Lowestoft Town F.C.
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| Full name | Lowestoft Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Trawler Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Crown Meadow, Lowestoft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 4000 (estimated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Gary Bennett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mick Chapman Ady Gallagher |
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| League | Eastern Counties Premier Division |
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| 2005-06 | Eastern Counties Premier 1st |
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Lowestoft Town F.C. are a semi-professional football team based in Lowestoft, England, currently playing in the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division, at the 5th step within the non-league pyramid.
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[edit] Club History
The club was established in its current form in 1887, not adopting their current full name for a further three years, and play at Crown Meadow, which has an estimated reported capacity ranging from 3000 - 4000 and includes cover for 966 and seating for 466.[1]
The club went on to become founding members of the Eastern Counties Football League in 1935, and, with Great Yarmouth, have unbroken membership since the formation.[2] The club currently play in the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division, which, as of 2006, they have won eleven times, despite finishing first in the '05-'06 season, instead the two teams directly below them in the league, Bury Town and A.F.C. Sudbury, were promoted.
They currently also have a reserve side playing in the Anglian Combination Premier Division.
[edit] Honours
- Eastern Counties Premier:
- Winners (11) : 1935/36 (Joint), 1937/38, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1977/78, 2005/06
- Runners Up (4) : 1963/64, 1968/69, 1971/72, 1975/76
- Eastern Counties League Cup:
- Winners (9) : 1938/39, 1954/55, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1968/69, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1983/84, 2000/01
- Runners Up (4) : 1936/37, 1953/54, 1971/72, 1979/80
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