Witheridge Football Club is a football club based in the Devon village of Witheridge. They are currently members of the and play at Edge Down Park.
History Witheridge have come a long way since the days of the Married team and Singles team. Up until the Second World War, Witheridge played their football in the North Devon League. After the war Witheridge didn't rejoin the North Devon League but joined the Tiverton and District league, playing clubs like Bampton and Elmore. In 1971, Witheridge decided it was time to move on from the Tiverton League and joined the Devon and Exeter League, starting in Intermediate Four. The 1970s and 1980s at times were hard for Witheridge but the team kept plugging away and for a small village club managed to keep themselves going. Witheridge did have good times during this period but it wasn't until the 1990s that they started to make people in the Devon and Exeter League look up and take notice that the little village club was beginning to make a big stir.
In 1990, the side won the Express and Echo Shield and they soon started flying through the Devon and Exeter League. 1992 saw Witheridge promoted to Intermediate One then race through Senior Three, Two and One. Then in 1996, Witheridge won promotion to the Devon and Exeter Premier League. In 1997, Andre Pike was appointed as first team manager and from that point on the club went from strength to strength. The 1999/2000 season saw Witheridge finish runners-up in the Devon and Exeter Premier League and also win three cups, the Okehampton Cup, Devon Premier Cup and the East Devon Senior Cup, all within two weeks of each other.
During their spell in the Devon and Exeter premier division, Witheridge became one of the big teams, finishing as runners-up four times in their last 7 seasons in the league. 2006 saw Withy finally promoted to the Devon County League and in their only season managed to finish 11th place, which saw Witheridge promoted into the newly formed South West Peninsula League Premier Division.
In the inaugural season of the South West Peninsula League, Witheridge managed a mid table finish despite being bottom of the league on Christmas Day which included a 12-match unbeaten run which stretched from February to the end of the season.
2009 saw the club take a massive step forward when levelling work was done to the pitch as well as the installation of floodlights at Edge Down Park which allowed the club to enter The FA Vase for the very first time.
During the summer of 2012, the club's changing rooms were completely renovated and a brand new 100-seat stand installed as well as a new pathway down to the stand.
Witheridge Football Club entered the FA Cup for the first time in the clubs 94-year history in August 2014 and won their inaugural match after beating Barnstaple Town 1–0 at Mill Road. Ground
Witheridge play their home games at Edge Down Park, Fore Street, Witheridge, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 8AH.
Records Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2015–16 Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2011–12, 2015–16 Honours Devon and Exeter League Runner-up: 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06
Devon & Exeter League Cup Winners 1999–2000
East Devon Cup Winners 1999–2000
Okehampton Cup Winners 1999–2000, 2004–05
Westward Ho! Cup Winners 2001–02
Rowe Charity Cup Winners 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
Season-by-season record since 2000
SeasonDivisionPosition2000–01Devon and Exeter League Premier Division3rd2001–02Devon and Exeter League Premier Division2nd2002–03Devon and Exeter League Premier Division5th2003–04Devon and Exeter League Premier Division2nd2004–05Devon and Exeter League Premier Division3rd2005–06Devon and Exeter League Premier Division2nd2006Promoted to Devon County League2006–07Devon County League11th2007 Joined newly formed South West Peninsula League Premier Division2007–08South West Peninsula League Premier Division9th2008–09South West Peninsula League Premier Division11th2009–10South West Peninsula League Premier Division10th2010–11South West Peninsula League Premier Division14th2011–12South West Peninsula League Premier Division13th2012–13South West Peninsula League Premier Division7th2013–14South West Peninsula League Premier Division6th2014–15South West Peninsula League Premier Division6th2015-16South West Peninsula League Premier Division7th2016-17South West Peninsula League Premier Division18th2017-18South West Peninsula League Premier Division20th2018-19Joined Devon Football League2019-20Season abandoned2020-21Season abandoned
References
External links Official website