Clandown F.C.
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The Clandown F.C. is a non-league football club played in the village of Clandown, near Radstock in Somerset. Clandown played in the Western Football League, Wiltshire Premier League and the Somerset Senior League until 2003-04. They played for most of their existence at Thynne Field, which is now in poor condition as the clubhouse was blown down by a severe storm in the early 1990s. In 1999 the club moved to Greyfield Sports and Social Club in nearby Paulton.
Clandown joined Division 2 of the Western League in 1920-21, but although they won the division the following season, they left the league.
They rejoined immediately after the Second World War and remained in the league until 1959-60. They were Division 2 champions in 1946-47 and were promoted to Division 1, but little success followed. They were relegated in 1954 and remained in Division 2 until 1959-60, when they joined the Wiltshire Premier League.
Clandown rejoined the Western League in 1976-77 and won promotion to the Premier Division the following season. Their best seasons were 1981-82 and 1982-83, with fourth place finishes. However, in 1987-88 they finished bottom and were relegated to Division 1, where they remained for a further four seasons before resigning in 1992 and replacing their reserve team in the Somerset Senior League. After 12 seasons with little success, the club folded.
[edit] Sources
- Miller, Kerry: The History of Non-League Football Grounds (1996)
- Webb, Doug & Sandie: A View From The Terraces: One Hundred Years of the Western Football League 1892-1992 (1992)
