Bodmin Town Football Club is a
football
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club based in
Bodmin
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
,
Cornwall
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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Priory Park.
History
The club was established by W.M. Pethybridge and C.H. Bray in 1889.
[A history of Bodmin Town Football Club]
Bodmin Town F.C. After amalgamating with a team from the
local barracks in 1900, they started playing in white shirts, gaining the nickname "the Lilywhites".
[ They won the Bodmin & District (Senior) League in 1922–23, and in 1925 the colour of the club's home shirts was changed to amber.][ They won the league again in 1926–27 and were runners-up in 1947–48.][
In 1953 Bodmin joined the South Western League, where they played for nine seasons,][ They rejoined the South Western League in 1969, and were runners-up in 1976–77.][ They won the league for the first time in 1990–91, and were champions again in 1993–94. They won the ]Cornwall Senior Cup
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for the first time in 1998–99, beating Millbrook 2–1 in the final. After finishing as runners-up twice in a row, they won the league for a third time in 2005–06.[
In 2007 the club were founder members of the South West Peninsula League, and were placed in the Premier Division; they went on to win the league and the League Cup in both of its first two seasons. They finished as runners-up in 2009–10 and ]