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Glastonbury Town F.C.
Glastonbury F.C. is a football club based in Glastonbury, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. The club are currently members of the and play at the Abbey Moor Stadium. History The club was founded in 1890 and was originally called Glastonbury Avalon Rovers. After the turn of the century, the club entered the FA cup for the first time in the 1902–03 season, and had changed their name to Glastonbury. The club were playing in the East Somerset Football League at the beginning of the twentieth century, winning the league in the 1904–05 and 1912–13 campaigns. The club gained its first cup silverware when they lifted the Somerset Junior cup in the 1912–13 competition and retained this cup the following season. After the First World War, the club joined Division two of the Western Football League, for the 1919–20 season. They stayed in this division for three seasons until the Western league decided to disband the second division. The club then playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Moor Stadium
Abbey Moor Stadium is a Association football, football and former Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing stadium on Godney Road, Glastonbury, Somerset. Origins The stadium was constructed south of the Green's Drove and Common Moor junction on the east side of the Godney Road in an area known as Common Moor. Football Glastonbury FC have played at the stadium since 1982. Greyhound racing Racing was held on Tuesday and Friday evenings. The circumference of the track was 410 metres with races held over 280, 475 and 700 metres. Main races included the Glastonbury Derby and Glastonbury St Leger. The greyhound racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) and was known as a flapping track which was the nickname given to independent tracks. The racing finished in 2000 and the track was covered over in 2000 but made a re-appearance in October 2005 until March 2006 before the greyhound racing ended for good. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |