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| Full name | August Town Football Club | ||
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| Ground | UWI Bowl August Town, Jamaica | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| League | KASAFA Major League | ||
The August Town Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the KASAFA Major League
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| Full name | August Town Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | UWI Bowl August Town, Jamaica | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| League | KASAFA Major League | ||
The August Town Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the KASAFA Major League
The team has never won the National Premier League, in fact, the team was only promoted to the Jamaica National Premier League for the start of the 2006/2007 season, making their debut in Jamaica's major football league. At the end of the 2007/2008 season, the team relegated to the second level of Jamaican football. After winning the Claro KSAFA Super League and the DPL playoffs, August Town return to the Digicel Premier League for the 2009/2010 season.
The team was once again relegated from the Digicel Premier League after the 2009/2010 football season. They were in contention for the Claro KSAFA Super League 2010/2011 competition which would see them promoted once again to the Premier League should they come out victorious. In the end they did not but won promotion in 2013 with coach Christopher Bender, after beating Volvo FC in a match to finish second in the promotion play-offs. [1]
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