Tiverton Town F.C.

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Tiverton Town

Full name

Tiverton Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

Tivvy

Founded

1913 (as Tiverton Athletic)

Ground

Ladysmead,
Tiverton
(Capacity 3,500)

Chairman

Dave Wright

Manager

Martyn Rogers

League

Southern League Premier Division

2007-08

Southern League Premier Division, 17th





Home colours





Away colours

Tiverton Town Football Club (commonly known as Tiverton Town or simply Tiverton) are an English non-league football club from Tiverton, Devon that plays in the Southern Football League. Managed by Martyn Rogers, the club is nicknamed "The Yellows" due to their all-yellow strip, or "Tivvy", simply because it is a short version of their club name. The club plays its home matches at Ladysmead, Bolham Road, Tiverton.

1 Stadium
2 Players
3 Club officials
4 Management and coaching staff
5 Records
- 5.1 Season-by-season record since 1973
6 Trivia
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Stadium

Ladysmead
Location	Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon, England
Broke ground	1946
Opened	1946
Owner	Tiverton Town
Operator	Tiverton Town
Tenants	Tiverton Town (Southern Football League Premier Division) (1946-present)
Capacity	502 (seated) 3,500 (total)^[1]

As Tiverton Athletic, the club played it's home games at the Athletic Ground, now known as Amory Park. The ground boasted a huge wooden pavilion with a seated verandah, which was quite extravagant for a non-league club in the 1910s.

In 1921, Athletic were effectively evicted from their ground and moved to a local rugby pitch, Elm Field (aka "The Elms"), with the reformed rugby club taking their place at their old ground. A satisfactory ground, The Elms housed a wooden 150-seat stand on one side, with grass banks behind the goals being the only other spectator zones.

The Elms was pretty much destroyed during World War II, meaning Tivvy now had to move to a third ground. They found a place they could call home in a small stadium called Ladysmead, where they still currently play their home games. Despite having a lovely new stadium with an extra stand built out of compensation money, The Yellows had no changing rooms and had to change in the nearby Cross Keys pub, a 10-minute walk from the ground.

Since moving into Ladysmead, the seated capacity has been increased to 520 with the installation of more seats in 2002, and the total capacity has been increased to 3500 with covered terraced areas being built at the main road and west ends.

Tiverton's record attendance came in the FA Cup First Round Proper, against Leyton Orient on November 12, 1994^[2].

[edit] Players

[edit] First-team squad

As of March 1, 2008, according to official site.^[3]

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Ray Johnston
		GK	Martin Horsell
		DF	Chris Vinnicombe
		DF	Tom King
		DF	Adam Faux
		DF	Matt Villis
		DF	Nathan Rudge
		MF	Will Gardner
		MF	Glenn Gould
		MF	Mike Booth
		MF	Danny O'Brien
		MF	Matt Bye

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Radley Veale
		MF	Mark Saunders
		MF	Jason Hughes
		FW	Sean Szabo
		FW	Paul Wyatt
		FW	Simon Bochenski
		FW	Tom Knighton
		FW	Bobby Hopkinson

[edit] Players on loan

No.	Position	Player
--	FW	Chris Young (on loan to Bridgewater Town)
--	FW	Phil Walsh (on loan from Bath City)
--	FW	James Fraser (on loan from Bristol Rovers)

[edit] Player honours

At the end of each season, a number of awards are voted for and given to the players.^[4] The Manager's Player of the Year award is given to the player of the season according to the manager, the Players' Player of the Year award - previously sponsored by Stella Artois - is given to the player of the season as voted for by his teammates, the Supporters' Player of the Year award - previously sponsored by Inbev - is given to the player of the season as voted for by the supporters, and the Club Person of the Year award is given to the member of the non-playing staff who is believed to have helped the club the most in the season.

