Elburton Villa Football Club is a
football club based in
Elburton Village,
Plymouth,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. They are currently members of the and play at Haye Road.
History
The club was established in 1982 as a successor to Elburton Red Triangle FC.
[History]
Elburton Villa F.C. They joined the Plymouth & District League and went on to win the Division One title in 1990–91.
[ In 1992 the club were founder members of the ]Devon County League
The Devon County Football League was a football competition based in England. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
History
The league was formed in 1992 in order to form an intermediate level be ...
.[
In 2007 the Devon County League merged with the South Western League to form the ]South West Peninsula League
The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. The league is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West ...
, with Elburton becoming members of the Premier Division.[ The club were relegated to Division One West after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2015–16. They were Division One West runners-up the following season.][ In 2017–18 the club finished third in Division One West and were promoted to the Premier Division in place of Stoke Gabriel, who had requested to be relegated. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, they were placed in the Premier Division East.
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Ground
The club play at Haye Road, opposite the King George V Playing Fields which had been home to Elburton Red Triangle.[ Floodlights and a 50-seat stand were installed during the 2012–13 season.]["Pilgrims poised to become Villa's" ''Plymouth Herald'', 6 July 2013] The ground hosts a canteen hut, limited bar, changing rooms and toilet facilities.
Honours
*Plymouth & District League
**Division One champions 1990–91
*Devon County League
**Throgmorton Cup winners 1994–95
Records
*Best FA Vase performance: Second round 2022–23[
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References
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Devon
Association football clubs established in 1982
1982 establishments in England
Sport in Plymouth, Devon
Devon County League
South West Peninsula League