Wellington Association Football Club are a

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club based in

Wellington, Somerset Wellington is a market town in Somerset, England. It is situated south west of Taunton, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills National Landscape, Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. The town had a population o ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Playing Field.

History

Founded in 1896, they have played at Wellington Playing Fields in North Street since 1954. The club is affiliated to the

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. Wellington joined the Western League in 1978, and have remained in Division One of that league ever since, except for a three-season spell in the Premier Division from 1981 to 1984. They escaped Division One again in 2008 after winning the title and gaining promotion to the Premier. The club entered the

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for four seasons in the early 1980s, twice winning a preliminary round tie, but never progressing past the first qualifying round. Their best

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run dates to 1990–91, when they reached the third round (last 64). Although officially named simply Wellington A.F.C., the county in which they play is often appended to their name to differentiate them from Wellington F.C. based in

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. They are also sometimes erroneously listed as ''Wellington Town''. In September 2010 the club launched a ladies team called Wellington Town Ladies who currently play in the Somerset County Women's League Division 1. In April 2017, Wellington won the Western League Division 1 title, securing promotion to the Premier Division for the 2017–18 season.

Ground

Wellington play their home games at The Playing Field, North Street, Wellington, TA21 8NE.

Honours

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Division One **Champions 2007–08, 2016–17 **Runners-up 1980–81 *

Combination Challenge cup: ** Winners (2): 1995–96, 1998–99

Records

**First Qualifying Round 1981–82, 1984–85 *

**Fourth Round 2021/22

References

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