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Courtesy of Pershore Town:
Pershore Town 88 FC was formed in 1988 when Pershore United and Pershore Rec. Rovers
joined together with a junior section called Pershore Bullets to provide a better standard of
football and to generally improve the facilities at the current ground, King George V Playing
Fields. The first project undertaken was to demolish the old changing facilities and replace it
with our new clubhouse. The project was financed by various means and built by the hard
work of many of the clubs initial members.
With the excellent facilities the club’s first team was originally accepted into Division Two of the
Midland Football Combination in season 1989-90, the Town lost the opening three fixtures
then proceeded to take the division by storm. With then manager John Judge, the first season
saw Pershore crowned 2nd division champions by an eleven point margin. The Town finished
third in Division One the next season and were promoted to the Premier League by the
League Management Committee. This was the stepping-stone for greater things in the short
history of Pershore Town. There were also many cup successes along the way; Pershore
Town 88 was certainly making a name for itself.
Season 1991-92 saw a change of management when Colin Shepherd was appointed and the
next two seasons saw Pershore consolidate its position as one of the better teams in the
Midland Combination Premier League. The club's reputation was growing; not only on the
playing side, but also by now the club was able to boast more than 600 members. A new
function room the 'Abbey Suite' that is able to cater for 120 people was built. The club also
maintained its policy on ground improvements with a 140 all seater stand being built.
The 1993-94 season is by far the most successful to date. Pershore entered the FA Cup for
the first time winning through to the Fourth Qualifying Round with victories over Racing Club
Warwick, Northampton Spencer and Pelsall Villa before defeating Atherstone United at home
in front of the BBC cameras and a then record crowd of 730. The run was ended just one
round away from the first round proper, against Yeading and was watched by an incredible
record crowd attendance of 1356 people.
The club was even previewed on both the BBC's "Road to Wembley" and Central news. The
season was rounded off by the club being crowned Midland Combination Premier League
Champions on the very last day of the season. During these formative years, the club also
won the Robert Biggart Memorial Cup an incredible three times, the Worcestershire Junior
Cup and the Jack Mould Cup as well as being runners-up in the Worcestershire Senior Urn.
Having won the Premier Division Title, Pershore Town 88 became founder members of the
newly formed Midland Football Alliance League in season 1994-95. The top 10 teams from
both the Midland Combination Premier and the West Midland Premier leagues created this
league. Although the club has finished in the bottom half in both years, periods of success
were enjoyed and at one point in the 1995-96 season the Town were third in the division. Prior
to the 1998-99 season Pershore Town 88 amalgamated with Midland Combination
Champions, Worcester Athletico, with the hope of bolstering the Towns’ struggle to survive in
the Midland Alliance. However having spent six seasons in the division, and after several
managerial changes relegation came at the end of season 1999-2000 finishing bottom of the
league, resulting in Pershore Town dropping back into the Midland Football Combination
Premier Division (now known as the MFL League Division 1) where the club still remains.
Since that time the club has generally been bottom half of the league.
In 2013/14 Pershore won the Worcester Infirmary Cup against Malvern Town 2-1 and finished
15th in the League. After a poor start to the 2014/15 season and a managerial change, the
club played a better style of football and results slowly improved. Scoring
goals remained a problem however December onwards saw further improvement. By March
the team had won 8 consecutive games, won the MFL March team of the month & eventually
finished in it's highest league position for several years, 11th with 51 points. Following a
disappointing start to the 2015/16 season, the management resigned with Glen Brotherton
now appointed as manager.
The club is stable off the pitch, financially secure and FA Charter Standard providing facilities
for nearly 200 boys and girls in 13 Junior teams.
The club is also entering a Sunday team into the Worcester & District League, which is a
continuation of last season's Under 18's Junior team. |
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Venue
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Matches
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Goals
|
+ / -
|
|
Home |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
12 - 3 |
+9 |
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Away |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
17 - 4 |
+13 |
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Neutral |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 - 0 |
+0 |
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Total
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13
|
9
|
3
|
1
|
29 - 7
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+22
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Date
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Comp.
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Venue
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Score
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Stadium
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Crowd
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19.09.2017
|
Polymac Packaging League Cup / 1st Round |
Away
|
3 - 2 |
2020 Solar PV King George V Stadium
|
150
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17.04.2017
|
Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Away
|
3 - 0 |
2020 Solar PV King George V Stadium
|
356
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02.01.2017
|
Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Home
|
5 - 0 |
Victoria Ground
|
581
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28.03.2016
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Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Away
|
1 - 0 |
King George V Playing Field
|
387
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10.10.2015
|
Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Home
|
3 - 0 |
Victoria Ground
|
553
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06.04.2015
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Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Away
|
3 - 0 |
King George V Playing Field
|
212
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17.01.2015
|
Midland Football League / Division 1 |
Home
|
0 - 0 |
Victoria Ground
|
397
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08.03.2014
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Midland Combination / Premier Division |
Away
|
4 - 0 |
King George V Playing Field
|
154
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12.10.2013
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Midland Combination / Premier Division |
Home
|
3 - 0 |
Victoria Ground
|
257
|
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09.04.2013
|
Worcestershire Senior Urn / Semi Final |
Home
|
1 - 1 |
Victoria Ground
|
200
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30.03.2013
|
Midland Combination / Premier Division |
Home
|
0 - 2 |
Victoria Ground
|
242
|
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26.12.2012
|
Midland Combination / Premier Division |
Away
|
2 - 2 |
King George V Playing Field
|
100
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26.07.2011
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Friendly |
Away
|
1 - 0 |
King George V Playing Field
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