Tuffley Rovers F.C.

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Tuffley Rovers
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Full nameTuffley Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rovers
Founded1929
GroundGlevum Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
England
Capacity1,000 (200 seats, 300 covered standing)
ChairmanDan Boon
Manager Neil Mustoe
League Hellenic League Premier Division
2021–22 Hellenic League Premier Division, 17th of 20

Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a football club based in Tuffley in Gloucester, England. The club is playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division, the 9th level of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. The club operates five Saturday adult sides and a Veterans team, playing Sundays.

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The Club's reserve team also competes in Hellenic League structure, in Division Two (West), whilst there are three sides playing in the Stroud and District League. In addition to the adult set-up, there is a full youth structure, with teams at all ages from U7s to U18s.

History

Formed in 1929, Tuffley Rovers spent many years playing in the Stroud and District League and North Gloucestershire Association League before promotion to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and in the 1988–89 season they joined the Gloucestershire County League and were champions in 1991. In 1993, they were Hellenic League Division One champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. Under the management of Doug Foxwell they regularly finished in the top half of the Hellenic League, and were considered widely to be the second team in Gloucester, behind Gloucester City. However, during the 2005–06 season, they resigned from the Premier Division due to financial difficulties and their record was expunged.

Their first team took the spot of their reserve team in the second level of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League (level 13) and gained back-to-back promotions to return to the Gloucestershire County League. Rovers finished the 2007–08 season in a respectable 4th place in the Gloucestershire County League, but struggled for consistency in 2008–09 under new manager Shayne Bradley with the highlight of the season probably being the 10–0 victory over DRG Stapleton. Doug Foxwell returned to manage the side for the 2011–12 season, with the team finishing a creditable third, before they finally achieved promotion back to the Hellenic League at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Foxwell left the club at Christmas in 2013–14 and after John Hamilton saw the club to a position of safety at the end of the season, former player Warren Evans took over as manager, achieving promotion back to the Hellenic League, Premier Division at the end of his first season (2014–15).

After a difficult 2015–16 season, Evans departed with his team struggling to retain their place in the division. Shayne Bradley took on a caretaker manager role and Rovers ended up 17th of twenty teams and in a relegation position but retained their Premier Division status, as only three clubs were relegated.

The appointment of Mark Pritchett in the summer of 2016 was followed by two successive 10th place finishes, as Rovers consolidated their place in the Hellenic League, Premier Division.

Mark Pritchett resigned in August 2020, with his assistant Richard Cox becoming caretaker manager in a season interrupted by the Covid pandemic. Cox was then appointed as manager ahead of the 2021/22 playing season, only to resign on 19 December 2021 after a run of ten consecutive defeats.

Neil Mustoe was then appointed Interim Manager for the remainder of the season, before being confirmed as the permanent appointment at the conclusion of the 2021/22 season.

Current playing squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Copland
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Macaulay Herbert
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jacob Geddes
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joel White
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Scott Nicholls
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Laurie McNally
MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Harri John
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Dominik Kent
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lewis Bainbridge
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joe Shutt
MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Demilade Yussuf
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Liam Smith
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Warren Mann
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashley Davies
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Beardsell
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Brett James
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Tomos Shyamapant
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Aaron Basford
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashley Bird

Honours

Records

Tuffley Rovers have not had much success in the national FA competitions. Their best result in the FA Cup was a 2nd qualifying round defeat in 1999–2000 to Lymington & New Milton, while they reached the 2nd round in the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Tuffley Rovers at the Football Club History Database

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