Saltash United F.C.
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| Full name | Saltash United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Ashes |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Kimberley Stadium, Saltash |
| Manager | Matt Cusack |
| League | South West Peninsula League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | South West Peninsula League Premier Division, 6th |
| Website | www |
Saltash United Football Club is a Cornish semi-professional football club based in Saltash, Cornwall that plays in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division.
Since its formation in 1946, the club has won three Western Football League Premier Division titles, one Western Football League Division One title and two South Western League titles.
The club crest adopts the heraldic seal used by the town of Saltash for many centuries. The shield is placed between two ostrich feathers and ensigned by a crown, which are taken from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall.
The Charter of Incorporation refers to the town of Saltash as 'Essa', Latin for 'Ash' – to which the club takes its nickname.
Football in Saltash was first played as long ago as 1893. Teams played under several names – Essa, Saltash Stars and Saltash Town among them. The Saltash team disbanded with the onset of the Second World War but a new club, Saltash United, was formed for the 1946–47 season, playing in the Cornwall Senior League Eastern Section.
In the 1950–51 season the Ashes won the "Triple Crown" taking all three Cornish senior trophies: the Cornwall Senior Cup, the Durning Lawrence Charity Cup and the Herald Cup.
Two seasons later, they won the title in the 1953–54 campaign. The club stayed in the South Western league until the end of the 1976 season except for a four season period when they left the league at the end of the 1958–59 campaign and rejoined again for the 1962–63 season. In their last season in the South Western League, 1975–76, they won the league for a second time.
On gaining promotion from the South Western League to the Western League in 1976, Saltash won the First Division Championship in their first season. The Ashes went on to become one of the great forces in the Western League Premier Division during the 80's in which barely a season went by without the team securing at least one piece of silverware.
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