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The club was established in 1880 as Clevedon Football Club. They were
founder members of the Bristol & District League in 1892, but left after finishing
bottom of the league in 1894–95. The club subsequently became members of
Division One of the South Bristol & District League, which was renamed the
Bristol & District Alliance and then the East Bristol & District League before
becoming new Bristol & District League in the late 1890s after the original one
had been renamed the Western League. They returned to the Western League
in 1910 and finished bottom of the league in 1911–12 and 1912–13. When
football resumed after World War I the club were back in the Bristol & District
League.
Clevedon transferred to the Bristol & Suburban League in 1925 and went on to
win the new league at the first attempt. They were champions again in 1927–
28 and 1928–29. In the early 1930s the club transferred to the Somerset
County League, going on to win the league in 1936–37. During World War
II they played in the Weston-super-Mare & District League, winning it in 1939–
40, 1943–44 and 1944–45. After the war the club returned to the Western
League, and were placed in Division One when it gained a second division in
1946. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of Division One in 1948–
49 the club were relegated to Division Two.
Clevedon remained in Division Two until resigning from the league at the end
of the 1957–58 season for financial reasons. They dropped into Division Two
of the Bristol Premier Combination and were promoted to Division One after
finishing as Division Two runners-up in their first season in the league. In 1974
the club absorbed Western League club Ashtonians, taking their place in the
league. When the league expanded again in 1976, they were placed in the
Premier Division, and were renamed Clevedon Town the following year.
The 1991–92 season saw Clevedon finish as runners-up in the Premier
Division. They were league champions the following season, earning
promotion to the Midland Division of the Southern League. The club were
transferred to the Southern Division in 1994 and back to the Midland Division
in 1998. They went on to win the Midland Division in 1998–99 and were
promoted to the Premier Division. However, the club were relegated from the
Premier Division at the end of the 2000–01 season, dropping into the renamed
Division One West.
A fourth-place finish in 2004–05 saw Clevedon qualify for the promotion
playoffs, in which they lost 3–2 to Bromsgrove Rovers in the semi-finals.
However, they were Division One West champions the following season and
were promoted to the Premier Division.In 2006–07 the club reached the first
round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 4–1 at home to Chester City in
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front of a record Hand Stadium crowd of 2,261. After four seasons in the
Premier Division they were relegated to Division One South & West at the end
of the 2009–10 season. Although they won the League Cup in 2011–12, the
club resigned from the Southern League after the 2014–15 season and
dropped into the Premier Division of the Western League.