Yate Town F.C.
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| Full name | Yate Town Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Bluebells |
| Founded | 1906 (as Yate Rovers) 1946 (as Yate YMCA) |
| Ground | Lodge Road |
| Capacity | 2,000 – 236 seated |
| Chairman | Colin Pick |
| Manager | Paul Britton |
| League | Southern League Division One South & West |
| 2016–17 | Southern League Division One South & West, 18/22 |
Yate Town Football Club is a football club based in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. They were established in 1906 as Yate Rovers and changed their name to Yate YMCA in 1946, becoming Yate Town in 1969. The first team play in the Southern Football League Division One South and West, at the eighth tier of the English football league system, and the reserves play in the Gloucestershire County League at the eleventh level. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
They were founder members of the Gloucestershire County League in 1968, moving to the Hellenic League in 1983. After two seasons in Division One, they were promoted to the Premier Division and after two mid-table seasons they won the Hellenic League title in two successive seasons, 1987–88 and 1988–89. The second championship secured them promotion to the Southern League, where they remained until 2000. In that year, they were relegated back to the Hellenic League for three seasons before being promoted back to the Southern League in 2003 where they remain to this day, playing their first season in back in Division One South & West level in 2009–10.
On 23 October 2012, Yate defeated Newport County A.F.C. (then Conference Premier leaders) 3–1 to qualify for the FA Cup for the first time in their history. The historic goals came from Tom Knighton, Scott Thomas and Matt Groves. Yate played Cheltenham Town in the first round of the competition on November 3/4 2012 losing 3–0. Alongside Slough Town, Yate were the lowest ranked team in the competition.
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