Clevedon Town F.C.
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| Full name | Clevedon Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Seasiders |
| Founded | 1880 (as Clevedon) |
| Ground | Hand Stadium, Kenn |
| Capacity | 3,900 (1,900 seated) |
| Chairman | Mark Lewis |
| Manager | Michael Bell |
| League | Western League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Western League Premier Division, 19th |
Clevedon Town Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the village of Kenn outside of Clevedon, Somerset. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County Football Association and is an FA chartered Standard club They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Hand Stadium.
Clevedon FC was formed in 1880, making the club one of the oldest clubs in the West Country. They were founder members of the Western League in 1892 although their stay only lasted three seasons. After dropping back into local football they re-joined the Western League in the 1910–11 season. They initially played at Dial Hill, still the home of the local cricket club, but they moved to a new site at Old Street (later renamed Teignmouth Road) in 1895, where they were to remain until 1992.
After the First World War, Clevedon played in the Bristol & District League and the Bristol & Suburban League before a switch to the Somerset Senior League in the early 1930s, where they remained until World War Two. After the War the club again returned to the Western League and also made their debut in the FA Cup for the 1945–46 season. However the club became better known for their runs in the FA Amateur Cup, reaching the rounds proper no less than 8 times in 13 years. This cup success, however, was not matched in the league and Clevedon spent several years in Division 2 before resigning, for financial reasons, at the end of the 1957–58 season.
For the next fifteen years the club once again played in the Bristol & District League, before finally rejoining the Western League in 1973–74 after a merger with another local club, Ashtonians United, who were already members of that League. The club's name was later changed to Clevedon Town to reflect their new status. Clevedon joined the professional ranks in 1974 when Ray Mabbutt, father of future Spurs star Gary Mabbutt became their first paid player.
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