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Corsham Town FC - A History

The earliest record found of Corsham Football Club is 1878 with the club becoming
affiliated to the Football Associa on in 1893. Over the years, the team has o en 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 empha c 17 - 1 win over
Calne in their final game.

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

Ground improvements con nued 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 Associa on on 26th March 2020.

Jus n 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, a er 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 posi on for upward
movement.

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