Corsham Town F.C.
association football club in England
Corsham Town Football Club is a football club based in Corsham, Wiltshire, England. The first team plays in the Hellenic League Premier Division.
History
Corsham Town was founded in 1884 and affiliated to the Football Association in 1893. The club were founder members of the Wiltshire League in 1894 and were its initial champions, taking the title on goal average after winning their final match 17–1 against Calne. They won the Wilts Junior Cup in the 1946–47 season. Four seasons later the club entered the FA Cup for the first time making it to the first qualifying round in its first attempt, they entered the competition for a further three seasons. In the 1960–61 season the club won its second honour winning the Wiltshire League Division two, fourteen years after their first honour.
In 1976 they became founding members of the Wiltshire Football League, when the Wiltshire Combination and Wiltshire Leagues were amalgamated, starting in Division 2. During their first Season in the new county league the club won the Wiltshire Senior Cup and were promoted to the top division in the league.
For many years afterwards the club then spent time being relegated and promoted between the top two divisions, and not achieving anymore silverware, until Gary Lock became manager and began the road to success winning the Addkey Senior Cup in 1995–96 .
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