Bovey Tracey Association Football Club is a football club based in

Bovey Tracey Bovey Tracey () is a small town and civil parish in Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor, its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the town's boundary signs, "The Gateway to the Moor". It is often known locally as "Bovey". It ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Marsh Park.

History

The club was established in 1950 as a merger of Bovey St Johns and Bovey Town.History
Bovey Tracey A.F.C. They became members of the

South Devon League The South Devon Football League, known under a sponsorship arrangement as the TCSSDFL, is a football competition based in England. Its top division, the ''Premier Division'', sits at level 12 of the English football league system. This league is ...

and won the league's Herald Cup in 1960–61. After winning the league in 2007–08, the club were promoted to Division One East of the

South West Peninsula League The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. The league is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West ...

. In their first season in the division they were runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division. The club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2014–15 and were relegated to Division One East. Following league reorganisation at the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were elevated to the Premier Division East.

Ground

The club initially played at the Recreation Ground. In 1979 they bought land at Mill Marsh Park to build their current ground.

Honours

*South Devon League **Champions 2007–08 **Herald Cup winners 1960–61

Records

*Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Third round, 2022–23 *Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: Extra preliminary round,

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