Sidmouth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in
Sidmouth,
Devon, England. They are currently members of the and play at Manstone Lane.
History
Sidmouth Town were members of the Exeter and District League for many decades, finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 1959–60, and winning it in 1967–68. They won the renamed
Devon and Exeter League Premier Division in 2010–11, having finished as runners-up the previous season. They were subsequently promoted to the
South West Peninsula League Division One East. At the end of 2018–19 the league was restructured, and Sidmouth successfully applied for promotion to the Premier Division East, at Step 6 of the
National League System
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.
The club competed in the
FA Vase
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for the first time in
2018–19.
They won their first-qualifying-round match 3–2 against
Keynsham Town and followed that up with a second win, 4–1 against
Godolphin Atlantic. Following these two matches, both against sides one level higher in the
pyramid, they lost 5–0 in the first round proper to
Cadbury Heath
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, from two levels above them.
Honours
*Devon & Exeter League
**Premier Division champions 1967–68, 2010–11
References
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Football clubs in Devon
Football clubs in England