MF Kieran Alder MF Warren Mann

No. Position Player MF Paul Carter MF Jack Phillips GK Luke Marchant MF Brett James FW Ryan Dobbins MF Tyreece Briscoe FW Will Dawes FW Shayne Bradley FW Ashley Bird

• Hellenic Football League Division One[1]
  • Champions 1992–93
• Gloucestershire County League[1]
  • Champions 1990–91

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]

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.

• Official website