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| Full name | Swindon Supermarine Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Marine | ||
| Founded | 1992 | ||
| Ground | Supermarine Stadium, South Marston, Swindon (Capacity: 3,000 (325 seated)) |
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| Chairman |  Cliff Puffett |
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| Manager | Mark Collier |
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| League | Southern League Premier Division | ||
| 2008-09 | Southern League Premier Division, 13th | ||
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Swindon Supermarine F.C. are a football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Currently they are members of the Southern League Premier Division. Their ground is floodlit and is situated close to the Honda Plant in Swindon.
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History
The club was established in 1992 as a merger between two local clubs, Supermarine F.C. and Swindon Athletic F.C., both of which were struggling financially, taking the latter club's place in the Hellenic League Premier Division. In 1997-98 the new club won the Hellenic League championship but were not promoted due to ground requirements. The championship was won for the second time in 2000-01 and this time they were accepted into the Southern League. After four years of struggle at the foot of the table, not helped by a rapid succession of managerial changes, they qualified for the play-offs in 2005-06 but lost to Hemel Hempstead Town in the semi-finals. In 2006–07 they again reached the promotion play-offs, where this time they were successful after beating Burnham in the semi-final and Taunton Town in the final. This earned them a place in the Southern League Premier Division.
Ground
The improvements necessary for the club to step up to the Southern League saw the building of a new 225-seater stand, taking the total covered capacity to 300, as well as new perimeter fencing and toilets and the addition of floodlights.
Current squad
Allen, Danny
Bullman, Matthew
Wood, Sean
Lapham, Kyle
Edenborough, Ashley
Henry, Leigh
Taylor, Chris
Griffin, Alan
Horgan, Gary
Stanley, Alex
Stanley, Nick
Hopper, Luke
Harris, Joe
Mackay, Justin
Barnes, Mark
Morris, Sam
Robinson, Matt
Collier, Mark - Manager
Howell, Ian - Asst Manager
Richard Smith - Coach
Club records
- Best league performance: 12th in Southern League Premier Division, 2007–08
- Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 2001-02 and 2005-06
- Best FA Trophy performance: 3rd round proper, 2008-09
- Best FA Vase performance: 2nd round proper, 1998-99 and 1999-2000
Honours
Wiltshire Premier Shield Winners 1996-97, 2006-07
Sources
- Swindon Supermarine at the Football Club History Database
See also
- Swindon Town F.C. - Swindon's professional club
External links
- Official website
- BBC Wiltshire - News reports from BBC Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51°36′18.29″N 1°43′48.44″W / 51.6050806°N 1.7301222°W
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