Nickname(s) The Vale Founded 1945 | Chairman Lewis Taylor | |
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Full name Pewsey Vale Football Club Ground The Recreation Ground,
Pewsey League Wessex League Division One 2015–16 Wessex League Division One, 17th | ||
Pewsey Vale F.C. are a football club based in the village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. They play in the Wessex League Division One.
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History
The club was formed in 1945 as Pewsey Y M but changed its name to Pewsey Vale FC in 1948. There is also evidence that there was a six a side group that played under the name of Pewsey Boys as early as 1921.
Promoted to the Great Mills League as champions of the Adkey Wiltshire Cup competition, Pewsey were one of the first clubs to benefit from the pyramid system by joining the Screwfix League system and then Hellenic League Division One West in 2001. The Club immediately won promotion to the Premier League after finishing runners up to Hook Norton, before being relegated back to Division One West. After 3 seasons in the Premier Division the club were relegated back to Division one and after a further years of struggle, at the end of the 2008/9 season the Club took the step to drop down to the Wessex league in order to rebuild under the stewardship of Adi Holcombe and Lewis Taylor.
The 2009/10 season resulted in the winning of the Wiltshire Premier League Cup. The next season Pewsey Vale successfully applied to join the Wessex League structure and in the 2010-11 season started playing in the Wessex League Division One.
As Pewsey Y M, the club were able to enter the FA Cup for a few seasons just after World War II, but never progressed past the First Qualifying Round. In recent years, the team has been eligible for the FA Vase, with their best performances being the three seasons in which they have reached the first round proper.
Ground
The Club play their home games at the Recreation Ground, Kings Corner, Ball Road, Pewsey, SN9 5BS.
In 1950, the club took up the offer of a lease on part of the village's Recreation Ground but it wasn't until the early 1980s that a permanent clubhouse was built, unaided by grants and so mainly through the generosity of several local businesses.
The ground was substantially improved with the help of FA grants in the close season of 2002 to meet Hellenic Premier League standards. This included floodlighting, undercover seating for 50 people and hardstanding all round the perimeter of the playing area.