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Trowbridge Town
Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They are currently champions of the and play at The Daykin Estates Ground, Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town. History A Trowbridge Town team was originally formed in 1880 and became one of the founding members of the Bristol & District League in 1892, finishing as runners-up in the league's first season. They stayed in the Bristol league for three seasons and then joined the Western League where they stayed until 1958 apart from two occasions; firstly between 1898 and 1901 when they resigned from the league, secondly 1907–1913 when they joined the Wiltshire County League. After success in the Western League, in 1958 they won promotion to the Southern League. In 1981, Trowbridge won promotion to the Football Conference (then known as the Alliance Premier League) where they played for three seasons before being relegated back to the Southern League where they remained until f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trowbridge
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies southeast of Bath, 31 miles (49 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bristol. The town had a population of 37,169 in 2021. Long a market town, the Kennet and Avon canal to the north of Trowbridge played an instrumental part in the town's development as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset Coalfield and so marked the advent of steam-powered manufacturing in woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost producer of this mainstay of contemporary clothing and blankets in south west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by which time it held the nickname "The Manchester of the West". The civil parish of Trowbridge had a population of 33,108 at the 2011 census. The parish encompasses the settlements of Longfield, Lower Studley, Upper Studley, Studley Green and Trowle Common. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948–49 Western Football League
The 1948–49 season was the 47th in the history of the Western Football League. The champions for the first time in their history were Glastonbury, and the winners of Division Two were new club Chippenham United.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006 Division One Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Radstock Town and Bristol Aeroplane Company, who were relegated to Division Two. *Salisbury, champions of Division Two * Weymouth, runners-up in Division Two *Bristol City and Bristol Rovers replaced their Reserve teams with their Colts. Division Two Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Salisbury and Weymouth were promoted to Division One, and B.A.C. Reserves, RAF Colerne and RAF Locking left the league. Five new clubs joined: * Barnstaple Town * Bristol Aeroplane Company, relegated from Division One. * Chippenham United * Radstock Town, relegated from Division One. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Wright
Bernard Peter Wright (born 17 September 1952), nicknamed Bernie the Bolt, is an English former footballer. A tough centre-forward, he scored 78 goals in 320 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League. A youth player at Birmingham City, he joined Paget Rangers of the Midland Combination, before having a successful trial at Walsall in 1971. He moved on to Everton in 1972. After one season with the "Toffees" he moved back to Walsall. In 1976, he transferred to Bradford City, winning promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1976–77, before signing for Port Vale two years later for a £9,000 fee. In 1980, he went into non-league football with Kidderminster Harriers, later playing for Trowbridge Town, Cheltenham Town, Worcester City, and Gloucester City. Career Born in Birmingham, Wright was a youth-team player at Birmingham City, before he played for Paget Rangers of the Midland Combination after being released from St Andrew's in 1971. He returned to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Smith (footballer Born 1932)
Kenneth Smith (21 May 1932 - June 2011) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Smith played league football between 1952 and 1962 for Sunderland, Blackpool, Shrewsbury Town, Gateshead, Darlington, Carlisle United and Halifax Town. He also played non-league football for Headington United and South Shields. He had spells in Canada in 1961 initially with Toronto Ukrainians in the National Soccer League. Later throughout the 1961 season he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia The National Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Teams were primarily based in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The league was renamed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993 following the folding .... After leaving Halifax Town in 1962, Smith joined non-league Trowbridge Town. References Sources * * * 1932 births English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sunde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hallam (footballer)
John "Jack" Hallam (26 June 1869 – 7 March 1949) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right. He was capped at full international level for Wales. He played 133 games for Small Heath in the Football Alliance and the Football League, and also represented Oswestry Town, Swindon Town and Trowbridge Town. Career Hallam was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, on the border with Wales, the eldest child of Lister Hallam of Hull, Yorkshire and Eliza Ann Bell of Leeds. Hallam started his football career with clubs in his native town. While with Oswestry Town he won international honours for Wales, on 23 February 1889 in a 4–1 defeat to England. A report of the match said that Hallam "showed great speed but was evidently nervous and hesitated too much". In 1890, he moved to Small Heath, then playing in the Football Alliance, and made more than 150 appearances for the club in all competitions. The strength of Hallam's game lay in his speed, and he formed fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Tavener
