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started life in the South Devon league in 2003-04 season, and they had managed to win promo on
every season, although they couldn’t achieve it last season (2011-12), and again the have also won
many league tles, and cups over this period. Our 2nd Team won the South Devon League Premier
Division for the first me, and the 3rd Team won promo on to SDL Division One as well as winning
the Fred Hewings for a third me. It was another great season for both our 21nd and 3rd Team’s, the
2nds were crowned champions of the South Devon League Premier Division in the 2014-15 season
and the 3rd Team won the Division One tle as well as retaining the Fred Hewings Cup. The 2nd Team
in 2015-16 managed again by Neil Snell retained the South Devon League Premier Division tle, and
were beaten finalists in the Herald Cup. Our 3rd Team finished the season in the South Devon League
Division One as runners-up, in what was manager Nigel Holmes last season in charge. The 2 Team
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won third consecu ve SDL Premier tle, while the 3 Team won the Fred Hewings Cup for a sixth
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me, in the 2016-17 season. There was no silverware for our 2nds and 3rds in the 2017-18, but both
had young squads with quality players who will only get be er, looking like a bright future for the
club. The 2nd and 3rds were very successful in the 2018-19 season, the 2nds won the SDL Premier
tle and the Herald Cup, while the 3rds won the SDL Division One league cup (Dartmouth Cup) and
the Fred Hewings Cup for the seventh me.
Another new era……..
2015-16 - The club fielded its first Ladies team managed by Grant Fisher, in the Devon Women's
League Division One, and they didn’t drop a point when winning the league tle, and they then
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added the League Cup, in what was a fantas c season for them. The Ladies 1 Team in the 2016-17
season won the treble, the South West Women’s League Western Division tle, the Soccerworld
League Cup and the Devon FA Senior Ladies Cup, whilst the new Ladies 2 Team were beaten finalists
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in the Devon FA Supplementary Cup. Our Ladies 1 Team again were South West Women’s League
Premier Division champions in the 2017-18 season, without a dropping a point, and this now means
they will be playing in the FA Womens Na onal League Division One South West Division. Our Ladies
2 Team also won their first ever silverware, when they won the Devon FA Supplementary Cup. In
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the 2018-19 season the 1st Team played in the Na onal League Division One South West and they
finished up in 3rd place for that first me. The 2nd Team won the Devon Women's League Premier
Division and won the League cup and were beaten finalists in the Supplementary Cup.
Off the field of play…
Our new ground at Homers Heath won the SWPL Premier Division best ground award in both
2007-08 and 2008-09, and then finished runners-up in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. The clubs match-
day programme ‘The Bucks Review’ has also enjoyed success, winning the best programme award in
the Devon League on four occasions, and in the SWPL Premier Division, they won that accolade in
each of the five seasons we were in that league, and it also finished in sixth place in the final season
(2004-05) of the renowned Wirral Programme Club awards, which had over 1100 entries that
season. We have also with the help of Viridor Credits invested in a fantas c drainage system at
Homers Heath over the Summer of 2015.
Finally…
The club con nues to thrive both on and off the field of the play and this is due to the hard working
ethics of all the volunteers within the club.