Verwood Town Football Club are a

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club based in

Verwood Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north east of Poole as the crow flies. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged C ...

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

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. The club is affiliated to the

Dorset County Football Association The Dorset County Football Association is the County Football Association for Dorset. The Dorset County FA traces its root back to the South Hants and Dorset Football Association which was founded in 1884. Three years later in 1887, due to the gro ...

and is a FA chartered Standard club. They play in the . Long term manager Adie Arnold resigned from his post in March 2014, ending an -year association with the club. After a succession of management changes Adie Arnold came back to manage the club once again for a period through to December 2021. Shepherd & Tabor were appointed on the 3rd January 2022 and went on to win their first game in charge 2-3 away to local rivals Ringwood Town on the same day.

History

The club was founded in 1905. They had entered the

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before 1989, and were runners-up in Division One in 2002–03. They were among the founding members of

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 par ...

Division Three in 2004. They were placed in Division one upon reorganisation and won the league in 2011–12 gaining promotion to the

Premier Division.

Ground

Verwood Town play their home games at Potterne Park, Potterne Way, Verwood, BH21 6RS. The club have covered seating and a covered terrace plus a refreshment bar.

Honours

Division One **Champions 2011–12 *

Division One **Runners-up 2002–03

Records

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**Extra Preliminary Round 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

**Third Round 2010–11

References

3. Darren Shepherd & Danny Tabor appointed Co-Managers at Verwood Town FC. https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/19822568.verwood-appoint-darren-shepherd-danny-tabor-co-managers/

External links

Official club website
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