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Radstock Town FC

Formation: Programme notes from As a business: Financial issues saw
a game in 1937 suggest that football the club take a couple of breaks from
was being played in Radstock as early competitive first team football,
as 1835 but there is no solid evidence 1900-01 to 1902-03 and again at the
to back that up. However, there are end of the 1909-10 campaign. The
newspaper match reports from 1883 1914-18 war and the lack of a pitch
so, it can be safely assumed that the meant that Radstock Town didn’t
club was actually formed in the early appear again as senior club until the
1880’s. Radstock Wanderers was the 1920-21 season.
clubs name from 1889 until they In 1930 club supporters joined to-
changed to Radstock Town after gether to create a supporters social
affiliating to the Somerset FA in 1895. club which remains in existence to
Ground: In the early days the club this day.
played on a ground off of the Old On the pitch: The club’s first silver-
Bath Road situated where a Primary ware came when they won the inau-
School stood until recently. It was gural Somerset Senior Cup at the end
officially called Roundhill but was of the 1895/96 season beating Wells
known locally as ‘Hilltop’. In the late City 4-0 in a replay at Midsom- er
1800’s and early 1900’s they also Norton following a 1-1 draw. The club
played at South Hill, which is where a has won the cup twelve times
Bath College campus is now but at subsequently and finished runners up
the time was a manor house and on a further thirteen occasions!
grounds owned by Earl Walder- Success in league competitions has
grave. been harder to come by but they
The lack of a true home became have won the Somerset Senior
critical at the end of the First World League six times and the Wiltshire
War and the club was unable to re- League on four occasions. Despite
form until 1920 when they were able many seasons in the Western League
to move to their current home at the best position achieved was way
Southfield. The first official fixture back in the 1920/21 season when the
played at Southfield was on Sep- reformed side finished runners up.
tember 10th 1920 when Warminster The 1960’s & 70’s were the most
successful in the clubs long history
Town were the visitors in an FA Cup
tie. The game, which Radstock won when they won a remarkable 12
leagues and cups!
1-0, was watched by a crowd of 700, The 2000’s: Early in the new millen-
which apparently ‘greatly pleased the nia the club was promoted back to
club committee!’ the Western League and then

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