Gloucester City A.F.C.

**Gloucester City Association Football Club** ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta turawa da ke Hempsted, Gloucester.

## Tarihi
An kafa kulob din a cikin shekarar 1883 a matsayin **Gloucester**, sun zama **Gloucester City** a 1902, amma an san su a takaice **Gloucester YMCA** daga 1910 zuwa 1925, kafin su koma sunan su na baya. Kulob din yana wasa a National League North . Kafin hakan, ta aje tarihi na tsawon  shekaru 70 a cikin Kwallon Kudancin daga 1939 zuwa 2009. Kulob din ya samu ci gaba bayan nasarar wasan karshe da Farnborough .

A watan Yulin 2007, ambaliyar ruwa ta Ingila ta 2007 ta shafi kulob din, wanda ya shafi Gloucestershire sosai kuma ya bar filin wasan Meadow Park a karkashin  ruwa. Ambaliyar ruwan na nufin kulob din ya yi hijira daga Gloucester na tsawon shekaru 13. Tigers sun yi wasannin gida a filin wasa na New Lawn a Nailsworth, Cirencester Town's Corinium Stadium, Cheltenham Town 's Whaddon Road da Evesham United 's Jubilee Stadium kafin komawa gida zuwa sabon filin wasa a Meadow Park a 2020. Kungiyar tana da alaƙa da Gloucestershire County FA .

## Tarihi

### Samuwar da farkon shekarun
An kafa kulob ne a ranar 5 ga Maris 1883 a matsayin Gloucester, [1] amma wasan da aka yi rikodin na farko ya zo a lokacin 1883 – 84 lokacin da wata ƙungiyar da ke wakiltar Cheltenham ta buga wasa da sabon ɓangaren Gloucester.[2] Koyaya, waccan ƙungiyar ta farko ta Gloucester ta ninka a cikin 1886. Ƙungiyar ta sake buɗewa a cikin Satumba 1889. Wasan gasa na farko na Gloucester a cikin Oktoba 1889 shine Gloucestershire FA Junior Challenge Cup na farko da doke Clifton Association Reserves 10 – 0 a Budding's Field.

A shekara ta 1925 wannan sabon kulob din ya sake daukar sunan Gloucester City kuma ya zama memba na kungiyar Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. A cikin 1934 – 35, bayan lashe Kofin Kofin da League, City ta zama ƙwararrun ƙwararru, kuma ta shiga Haɗin Birmingham, tare da ƙaura zuwa sabon filin wasa a Longlevens inda kulob din ya zauna na shekaru 26 masu zuwa.Kulob din ya zama dan kumgiya na Bristol da League wanda daga baya ya zama League ungiyar Yammacin Turai. A wannan zamanin an san kulob din a matsayin 'The Gloucestrians' da 'Jama'a' a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na gida. An canza wa kulob din suna 'Gloucester City' a cikin 1902 kuma daga baya ya haɗu da St. Michael a farkon kamfen na 1906 - 07. Wannan kulob din ya nade a watan Satumba 1910. Wata ƙungiya ta daban, Gloucester YMCA, an kafa ta a lokaci guda kuma yawancin 'yan wasan da ke tare da City sun shiga Gloucester YMCA.

A shekara ta 1925 wannan sabon kulob din ya sake daukar sunan Gloucester City kuma ya zama memba na kungiyar Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. A cikin 1934 – 35, bayan lashe Kofin Kofin da League, City ta zama ƙwararrun ƙwararru, kuma ta shiga Haɗin Birmingham, tare da ƙaura zuwa sabon filin wasa a Longlevens inda kulob din ya zauna na shekaru 26 masu zuwa.

Sun ci Kofin Tillotson saboda kasancewarsu mafi kyawun kulob a cikin Haɗin gwiwar Birmingham, sannan kuma sun sa tsohon dan wasan Chelsea da Wolverhampton Wanderers Reg Weaver ya buge duk tarihinsa tare da zura kwallaye 67 a cikin 1937-38 kakar.

### Nasarar shigar da gasar Kudancin League
A shekara ta 1939 kulob din ya taka leda a gasar kwallon kafa ta Kudancin kasar a karon farko, duk da cewa a cikin takaitaccen gasar yaki, yayin da suka shiga bangaren yamma.

Bayan yakin City ta koma kungiyar ta Kudu kuma ta ci gaba da zama mambobin kungiyar mafi dadewa a gasar. Tsawon yanayi guda uku a jere, 1948–51, kulob din ya kai zagayen farko na gasar cin kofin FA, duk lokacin da aka yi rashin nasara a hannun abokan hamayyar Kwallon kafa : Mansfield Town (1 – 4 away), Norwich City (2 – 3 gida) da Bristol City (0) - 4 zuwa). An kafa tarihin yawan halartar kulob din a Longlevens a shekarar 1952 lokacin da Stan Myers da Peter Price suka ci Tottenham Hotspur da ci 2–1 a gaban 'yan kallo 10,500, bangaren da ya hada da fitattun jarumai a wannan rana irin su Alf Ramsey wanda ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a nan gaba., Ted Ditchburn, Charlie Withers da Les Medley .

Ya ɗauki har zuwa lokacin 1955 – 56 don Gloucester don ɗanɗano nasarar su ta farko a cikin Kudanci League . Shahararriyar gasar cin kofin League ta Kudancin kasar da ta doke Yeovil Town a wasan da City ta yi rashin nasara a wasan farko da ci 4-1, sai da ta doke Yeovil da ci 5-1 a wasa na biyu, ta samu babbar karramawar kulob din.

### Horton Road zamanin
A cikin 1964 kulob din ya sake komawa filin wasa, daga Longlevens zuwa babban filin wasa na Horton Road, kusa da tsakiyar Gloucester, wanda zai iya ɗaukar mutane sama da 30,000 idan ya cika. Kodayake an haɓaka Gloucester City zuwa gasar Premier League ta Kudancin a cikin kakar 1968 – 69, gabaɗaya bakarariya ce.

A cikin kakar 1981–82 an gama matsayi na shida ya isa a sami gurbi a rukunin Premier da aka gyara. Har ila yau, sun kasance masu nasara a gasar cin kofin League, suna zuwa 1-2 zuwa Wealdstone, wanda ya hada da kyaftin din Ingila Stuart Pearce a gaba.

Duk da Kim Casey ya zira kwallaye 40, kungiyar ta koma rukunin Midland a 1984–85, bayan shekaru uku a gasar Premier.

### Meadow Park da shahararren gasar cin kofin FA