Weymouth
Full name	Weymouth Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Terras
Founded	1890
Ground	The Wessex Stadium (Capacity 6,500)
Chairman	Malcolm Curtis
Manager	John Hollins
League	Conference National
2007–08	Conference National, 18th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Weymouth F. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Wessex Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Weymouth, England. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the John William Hollins MBE (born July 16, 1946) is an English former football player and coach Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. C. , also known as "The Terras", are a Dorset-based English football club based in the town of Weymouth, who play in the Conference National. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Weymouth (ˈweɪməθ is a town in Dorset, England situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. The Terras spent many years in the top level of non-League football (initially the Southern League, then later in the Football Conference) before a period of decline. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the In recent years they were widely regarded as among the biggest underachievers in non-League football, but defied this reputation in the 2005-06 season by winning the Conference South. Conference South (currently billed as Blue Square South for sponsorship reasons is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking

Contents 1 Club Background 2 History 3 Playing Squad and Staff 3.1 First Team Players 4 Technical Staff 4.1 Club Officials 5 Managers 6 Honours 7 References 8 External links

Club Background

The team is currently managed by John Hollins, after Jason Tindall was sacked in January 2008, while the club is controlled by Malcolm Curtis. John William Hollins MBE (born July 16, 1946) is an English former football player and coach Jason Tindall ( 15 November 1977 in London, England) is a former English football player and the current assistant manager

In the 2005-6 season, the club briefly reached national attention after holding former European Cup winners Nottingham Forest to a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Forest won the replay 2-0, in front of 6,500 fans at the Wessex Stadium and a live Sky TV audience. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the

The location of the club's Wessex Stadium on the south coast of England is such that they rarely have home matches frozen off even when other non-league grounds in south-west England are unplayable. The Wessex Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Weymouth, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The club has a great rivalry with its more famous neighbours Yeovil Town, although it has been many years since the two clubs last met competitively, with the sides moving in different directions. Yeovil Town FC is an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset.

History

Weymouth Football Club were founded in 1890 and played their first game on 24 September of that year. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nicknamed 'The Terras' almost immediately, due to their terracotta strip, the team won the Dorset Junior Cup for the first three seasons, becoming a senior club as the team rose in stature. Founder members of the Dorset League, Weymouth joined the Western League in 1907-1908. The club embraced full-time professionalism in 1923 after winning the Western League, joining the Southern League in the process. By 1928-9, with debts mounting, the club withdrew from the Southern League to become amateur once again. They climbed back up the table and then folded for 5 years and reformed.

The Second World War saw an end to football in Weymouth as the Recreation Ground was requisitioned for the War effort in 1939. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The club reformed in 1947 on a semi-professional basis, and soon achieved promotion back into the Southern League. In successive seasons 1964-65 and 1965-66, The Terras were Southern League champions, and they share with Telford United and Yeovil the distinction of playing all twenty seasons in the Premier Division prior to the re-organization of the league structure at that time. Telford United FC were an English football team based in Telford, Shropshire.

Weymouth have enjoyed considerable FA Cup success since first entering in 1893-1894. They first reached the national stages in 1905-1906 when they were thrashed 1-12 by Gainsborough Trinity In 1949 they lost 0-4 at Old Trafford to Manchester United in the Third Round proper, then in 1962 they reached the Fourth Round proper where they lost 0-2 at Deepdale to Preston North End. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough Lincolnshire. Deepdale is a Stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire 2005 saw the team hold former European Champions Nottingham Forest to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground, before losing 2-0 in the replay. The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. In the 2006-2007 FA Cup Weymouth held Bury to a 2-2 draw at home, in front of BBC cameras in what would be the first ever match to be broadcast live on free to air television at Weymouth. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Famous Weymouth players include: Graham Roberts and Peter Guthrie (both Tottenham), Andy Townsend (Southampton, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Éire), Shaun Teale (Motherwell, Aston Villa), Tony Agana (Watford, Sheffield United) and Tom Jones (Aberdeen). Graham Paul Roberts (born 3 July 1959 in Southampton) is a Retired English footballer who played for numerous clubs in Andrew David Townsend (born July 23 1963, Maidstone, Kent) is a former professional footballer who played in two World Cups for the Shaun Teale (born March 10, 1964 in Southport) is a former English footballer most famous for his stint with Aston Villa Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Darren Campbell was briefly a Weymouth player. Darren Andrew Campbell (born September 12 1973 in Moss Side, Manchester, England) is a retired English sprint

A move from the club's town centre ground to the new Wessex Stadium in 1987 brought initial success, but the club entered somewhat of a slump after relegation from the Conference, see-sawing between the Premier and Southern Divisions of the Southern League ^[1].

