Diss Town Football Club is a

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club based in Diss,

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, England. Affiliated to the

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they are currently members of the and play at Brewers Green Lane.

History

The club was established in 1888 following a suggestion from the local cricket club, with whom the football club initially shared the ground on Roydon Road. In 1892 they won their first trophy, the Norfolk Junior Cup, beating the Great Yarmouth Town second team in the final. In 1906 Diss joined the Norwich and District League. In 1935 they moved up to the

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, and were runners-up in 1955–56.Norfolk & Suffolk League 1946–1964
Non-League Matters They won the league cup the following season, and again in 1960 (shared with

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) and 1961. In 1964 the club were founder members of the

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, winning Division One in 1967–68 (also winning the league cup) and again in 1973–74. In 1975 Diss won the

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, beating St Andrews 3–2 at

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. In 1975–76 they finished as league runners up and league cup winners. In 1976–77 they won the Premier Division, and won it again in 1978–79. In 1980 and 1982 the club won the league cup again. During the 1983–84 season Diss moved to a new ground at Brewers Green Lane, and in 1988 became founder members of Division One of the Eastern Counties League. After finishing third, sixth and fourth, they won Division One in 1991–92 and were promoted to the Premier Division. In the same season, the club's reserve team won the Norfolk Junior Cup, a century after the first team had won it. Two seasons later the club won the

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in front of a crowd of 13,450 at

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, beating

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2–1 after extra time, following an injury time equaliser. The following season they finished as runners-up in the Premier Division and won the Norfolk Senior Cup again, beating

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4–0. Under

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the club won the Senior Cup for the third time in 2003, beating Great Yarmouth Town 4–1, and retained it the following season by beating Wroxham 3–0. In 2005 they reached the final for a third consecutive season, but lost on penalties to Wroxham. At the end of the 2006–07 season the club were relegated to Division One after finishing twentieth. They returned to the Premier Division after finishing third in 2010–11. They were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2014–15 season.

Honours

*FA Vase **Winners 1993–94 *Eastern Counties League **Division One champions 1991–92 *Norfolk & Suffolk League **League Cup winners 1956–57, 1959–60 (joint), 1960–61 *Anglian Combination **Premier Division champions 1976–77, 1978–79 **Division One champions 1967–68, 1973–74 **League Cup winners 1967–68, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1981–82 *Norfolk Senior Cup **Winners 1974–75, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05 *Norfolk Junior Cup **Winners 1892, 1992

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 1956–57, 1994–95, 2002–03 *Best

performance: Winners 1993–94 *Record attendance: 1,731 vs Atherton LR, FA Vase semi-final, 19 March 1994Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p645

References

External links

Official website
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