Poole Town F.C.
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| Full name | Poole Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Dolphins |
| Founded | 1890 (merger of Poole Rovers F.C. and Poole Hornets F.C.) |
| Ground | Tatnam Ground, Poole |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Manager | Tom Killick. |
| League | National League South |
| 2015–16 | Southern League Premier Division, 1st (promoted) |
Poole Town F.C. is a football club based in Poole, Dorset, England who play in the National League South after being promoted as champions of the Southern League Premier Division in the 2015–16 season. They were established in 1880 and joined the Western League Division Two in 1930. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA Charter Standard Community Club. They won the Western League title in 1957 and reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup four times in their history and the Third Round once, losing to Everton at Goodison. They play at Tatnam, Poole, and finished the 2008–09 season as "Double" winners – champions and Dorset Senior Cup winners. In 2009–10 they became back-to-back champions of the Wessex League and completed an unprecedented treble winning the League for the 3rd time in a row in 2010–11. Promotion to the Southern League was finally achieved after an upgrade to the Tatnam facilities. Poole were second in their first season, losing to Gosport in a playoff final and then Champions and promoted to the Southern Premier League the following season.
Poole Town were formed when two local teams, Poole Hornets and Poole Rovers, merged in 1890. Both teams had been in existence since 1880. Poole joined the Dorset League in 1896 then the Hampshire League in 1903. The club enjoyed success in the Dorset Senior Cup in their early years, winning it for the fifth time in 1907.
After several seasons without football because of the First World War, the club began playing again in the 1919–20 season under the name Poole & St. Marys. They changed their name back to Poole FC after one season. Poole joined the Western League in 1923.
Poole won the Dorset Senior Cup again in 1926, the club also turned professional that year and joined the Southern Football League, Eastern Division. The 1926–27 season saw the club's best FA Cup run in its history. They reached the third round and played Everton, losing 3–1 at Goodison Park. They won the Dorset Senior Cup again in 1927 and reached the First Round of the FA Cup three seasons in a row. Poole rejoined the Western League in 1930 and stayed there (except for the 1934–35 season) until 1957.
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