Dartmouth A.F.C.

Dartmouth

Full name	Dartmouth Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Darts
Founded	1999
Ground	Long Cross, Dartmouth
Manager	Simon Webb and Daniel Lumley
League	South Devon League Premier Division
2015–16	South Devon League Premier Division, 2nd
Home colours

Dartmouth Association Football Club is a football club based in Dartmouth, Devon, England. They are currently members of the South Devon League Premier Division and play at Long Cross.

History

Established in 1908 as Dartmouth United, the club began competing in the Torbay and District League. They later moved into the Plymouth and District League, winning the title five times, but went back to the South Devon League for the 1968–69 season. They finished in the top two in each of their first three seasons in the South Devon League, winning the competition twice. In 1995, the club finished as runners-up in the South Devon League, winning automatic promotion to the Devon County League. They finished 4th in their first season and, the following season (1995–96), won the Premier League Cup, and finished runners-up in both the League and League Cup.

In mid-1999, Dartmouth United and Dartmouth Y.M.R.C. amalgamated to form Dartmouth A.F.C. The new club won the Devon County League title in 2001–02 and 2002–03, but opted to remain in the Devon League rather than climb the non-league pyramid.

In June 2012 before the 2012–13 season, the club faced some bad news when the FA refused to allow them to enter any national FA competitions due to not meeting the required criteria to compete. Shortly after, the club resigned from the South West Peninsula League altogether and the first team took the place of the reserve side in the South Devon League Division One. They finished in a respectable 4th in their first season in Division One before winning the division in the 2013/14 season to move up into the Premier Division. The club also won the Firewatch Devon Senior Cup in the 2013/14 season.^[1]

Dartmouth's first season back in the Premier Division (2014/15) ended with them finishing in third place and they finished as runners-up the following season (2015/16) The reserve side won the Division Three double that year too.

Ground

Dartmouth play their home games at Longcross, Milton Lane, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9HW.

Former players

One of their most famous former players is Ralph Birkett, who left Dartmouth to play for Torquay United and went on to play for the England national football team.

Season-by-season record since 1995

Honours

• Devon League Champions: 3
  • 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07
• Devon League Runners-up: 1
  • 1996–97
• Throgmorton cup Winners: 1
  • 2006–07
• Throgmorton Cup Runners-up: 2
  • 1996–97, 2003–04
• Devon Premier Cup Winners: 2
  • 1996–97, 2006–07
• Devon Premier Cup Finalists: 1
  • 2000–01
• Devon Senior Cup Winners: 4
  • 1927–28, 1948–49, 1954–55, 2013-14
• Herald Cup Winners: 2
  • 1927–28, 1973–74
• South Devon League Champions: 2
  • 1968–69, 1970–71 (Runners-up 1969–70 and 1994–95)
• Devon League Charity Shield Winners: 1
  • 2002–03
• Plymouth and District League Champions: 5

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