Nickname(s) The Rovers Manager Mark Pritchett | Chairman Graham Moody Founded 1929 | |
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Full name Tuffley Rovers Football Club Ground Glevum Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
England Ground Capacity 1,000 (200 seats, 100 covered standing) League Hellenic Football League Division One West | ||
Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a football club based in Tuffley in Gloucester, England. The club is playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division, the 9th level of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. The club operates four adult sides. The Reserve team won the Stroud and District Division One title in 2011/12, securing promotion to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League structure. In addition to the adult sides, there are two youth teams in the club structure, an Under 18 side, currently in the Gloucestershire County Youth League, and an Under 16 side in the Gloucester Youth League.
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History
In the 1988–89 season, they joined the Gloucestershire County League and were champions in 1991. In 1993, they were Hellenic League Division One champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. Under the management of Doug Foxwell they regularly finished in the top half of the Hellenic League, and were considered widely to be the second team in Gloucester, behind Gloucester City. However, during the 2005–06 season, they resigned from the Premier Division and their record was expunged. Their first team took the spot of their reserve team in the second level of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League (level 13) and gained back-to-back promotions to return to the Gloucestershire County League. Rovers finished the 2007–08 season in a respectable 4th place in the Gloucestershire County League, but struggled for consistency in 2008–09 under manager Shayne Bradley with the highlight of the season probably being the 10–0 victory over DRG Stapleton. Doug Foxwell returned to manage the side for the 2011/12 season, with the team finishing a creditable third.
Current playing squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Honours
Records
Tuffley Rovers have not had much success in the national FA competitions. Their best result in the FA Cup was a 2nd qualifying round defeat in 1999–2000 to Lymington & New Milton, while they reached the 2nd round in the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season.
The merge with Windsor Drive YFC
In 2013, Tuffley Rovers and Windsor Drive Youth Football Club combined forces as one 'super club' to offer the chance of the U16's and below youth teams to one day play for Tuffley in the Hellenic League.
