Shepton Mallet F.C.

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Shepton Mallet
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Full name Shepton Mallet Football Club
Founded 1986
Ground The Playing Fields
Shepton Mallet
Ground Capacity 2,500 (120 seated)
Manager Andrew Jones
League Western Football League
Premier Division
2014–15 Western Football League
Premier Division, 9th

Shepton Mallet F.C. are a football club based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. They play in the Western Football League Premier Division.

History

They were established in 1986 after the liquidation of Shepton Mallet Town. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.

The old Shepton Mallet Town had spent 10 years in the Western League, six of which in the Premier Division. What that club went bust, the new Shepton Mallet F.C. took the place of the old club's reserves in the Somerset Senior League Division Two, playing at the old club's West Shepton ground.[1] By 1989, they rose to the Premier Division of the County League and played there until winning the title in the 2000–01 season, when they were accepted into the Western League, and are currently members of Western League Division One.

They currently enter both the FA Cup and FA Vase, but do not have a very good record in either competition — only winning one tie in seven FA Cup seasons, and three ties in eight years in the Vase.[2]

Peter "The Shepton Showman" Applegate, who captained the side on several occasions, will be remembered by most as the clubs greatest ever player.

Ground

Shepton Mallet play their home games at Playing Fields, Old Wells Road, West Shepton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5XN.

Dean GregoryMemorial stand

Honours

References

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