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The History of Corsham Town F.C.

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