Dissolved 1968 Founded 1894 | Ground Broadhall Way | |
Full name Stevenage Town Football Club 1967–68 Southern League Premier Division, 18/22 | ||
Stevenage Town F.C. was an English football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club existed from 1899 until 1968, after which Stevenage Athletic were established.
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History
The club were established in 1894 as Stevenage F.C. before adopting the name Stevenage Town. They joined the Herts County League in 1899 but left after a single season. They rejoined in 1901 and were placed in the Northern Division. They left the league in 1925 when it was disbanded.
In 1951 the club were founder members of the Delphian League. In 1956 they merged with Stevenage Rangers to form Stevenage F.C., before reverting to Stevenage Town four years later. They moved to Broadhall Way in 1961, and in 1963 they joined Division One of the Southern League. After finishing third in 1966–67 they were promoted to the Premier Division. They finished eighteenth in their first season in the Premier Division, their highest-ever league finish, but folded at the end of the season. A new club, Stevenage Athletic, were formed in their place.