Lymington Town

Lymington Town Football Club is a football club based in the coastal town of Lymington, Hampshire, England. Known as "The Linnets", they are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at the Sports Ground.

History

The club was established in 1876 as Lymington Football Club. They entered the Hampshire League in 1903, joining the West Division, but left at the end of the 1903–04 season. The club rejoined the West Division in 1910, but left after finishing bottom of the division in their first season, losing all but one of their games. They returned to the West Section of the league in 1920, before being moved into the Division Section for the 1921–22 season. In 1922–23 the club played in both the East and West sections, winning the East Section title. They were members of both sections again the following season, before playing in only the West Section in 1924–25.

Lymington were West Section runners-up in 1925–26 and went on to win the division the following season, earning promotion to the County Section. They were placed in the South Division for the 1928–29 season amidst league reorganisation, before becoming members of Division One the next season. In 1953–54 the club finished bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two, and were subsequently relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1956–57 season, having finished bottom of Division Two. However, they were Division Three runners-up the following season and were promoted back to Division Two.

The 1961–62 season saw Lymington finish bottom of Division Two, resulting in another relegation to Division Three. They won the Division Three title in 1967–68, earning promotion back to Division Two. However, the club finished second-from-bottom of Division Two in 1970–71 and were relegated to Division Three again. In 1977–78 they finished bottom of Division Three, but were not relegated to Division Four; this was repeated in the 1979–80 season. The club were Division Three runners-up in 1982–83 and we