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Club Profile
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.
Now looking forward to our twenty-third
year, we can
look back on a very mixed bag of
results. The early years were absolutely exhilarating. No one could begin
to imagine
the astounding success that was to be
achieved as the club went forward laying
solid foundations
for the future of the club, which
is still going
strong now.
With the excellent facilities the
clubs 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 seasons
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 where the club still
remains.
For the last seven seasons Pershore Town have settled
into the Midland
Combination
Premier Division and
a period of mid
table transition
ensued.
At the start of the 2006-07 season a new committee
was formed with many of the old
stalwart faces returning to the club
under the chairmanship
of Colin Shepherd. This returned stability to the club and the team again finished mid
table even though at Christmas the
Town were at the bottom of the Division staring
relegation in the
face.
Last season saw Pershore finish in twentieth position in the Premier Division in
Kevin Barrys first full season in charge. Kevin Barry resigned in October this
year and a new management team of Neil Hunt, Gary Aldington and former Reserve
Team manager by Glen Brotherton have been appointed. Mr D Rourke has taken over
as the new chairman of the club and the club start this season with enthusiasm
and confidence following some close season rebuilding and some encouraging
pre-season results.
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