Shrewton United F.C.

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Shrewton United
Shrewton United F.C. logo.png
Full nameShrewton United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Shrews
Founded1946
GroundThe Recreation Ground, Shrewton
Capacity700
ChairmanS. Withers
League Wiltshire League Premier Division
2022–23 Wiltshire League Premier Division, 13th of 16

Shrewton United Football Club is a football club based in Shrewton, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of the Wiltshire League Premier Division and play at the Recreation Ground.

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History

The club was formed in 1946. They entered the Wiltshire Football League and won Division Three in 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1980–81. After finishing runners-up in Division One in 1990–91 and 1992–93, the club won the league in 1996–97. The division was renamed the Premier Division in 1998, and in the following seasons they finished runners-up twice. They won the Wiltshire Football League Premier Division in 2001–02 and 2002–03. [1] After the second title, they were accepted into the Western League Division One [2] but returned to the Wiltshire League at the end of the 2012-13 season. [3]

Ground

Shrewton United play their home games at the Recreation Ground, Mill Lane, Shrewton, SP3 4JY.

Honours

Records

Former players

One of Shrewton's most famous former players, still active in the game, is Cheltenham Town's professional phase coach Alex Penny, who played over 200 games for the club between 1990–93 and 1997–99.

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References

  1. 1 2 Shrewton United – Documents
  2. 1 2 Shrewton United at the Football Club History Database
  3. Mike Turner (13 April 2013). "Shrews confirm Western League departure". Sport4Salisbury. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

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