Lymington Town Football Club is a football club based in the coastal town of

Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, England. Known as "The Linnets", they are currently members of the and play at the Sports Ground.

History

The club was established in 1876 as Lymington Football Club. They entered the

Hampshire League The Hampshire League was a football league in Hampshire, England. During its heyday its constitution consisted of four divisions with over 60 clubs taking part - this included a vast number of semi-professional teams and Reserve/’A’ sides of ...

in 1903, joining the West Division, but left at the end of the 1903–04 season.Early Hampshire League 1896–1914
Non-League Matters The club rejoined the West Division in 1910, but left after finishing bottom of the division in their first season, losing all but one of their games. They returned to the West Section of the league in 1920, before being moved into the Division Section for the 1921–22 season. In 1922–23 the club played in both the East and West sections, winning the East Section title.
Non-League Matters They were members of both sections again the following season, before playing in only the West Section in 1924–25. Lymington were West Section runners-up in 1925–26 and went on to win the division the following season, earning promotion to the County Section. They were placed in the South Division for the 1928–29 season amidst league reorganisation, before becoming members of Division One the next season.
Non-League Matters In 1953–54 the club finished bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two, and were subsequently relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1956–57 season, having finished bottom of Division Two.
Non-League Matters However, they were Division Three runners-up the following season and were promoted back to Division Two. The 1961–62 season saw Lymington finish bottom of Division Two, resulting in another relegation to Division Three.
Non-League Matters They won the Division Three title in 1967–68, earning promotion back to Division Two. However, the club finished second-from-bottom of Division Two in 1970–71 and were relegated to Division Three again.
Non-League Matters In 1977–78 they finished bottom of Division Three, but were not relegated to Division Four; this was repeated in the 1979–80 season. The club were Division Three runners-up in 1982–83 and were promoted to Division Two.
Non-League Matters They went on to finish as Division Two runners-up the following season, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. In 1986 Lymington were founder members of the new

Wessex League The Wessex Football League is an English association football league formed in 1986, with its premier division currently at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. The part ...

. After finishing bottom of the league in 1987–88 they merged with Wellworthy Athletic to form AFC Lymington. However, when AFC Lymington merged with New Milton Town in 1998 to form Lymington & New Milton with the new club based in

New Milton New Milton is a market town in southwest Hampshire, England. To the north is in the New Forest and to the south the coast at Barton-on-Sea. The town is equidistant between Lymington and Christchurch, 6 miles (10 km) away. History Ne ...

, the Lymington club was re-established under the name Lymington Town. They were accepted into Division Three of the Hampshire League and went on to finished third in the 1998–99 season, earning promotion into the Premier Division. In 2004 the Hampshire League merged into the Wessex League, with Lymington becoming members of the new Division Two. They won the division at the first attempt and were promoted to Division One, which was renamed the Premier Division the following season. In 2006–07 the club won the League Cup. Following the 2020–21 season, which was curtailed due to the

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, they were promoted to Division One South of the Southern League.

Ground

The club have played at the Sports Ground since their establishment.Lymington Town
Wessex League A pavilion was opened in 1913 and a wooden grandstand built in 1929.
Pyramid Passion The pavilion was burnt down in 1968. Floodlights were erected in 1981, and in 1989 a new stand with bench seating replaced the wooden grandstand.

Honours

*Wessex League **Division Two champions 2004–05 **League Cup winners 2006–07 *Hampshire League **East Section champions 1922–23 **West Section champions 1926–27 **Division Three champions 1967–68

Records

*Best

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performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1951–52 *Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2007–08

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