Poole Town

Poole Town Football Club is a football club based in Poole, Dorset, England. They currently compete in the Southern League Premier Division South. The club was established in 1880 and they affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and are a Football Association (FA) Charter Standard Community Club. The team spent two seasons in the National League South before relegation in 2018.

History

Origins

Poole FC were formed when two local teams, Poole Hornets and Poole Rovers, merged in 1890. Both teams had been in existence since 1880. Poole joined the Dorset League in 1896, then the Hampshire League in 1903. The club enjoyed success in the Dorset Senior Cup in their early years, winning it for the fifth time in 1907.

After several seasons without football because of the First World War, the club began playing again in the 1919–20 season under the name Poole & St. Marys. They changed their name back to Poole FC after one season. Poole joined the Western League in 1923.

Poole won the Dorset Senior Cup again in 1926. The club also turned professional that year and joined the Southern Football League, Eastern Division. The 1926–27 season saw the club's best FA Cup run in its history. They reached the third round and played Everton, losing 3–1 at Goodison Park. They won the Dorset Senior Cup again in 1927 and reached the First Round of the FA Cup three seasons in a row. Poole F.C. was unable to complete season 1929–30 in the Southern League due to financial difficulties and left four games unfulfilled. In May 1930 a deficit of £4261 was reported and the club went into voluntary liquidation.

Two weeks later a new club under the name of Poole Town FC was created. Poole rejoined the Western League in 1930 and stayed there (except for the 1934–35 season) until 1957.

Stadium

In 1933, Poole moved into Poole Stadium. They became known as Poole Town in 1934. Poole Town reached the

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