Great Shelford Football Club are a football club based in

Great Shelford Great Shelford is a village located approximately to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained bisected by the river Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001 ...

, near

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. Established in

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, they currently play in the .

History

The club was founded in 1912, and has played at Woollards Lane since 1920. Between 1975 and 1990 the club won twelves league titles, as well as the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup in 1980–81, 1986–87 and 1987–88. They also entered the

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between 1985 and 1989, beating

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opposition on three occasions. The club have won the Premier Division of the Cambridgeshire League on two occasions, in 2006–07 and 2012–13, and the Premier Division Cup in 2010–11.

Honours

*Cambridgeshire League **Premier Division champions 2006–07, 2012–13 **Premier Division Cup winners 1966–67, 2010–11 *Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup **Winners 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88

References

External links

Official website
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