Shrewton United Football Club is a football club based in
Shrewton
Shrewton is a village and civil parish on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, around west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. It lies on the A360 road between Stonehenge and Tilshead. It is close to the source of the River Till, which ...
, near
Amesbury
Amesbury () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first sett ...
, in
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershir ...
, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
History
The club was formed in 1946. They entered the
Wiltshire Football League
The Wiltshire Football League is a football league in England, formed by amalgamation in 1976. All clubs are affiliated to a County Football Association. The area covered by the competition is the county of Wiltshire and 15 miles beyond the co ...
and won Division Three in 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1980–81. After finishing runners-up in Division One in 1990–91 and 1992–93, the club won the league in 1996–97. The division was renamed the Premier Division in 1998, and in the following seasons they finished runners-up twice. They won the Wiltshire Football League Premier Division in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
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/ref> After the second title, they were accepted into the Western League Division One but returned to the Wiltshire League at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Ground
Shrewton United play their home games at the Recreation Ground, Mill Lane, Shrewton, SP3 4JY.
Honours
*Wiltshire Football League Premier Division (formerly Division One)
**Champions 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03
**Runners-up 1990–91, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2000–01
*Wiltshire Football League Division Three
**Champions 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
Records
*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 ...
**Extra Preliminary Round 2011–12
*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 ...
**First Round 2006–07, 2011–12
Former players
One of Shrewton's most famous former players, still active in the game, is Cheltenham Town's professional phase coach Alex Penny, who played over 200 games for the club between 1990–93 and 1997–99.
References
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Football clubs in Wiltshire
Association football clubs established in 1946
1946 establishments in England
Football clubs in England
Wiltshire Football League
Western Football League