Ledbury Town Football Club is a football club based in

Ledbury Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills. It has a significant number of timber-framed structures, in particular along Church Lane and High Stre ...

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at New Street.

History

Ledbury Town joined the

West Midlands (Regional) League The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has ...

in 1974. Four years later, despite only finishing fifth, they were promoted to the Premier Division ahead of higher placed teams due to the quality of the facilities at their New Street ground. After finishing second from bottom in 1983, they dropped out of the league and played only local football for the next 8 years. In 1991 they joined the

Midland Combination The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder ...

, initially in Division One, but the following season they finished bottom and dropped into Division Two, where they remained until 1999 when they decided to switch leagues and return to the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division One (South). In 2001, despite having one point deducted due to an irregularity, they finished as champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. A high point in the club's history came in November 2003 when they played

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

in a benefit game for a local family who had lost several relatives in a motorway crash. A strong United side ran out 4–2 victors at New Street. The club pulled out of the West Midlands (Regional) League in late 2014 and closed down completely in January 2015. However, they reformed in summer 2015, and now play in the Herefordshire Football League.

Ground

New Street boasts two stands, including a dedicated away seating area, as well as a club house. It backs onto the town's cemetery.

Honours

*West Midlands Regional League **Division One Champions: 2000–01 *Herefordshire League **Premier Division Champions: 2011–12 *Herefordshire County Challenge Cup **Winners: 2006–07, 2009–10 *Herefordshire Charity Bowl **Winners: 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23

Records

*Best

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performance: Extra preliminary round, 2007–08, 2008–09 *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: Fourth Round, 2004–05

References

External links

Official website
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