Nickname(s) The Potters Chairman Martin Gilham Founded 1920 | Ground Potterne ParkVerwood Manager Adie Arnold | |
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League Wessex Football League Premier Division | ||
Verwood Town Football Club are a football club based in Verwood, Dorset, England. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They play in the Wessex League Premier Division. Long term manager Adie Arnold resigned from his post in March 2014, ending an 8 1⁄2-year association with the club. The new manager was Alan Lay formerly manager of Swanage Town and Herston FC. He recently stepped down from his duties for only it to re-open the door to Adie Arnold to come back and manage the club once again.
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History
The club was founded in 1920. They had entered the Hampshire League before 1989, and were runners-up in Division One in 2002–03. They were among the founding members of Wessex League Division Three in 2004. They were placed in Division one upon reorganisation and won the league in 2011–12 gaining promotion to the Wessex League Premier Division.
RECENT HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 1983/84 Winners Pickford Senior Trophy 1984/85 Winners Banks Cup 1985/86 Winners Pickford Senior Trophy 1986/87 Winners Dorset Senior Trophy 1987/88 Runners up Bournemouth Division 1 1988/89 Third Bournemouth Division 1
Promotion to Hants League Division1989/90 Third Hants Division 2
Runners up Dorset Senior Trophy1991/92 Fourth Hants Division 2
Winners Bournemouth Senior Cup1992/93 Third Hants Division 2
Promoted to Hants Division 1 Winners Dorset Senior Trophy1993/94 Runners up Sunday Team
Promoted to Division 31994/95 Winners Bournemouth Senior Cup 1996/97 Winners Dorset Senior Trophy 1999/00 Semi Final Dorset Senior Cup 2002/03 Runners up Hants Division 1
Semi Final Bournemouth Senior Cup2005/06 Semi Final Dorset Senior Cup
Third Wessex League Div. 2 Promoted to Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 12007/08 Fourth Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 1 2011/12 Champions Sydenhams League(Wessex) Div. 1
Promoted to Sydenhams League(Wessex) Premier DivisionGround
Verwood Town play their home games at Potterne Park, Potterne Way, Verwood, BH21 6RS.
The club have covered seating and a covered terrace plus a refreshment bar.