Colin Tavener (born 26 June 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Tavener began his career with Bath City, but was released by Bath manager Malcolm Allison without making his debut. He later played for Trowbridge Town and in the Football League for Hereford United. Released by Hereford, he rejoined Bath City in July 1974, making over 300 appearances and a spell as caretaker manager in 1980, before leaving to join Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of ... in February 1981. He returned to Bath in June 1981 as player reserve team manager and became assistant manager under Bobby Jones. He was caretaker manager on two more occasions before leaving Bath in November 1988. References Living people 1945 births English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Tilley
Herbert Rex Tilley (16 February 1929 – 14 May 2016) was an English footballer who played as a wing half. He made 154 appearances in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town. He began his career in non-league football with Chippenham Town before signing professional forms with Plymouth Argyle. He made his debut in March 1953 and was a regular fixture in the team for the next five years. Tilley returned to Wiltshire in 1958 to sign for Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ... and stayed for two years before ending his career back in non-league football with Trowbridge Town. Neil Brow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Roberts (footballer)
Thomas Roberts was an English professional footballer who played 120 games in The Football League as an inside forward and wing half for Bristol Rovers between 1925 and 1930. Roberts was born in Bristol in the early 20th century and started his footballing career in the Bristol and Suburban Association Football League. He joined Trowbridge Town from Bedminster Victoria in 1924, and after playing just ten League games for Trowbridge he took part in a trial with Football League club Bristol Rovers. The trial was a successful one, and he signed for Rovers on 11 March 1925. He went on to play 120 times in the League, scoring six times, before joining Welsh club Lovells Athletic Lovell's Athletic F.C. was the works team for Lovell's sweet factory in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, which played professional football from 1918 until 1969. History Lovell's joined the Western Football League in 1923 and won the title in t ... in 1930. Following the end of his playing days he emi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pyle
Walter David Pyle (12 December 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a professional footballer who played as a centre half in The Football League for Bristol Rovers and Bristol City between 1955 and 1963. Born in Trowbridge, Pyle started his career playing in his home town for Trowbridge Colts, before graduating to senior side Trowbridge Town in 1954. After a year playing non-League football for them he signed his first professional contract in 1955 when he joined Bristol Rovers. He played 139 League games for Rovers in seven years, but when they were relegated to the Football League Third Division in 1962 he crossed the city to join Bristol City. During his single season with City he played eight games in the Football League, but returned to non-League football at the end of the campaign when he joined Westbury United. After a year playing for Westbury United he was appointed as their manager, and he remained in the position for two years. Away from football Pyle was landlord of a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swindon Town F
Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon unitary authority area had a population of 233,410 as of 2021. Located in South West England, the town lies between Bristol, 35 miles (56 kilometres) to its west, and Reading, Berkshire, Reading, equidistant to its east. Recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Suindune'', it was a small market town until the mid-19th century, when it was selected as the principal site for the Great Western Railway's repair and maintenance Swindon Works, works, leading to a marked increase in its population. The new town constructed for the railway workers produced forward-looking amenities such as the UK’s first lending library and a ‘cradle-to-grave' health care centre that was later used as a blueprint for the National Health Service, NHS. After the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919–20 Western Football League
The 1919–20 season was the 23rd in the history of the Western Football League in South West England. This was the first season after the end of World War I, which had halted all organised football in the United Kingdom for several years. A number of new clubs joined the league and a second division was formed. Several clubs had not rejoined the league after the war. The Division One champions this season were Douglas, in their first season in the league. Champions of Division Two were Frome Town, although it was Yeovil and Petters United that were promoted to Division One.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006 Clubs Eleven new clubs joined the league, and they were split into two divisions along with those clubs which had returned to the league after the war. Division One Division One consisted of ten clubs: Bath City, Bristol Rovers Reserves and Welton Rovers, plus seven new clubs: *Barry Reserves *Bristol City Reserves, rejoining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938–39 Western Football League
The 1938–39 season was the 42nd in the history of the Western Football League. The Division One champions for the second time were Lovells Athletic, after finishing bottom the previous season. The winners of Division Two for the second consecutive season were Trowbridge Town. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season, and the league was restructured before the 1939–40 season following the outbreak of World War II.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006 Division One Division One was increased from five to six clubs, with one new club joining: *Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ..., rejoining after leaving the league in 1936. Division Two Division Two remained at eighteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
