Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a

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club based in

Tuffley Tuffley is a suburb in the city of Gloucester and one of the fifteen wards of the English city of Gloucester. The ward, which is non-parished and situated near Robinswood Hill toward the south of the city, has services including schools, shops ...

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. The club is playing in the , the 9th level of the

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. The club is affiliated to the

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. The club operates five Saturday adult sides and a Veterans team, playing Sundays. The Club's reserve team also competes in Hellenic League structure, in Division Two (West), whilst there are three sides playing in the Stroud and District League. In addition to the adult set-up, there is a full youth structure, with teams at all ages from U7s to U18s.

History

Formed in 1929, Tuffley Rovers spent many years playing in the Stroud and District League and North Gloucestershire Association League before promotion to the

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and in the 1988–89 season they joined the

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and were champions in 1991. In 1993, they were Hellenic League Division One champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. Under the management of Doug Foxwell they regularly finished in the top half of the Hellenic League, and were considered widely to be the second team in

, behind Gloucester City. However, during the 2005–06 season, they resigned from the Premier Division due to financial difficulties and their record was expunged. Their first team took the spot of their reserve team in the second level of the

(level 13) and gained back-to-back promotions to return to the

. Rovers finished the 2007–08 season in a respectable 4th place in the

, but struggled for consistency in 2008–09 under new manager Shayne Bradley with the highlight of the season probably being the 10–0 victory over DRG Stapleton. Doug Foxwell returned to manage the side for the 2011–12 season, with the team finishing a creditable third, before they finally achieved promotion back to the Hellenic League at the end of the 2012–13 season. Foxwell left the club at Christmas in 2013–14 and after John Hamilton saw the club to a position of safety at the end of the season, former player Warren Evans took over as manager, achieving promotion back to the Hellenic League, Premier Division at the end of his first season (2014–15). After a difficult 2015–16 season, Evans departed with his team struggling to retain their place in the division. Shayne Bradley took on a caretaker manager role and Rovers ended up 17th of twenty teams and in a relegation position but retained their Premier Division status, as only three clubs were relegated. The appointment of Mark Pritchett in the summer of 2016 was followed by two successive 10th place finishes, as Rovers consolidated their place in the Hellenic League, Premier Division. Mark Pritchett resigned in August 2020, with his assistant Richard Cox becoming caretaker manager in a season interrupted by the Covid pandemic. Cox was then appointed as manager ahead of the 2021/22 playing season, only to resign on 19 December 2021 after a run of ten consecutive defeats. Neil Mustoe was then appointed Interim Manager for the remainder of the season, before being confirmed as the permanent appointment at the conclusion of the 2021/22 season.

Current playing squad

Honours

Hellenic Football League The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the Uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Buck ...

Division One **Champions 1992–93 *

**Champions 1990–91

Records

Tuffley Rovers have not had much success in the national FA competitions. Their best result in the

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was a 2nd qualifying round defeat in 1999–2000 to Lymington & New Milton, while they reached the 2nd round in the

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in the 1994–95 season.

References

External links

Official website
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