Bletchley Town F.C.
| Full name | Bletchley Town Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Gladiators, The Moles |
| Founded | 1914 2005 (refounded) |
| Dissolved | 1974 (became Milton Keynes City F.C.) 2013 |
| Ground | Manor Fields, Fenny Stratford |
| Chairman | John Snead |
| League |
Spartan South Midlands League Division Two |
| 2011–12 |
Spartan South Midlands League Division Two, 8th |
Bletchley Town F.C. was a football club based in Bletchley, a constituent town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The business was dissolved on 29 January 2013 For the 2012–13 season, the first team was a member of the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two.
The first Association Football club to represent Bletchley was formed in 1914 as Bletchley Sports, and after the first world war the club became Bletchley Sports Club. The club joined the Bedfordshire and District County League in the 1927–28 season, which became the South Midlands League two seasons later. At the start of the 1930–31 season the club again changed its name, this time to Bletchley Town Sports. The club stayed in the South Midlands league until the end of the 1933–1934 season, when they finished bottom of division one and left the league.
After the Second World War, "Bletchley L M S" took over the Bletchley colours, operating from 1947 to 1960 but gaining competition from 1952 from "Bletchley B B O B" (later called "Bletchley United") which played until 1976.
Meanwhile, Bletchley Town resumed competing in the South Midlands League in 1948 before transferring to the Spartan League Division One for the 1952/3 season. They gained promotion to the Premier Division as champions in only their first season. From 1954/5 (the last season of their first period in the Spartan League) they played under the name of "Bletchley & Wipac Sports Club" and two seasons later, for the 1956–57 campaign, changed their name to "Bletchley & WIPAC" by which time they had joined the Hellenic League. The club became Bletchley Town F.C. again a season later, and stayed in the Hellenic league until the end of the 1958–59 season after which they played for a season back in the Spartan League before becoming members of the United Counties League. They moved leagues again when they joined the Metropolitan League in the 1968–69 season, but three years later they switched leagues again by joining the Southern Football League, spending the next few seasons switching between Division one North and south.
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