Ottery St Mary A.F.C.
| Full name | Ottery St. Mary Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Otters | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Ground | Washbrook Meadows | ||
| Chairman | Steve Broadbent | ||
| Manager | Mike Dawe | ||
| League | Devon and Exeter League Division Six | ||
| 2013–14 | Devon and Exeter League Division Three, 12th | ||
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Ottery St. Mary A.F.C., nicknamed "The Otters", is a football club based in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England.[1] The club is affiliated to the Devon County Football Association.[2] They play in the Devon and Exeter League Division Six.
History
The club was established in 1911.[3] After the Second World War, the club played in the Exeter and Devon League, which in 1972 was renamed the Devon and Exeter league.[4] They joined the South Western Football League in 1974, after winning the Devon and Exeter League the season before.[5][6] After only two seasons, Ottery moved on to the Western League's newly created Division One.[7] The club's fifth season in Division One marked their debut in the FA Cup, when they lost to Newquay 8–0 in the preliminary qualifying round.[6] The 1989–90 season saw the club earn a further upward move – finishing in top position in the First Division and earning a place in the Premier Division.[8] Two seasons of struggle in the Premier Division ensued, and after relegation another two seasons of struggle in Division One.[8]
At the end of the 1993–94 season the club finished bottom of Division One and joined the Devon County League.[6] The club remained in the Devon County League, with a best placing achieved in the 2005–06 season of 4th, until 2007 when it joined the newly formed South West Peninsula League Division One East.[9][10] During 2011–12 the club resigned from the South West Peninsula League and left the league at the end of the season finishing bottom of the league with just 5 points.[11] The club joined the Devon and Exeter League in Division Three, under new manager Graham Varley.[12]
Ground
Ottery St Mary play their home games at Washbrook Meadows, Butts Road, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1EL.
Honours
League honours
- Western Football League Division One:[6]
- Winners (1): 1989–90
- Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Division:[4][5]
- Winners (1): 1973–74
- Runners up (1): 1962–63
- Devon and Exeter Football League Senior Division:
- Winners (2): 1953–54, 1961–62
Cup honours
- Devon St Lukes Cup:
- Runners Up (1): 1987–88
- Devon Senior Cup:
- Winners (1): 1987–88
- Throgmorton Cup:[13]
- Winners (1): 1998–99
- Runners Up (1): 2005–06
- Axminster Hospital Cup:
- Winners (6): 1951–52, 1955–56, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70
Records
- Highest League Position:[6] 18th in Western League premier Division 1990–91
- FA Cup best performance:[6] Second Qualifying Round 1987–88
- FA Vase best performance:[6] Third round 1980–81
Former players
- Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
- Players with full international caps.
Former coaches
- Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
- Managers/Coaches with full international caps.
References
- ↑ Steven (2011-02-23). "The Travelling Fan: Exmouth Town vs Ottery St Mary (19/02/11)". Thetravellingfan.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ↑ "Ottery St Mary FC | Monty Perry | This is Exeter | Ottery football". This is Exeter. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ↑ Steven (2011-08-10). "The Travelling Fan: Ottery St Mary vs Exeter City XI (26/07/11)". Thetravellingfan.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- 1 2 "Exeter & District League 1946–1972". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- 1 2 "Devon and Exeter Football League – History". Defleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 OTTERY ST MARY at the Football Club History Database
- ↑ "Western League 1965–1985". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- 1 2 "Western League 1985–2000". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ "Devon County League 1992–2007". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ "South West Peninsula League 2007–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ "Escalating costs see Ottery FC pull out of Peninsula football – Football". Sidmouth Herald. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ "Otters' new managers – Non-league – Green Un". Greenun24.co.uk. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ "Article: Plymstock survive the pressure to claim Throgmorton Cup. | AccessMyLibrary – Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
External links
Coordinates: 50°45′25.73″N 3°16′24.79″W / 50.7571472°N 3.2735528°W