Shrewton United Football Club is a football club based in

Shrewton Shrewton is a village and Civil parishes in England, 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 ...

, 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 settl ...

, in

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

, 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, also known as the Wiltshire League and the Wiltshire Senior League, is a football league in England which was formed by amalgamation in 1976. All clubs are affiliated to a County Football Association. The area cov ...

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.Shrewton United – Documents
/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

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**Extra Preliminary Round 2011–12 *

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**First Round 2006–07, 2011–12

Former players

One of Shrewton's most famous former players, still active in the game, is

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

'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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