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The  earliest  record  found  of  Corsham  Football  Club  is  1878  with  the  club
       becoming affiliated to the Football Association in 1893. Over the years, the team
       has often been referred to as the Quarrymen due to the high level of quarrying in
       and around Corsham.

       In March 1894, the first Wiltshire Football League was formed with the original
       member  clubs  being  Bradford,  Calne,  Chippenham,  Corsham,  Southbroom
       (Devizes),    Melksham,     Trowbridge     Town,     and     Warminster.
       At the end of the 1894/95 season Corsham would be the inaugural champions,
       winning the league on goal average over Southbroom, helped by an emphatic 17
       - 1 win over Calne in their final game.

       Promotion was achieved to the Western League at the end of the 1997/98 season
       after winning the county league by goal difference from Devizes Town Reserves.

       Ground  improvements  continued  under  the  chairmanship  of  Colin  Hudd,
       floodlights were installed in 2001, a 112 spectator stand erected and hard standing
       laid around the pitch perimeter.

       2006/07  season  saw  Corsham  Town  winning  the  Western  League  Premier
       Division, which was hotly contested by many teams, including Bridgwater Town
       and Frome Town. The club also added a third successive Wiltshire Senior Cup
       victory, again over local rivals Melksham Town.
       Due to the Covid pandemic the 2019/20 season was declared null and void by the
       Football Association on 26th March 2020.

       Justin Flowers and his backroom staff parted with the club at the end of the null
       and void 2019/20 season and moved across to Malmesbury Victoria.

       The 2020/21 season saw Keiran Baggs becoming the new manager with Gary
       Higdon as his assistant. Unfortunately, after 10 league games the 2020/21 was
       curtailed by the FA due to the Covid pandemic.

       Despite the last two seasons being affected by Covid, the FA went ahead with
       planned restructuring of the Non-League Pyramid. The results from 2019/20 &
       2021/21 were combined and this meant that Corsham Town finished in a position
       for upward movement.

       The club took this upward movement to Step 5 with a lateral movement in the
       Hellenic League Premier Division.
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