Fleet Town F.C.
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| Full name | Fleet Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Ground | Calthorpe Park, Fleet |
| Capacity | 2,000 (250 seated) |
| Chairman | Steve Cantle |
| Manager | Craig Davis |
| League | Southern League Division One Central |
| 2015–16 | Southern League Division One Central, 17th |
Fleet Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Fleet, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the Southern League Division One Central and play at Calthorpe Park.
The club was established in 1890 under the name Fleet Football Club. With two Saturday teams, they played in both the Aldershot Senior League and the Basingstoke & District League. In 1961 the club joined Division Three of the Hampshire League. Although they won the division in their first season in the league, earning promotion to Division Two, the following season saw them relegated back to Division Three. In 1963 the club adopted its current name, and a third-place finish in 1963–64 saw the club promoted back to Division Two at the first attempt.
In 1965–66 Fleet were Division Two champions, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw the club make its debut in the FA Cup, reaching the second qualifying round, before losing 3–0 to Horsham. They were Division One runners-up in 1972–73, but after finishing bottom of Division One in 1975–76, they were relegated to Division Two. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1977–78, after which they joined the Athenian League. However, due to difficulties meeting the ground grading regulations, the club dropped into the Combined Counties League in 1984. After finishing bottom of the league for two consecutive seasons, they dropped into the Surrey Premier League for the 1986–87 season, which also saw them finish bottom of the table.
Fleet then joined the Premier Division of the Chiltonian League in 1987. After two seasons in the Chiltonian League, they moved up to the Wessex League. The club won the league in 1994–95 and were promoted to the Southern Division of the Southern League. They won the Russell Cotes Cup in 1997–98. After being transferred to the Eastern Division in 1999, they finished bottom of the division in 1999–2000 and were relegated back to the Wessex League. In 2000–01 the club were Wessex League runners-up and were promoted back to the Eastern Division of the Southern League. The following season saw them win the Russell Cotes Cup again. After finishing bottom of the Eastern Division in 2003–04, they were saved from relegation due to restructuring of the non-League pyramid and were transferred to Division One of the Isthmian League. League restructuring in 2006 saw them placed in Division One South.
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