[edit] 2006-07

Manager's Player of the Year: Chris Vinnicombe
Players' Player of the Year: Mike Booth
Travel Club Player of the Year: Mike Booth
Supporters' Player of the Year: Mike Booth
WWW Player of the Year: Mike Booth
Club Person of the Year: Pauline Burton

[edit] 2005-06

Manager's Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
Stella Artois Players' Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
Travel Club Player of the Year: Sam Croft
Inbev Supporters' Player of the Year: Mark Ovendale
WWW Player of the Year: Chris Holloway
Club Person of the Year: Delphine Pengelly

[edit] Club officials

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman	Dave Wright	English
President	Dr. Gavin Haig	English
Vice Chairman	Pete Buxton	English
Director	Ian Moorcroft	English
Director	Dave Graham	English
Director	Dean Croft	English
Director	Mike Bargery	English
Football Secretary	Kimm Smith	English
Programme Editor	Alan Reidy	English
Offical Website Webmaster	Colin Nation	English
Membership Secretary	Alan Disney	English

[edit] Management and coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Martyn Rogers	English
Assistant Manager	Martyn Grimshaw	English
Coach	Chris Vinnicombe	English
Phisio	Mike Perry	English
Doctor	Dr Gavin Haig FRCS	English

[edit] Youth squad

Joint-managers: Ian Nott and André Pike
Secretary: Chris Davey

[edit] Youth development

Development Officers: Colin Nation and Paul Main
Coaches: Phillip White and Andy Laskey
Secretary: Richard Rosslyn

[edit] Groundsmen

Head Groundmen: Gordan Curtis
Assistant Groundmen: Mike Hawkins
Assistant Groundmen: Brian Whiting

[edit] Records

League victory: 14-1 v University College SW, 11 February 1933
League defeat: 0-10 v Dawlish Town, 27 December 1969
Record attendance: 3,000 v Leyton Orient, 12 November 1994

[edit] Season-by-season record since 1973

Season	Division	Position	Notes
Joined Western League
1973-74	Western League Premier Division	14th
1974-75	Western League Premier Division	17th
1975-76	Western League Premier Division	7th
1976-77	Western League Premier Division	13th
1977-78	Western League Premier Division	12th
1978-79	Western League Premier Division	5th
1979-80	Western League Premier Division	15th
1980-81	Western League Premier Division	20th	Relegated to Division One
1981-82	Western League Division One	10th
1982-83	Western League Division One	18th
1983-84	Western League Division One	21st
1984-85	Western League Division One	17th
1985-86	Western League Division One	13th
1986-87	Western League Division One	15th
1987-88	Western League Division One	3rd
1988-89	Western League Division One	2nd	Runners-up, promoted to Premier Division
1989-90	Western League Premier Division	4th
1990-91	Western League Premier Division	4th
1991-92	Western League Premier Division	3rd
1992-93	Western League Premier Division	2nd	Runners-up
1993-94	Western League Premier Division	1st	Champions
1994-95	Western League Premier Division	1st	Champions
1995-96	Western League Premier Division	2nd	Runners-up
1996-97	Western League Premier Division	1st	Champions
1997-98	Western League Premier Division	1st	Champions
1998-99	Western League Premier Division	2nd	Runners-up
Joined Southern League
1999-00	Southern League Division One West	4th
2000-01	Southern League Division One West	2nd	Runners-up, promoted to Premier Division
2001-02	Southern League Premier Division	6th
2002-03	Southern League Premier Division	4th
2003-04	Southern League Premier Division	15th
2004-05	Southern League Premier Division	8th
2005-06	Southern League Premier Division	12th
2006-07	Southern League Premier Division	15th

Source: Tiverton Town at the Football Club History Database

[edit] Trivia

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The Manchester United and England International goalkeeper, Ben Foster, spent a short spell on loan at Tiverton during the 2002/2003 season making 16 appearances.

[edit] References

^ "Tiverton Town ground guide", Pyramid Passion. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
^ "Tiverton Town general history", Tiverton Town FC. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
^ "Tiverton Town FC squad", Tiverton Town FC. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
^ "Tiverton Town FC player honours", Tiverton Town FC. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.

[edit] External links

Southern League Premier Division 2008–09

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