Keynsham Town F.C.

Keynsham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club founded in 1895 in Keynsham, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.
They were elected to the Western League in 1973, and currently play in the Western Football League Division One, at level ten of the English football league system. They have previously played in the Western Football League Premier, at level nine, and won the Somerset Senior Cup in 1951–52, 1957–58 and 2003–04.
==History==
Keynsham Town were founded in 1895. They have played continuously apart from a break during World War II and moved to their current ground, the Crown Field, in 1945. They first played in the Bristol & District League and progressed through the Bristol Premier Combination and Somerset Senior League and won the Somerset Senior Cup in 1951–52 and 1957–58.
They were elected to the Western League in 1973 but were relegated three years later in 1976. Since then they have been promoted to the Premier Division three times and relegated three times. They won the Somerset Senior Cup for the third time in 2002–03 and reached the 5th round of the FA Vase in 2003–04. They currently play in the Western Football League Division 1.
==Colours==
Keynsham Town wear amber/black/amber, their change colours are green and white/green/green.
==Stadium==
Keynsham Town play their home games at Crown Fields, Bristol Road, Keynsham, BS31 2BE.
Keynsham Town played at several locations in Bristol prior to World War II: "The Hams" until 1910, "Gaston" until 1925, "Park Road" until 1930 and then "Charlton Road" until the outbreak of war in 1939. After World War II, they took up residence at their current ground, Crown Field. The ground was redeveloped in the 1970s. and is now equipped with floodlights.
The club's record attendance was against current Premier League side Chelsea when 3,000 people attended a floodlit game during the 1988–89 season.
==Season-by-season record since 1973==
Season 	League 	Division 	Position 	Notes
1973–74 	Western League 	  	13/19 	
1974–75 	Western League 	  	8/21 	
1975–76 	Western League 	  	22/23 	Relegated
1976–77 	Western League 	Division 1 	3/18 	
1977–78 	Western League 	Division 1 	1/19 	Promoted
1978–79 	Western League 	Premier 	12/20 	
1979–80 	Western League 	Premier 	11/20 	
1980–81 	Western League 	Premier 	12/20 	
1981–82 	Western League 	Premier 	18/20 	
1982–83 	Western League 	Premier 	19/20 	Relegated
1983–84 	Western League 	Division 1 	5/21 	
1984–85 	Western League 	Division 1 	8/22 	
1985–86 	Western League 	Division 1 	16/22 	
1986–87 	Western League 	Division 1 	13/22 	
1987–88 	Western League 	Division 1 	7/19 	
1988–89 	Western League 	Division 1 	10/20 	
1989–90 	Western League 	Division 1 	8/20 	
1990–91 	Western League 	Division 1 	13/21 	
1991–92 	Western League 	Division 1 	6/22 	
1992–93 	Western League 	Division 1 	7/21 	
1993–94 	Western League 	Division 1 	5/20 	
1994–95 	Western League 	Division 1 	7/21 	
1995–96 	Western League 	Division 1 	3/19 	
1996–97 	Western League 	Division 1 	2/20 	Promoted
1997–98 	Western League 	Premier 	17/20 	
1998–99 	Western League 	Premier 	19/20 	Relegated
1999-00 	Western League 	Division 1 	5/17 	
2000–01 	Western League 	Division 1 	2/19 	Promoted
2001–02 	Western League 	Premier 	13/20 	
2002–03 	Western League 	Premier 	10/18 	
2003–04 	Western League 	Premier 	15/18 	
2004–05 	Western League 	Premier 	11/20 	
2005–06 	Western League 	Premier 	17/20 	
2006–07 	Western League 	Premier 	22/22 	Relegated
2007–08 	Western League 	Division 1 	14/21 	
2008–09 	Western League 	Division 1 	5/20 	
2009–10 	Western League 	Division 1 	8/20 	
2010–11 	Western League 	Division 1 	16/19 	
2011–12 	Western League 	Division 1 	13/19 	
2012–13 	Western League 	Division 1 	13/21 	
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==Honours==
* Western League
**Division 1 Champions 1977–78
**Runners-up 1996–97, 2000–01
*Somerset Senior Cup:
**Winners 1951–52, 1957–58, 2002–03
**Runners-up 1935–36
Somerset Floodlit Youth League Champions 1988/89
==Former Players==
* Lee Zabek
*Dean Birkby Bath City, Yeovil Town
*Chris Sugar Cevedon Town, Bath City
*Mark Selway Clevedon Town, Paulton Rovers
*Allan Impey Bristol Rovers, Minehead
*Steve Summers Minehead
*Duncan Ferguson Chelsea Youth
*Allan Williams {manager} Bristol City
*Chris Selway {manager} Weston S Mare, Bristol City, Swindon Town
*Terry Hazell Bristol City, Taunton Town
*Roger Stone Long serving player and chairman
==External links==
* Keynsham Town F.C. – official club website
* Keynsham Town Ladies F.C. – website of the affiliated ladies' football club
Category:Western Football League
Category:English clubs