Journalist and author Ian Ridley took control of the club in 2003-2004 and his appointment of former Millwall, Leicester and Birmingham striker Steve Claridge as manager brought a new optimism. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Stephen Edward Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football player Pundit and coach Within a season they had turned the club around from relegation fodder to just missing out on promotion to the Conference. Gates also increased from around 500 to 1200. The arrival on the board of Martyn Harrison and his decision to put the club in the hands of his company Hollybush Hotels as well as interference in playing matters prompted Ridley to leave in September 2004. Harrison sacked Claridge within a month.

Harrison was to appoint Steve Johnson - the brother of Gary Johnson - as manager in November 2004 prompting a huge-turnover in playing staff including the departure of star striker Lee Phillips on a free transfer to Exeter. Gary Johnson (born September 28, 1955) in Fulham is a British football manager For Medal of Honor recipient see Lee H Phillips (1930-1950 USMC When the team dropped down the league Johnson was sacked by Harrison in March 2005 with Garry Hill taking over. Garry Hill is an English football manager currently in charge of Rushden & Diamonds. The club won automatic promotion to the Conference in May 2006 but at a heavy price with large loans from Harrison to meet soaring wage bills of around £20,000 a week and a full-time regime.

At the club's 2005 AGM, Harrison confirmed plans, pending local authority approval, to re-develop the Wessex Stadium, a scheme funded by selling the current ground to the Asda supermarket chain. Asda is a United Kingdom Supermarket chain which retails food clothing and general merchandise This now looks very unlikely with local planners opposed to such a deal. Harrison is now looking at moving to another site and developing leisure facilities on the current land. Coincidentally, Asda's current base in Weymouth is on the site of the old Recreation Ground which Weymouth left to move to the Wessex Stadium in 1987, at a time when 32 years had gone by since a Football League club had built a new stadium.

In January 2007, Harrison announced that in order to guarantee the long-term financial future of the club, the entire first team had been transfer listed, and the management team of Hill and Kevin Hales had left the club by mutual consent. Kevin Hales (born 13 January 1961) is a football coach Before coaching he played as a Midfielder for Chelsea and Leyton Orient Days later, it was announced that Tindall had been appointed player-manager, with Roy O'Brien appointed player-coach, and the squad had been taken off the transfer list. Roy O'Brien (born November 27 1974) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for Dorchester in the Conference South

They finished 11th in the Conference National in 2006/7. On 20th June 2007, Mel Bush, Tindall's father-in-law, was confirmed as the club's new owner, although Harrison had personally cleared all of the club's debts. Tindall was sacked in January 2008 after 12 months in charge, in light of a 2007/8 season record of only three wins, leaving the club in 19th, 5 points off of the relegation zone. ^[1] John Hollins was officially confirmed as the club's new manager a day later.

Playing Squad and Staff

First Team Players

No. Position Player 2 DF Kyle Critchell 4 MF Marcus Browning 6 MF James Coutts 10 FW Stuart Beavon 11 MF Anton Robinson 12 DF Scott Doe 15 MF Lewis Ironside 20 MF Jamie Frampton

No. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Kyle Critchell (born January 18, 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Marcus Trevor Browning (born 22 April 1971, in Bristol) is a former Welsh international professional football player For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. James Ryan Coutts (born April 15, 1987 in Weymouth, England) is a professional footballer plays in Midfield for Weymouth Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Position Player –– DF Santos Gaia –– DF Adam Bygrave –– MF Ryan Williams –– MF Joshua Webb –– MF Sam Cutler –– FW Pierre Joseph-Dubois

Technical Staff

• Manager: John Hollins
• Assistant Manager: Alan Lewer
• Player/Coach: Marcus Browning
• Goalkeeping Coach: currently vacant
• Company Secretary: Sarah Redford
• Fixtures Secretary: Pete Saxby
• Youth Development Manager: Tim Davis
• Club Doctor: Mr Gankande F. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Márcio dos Santos Gaia, commonly known as Santos Gaia, (born September 8, 1978 in São Mateus) is a Brazilian footballer currently In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Adam Bygrave (born 24 February 1989 in Walthamstow, England) is a professional football defender, currently at Weymouth For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Ryan Neil Williams (born 31 August 1978 in Sutton-in-Ashfield) is an English footballer, currently signed to Weymouth. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing John William Hollins MBE (born July 16, 1946) is an English former football player and coach Marcus Trevor Browning (born 22 April 1971, in Bristol) is a former Welsh international professional football player R. C. S
• Physiotherapist:
• Kit Manager:
• Groundsmen: William Ronald Grounds Maintenance
• Programme Editors:
  • Ian White
• Website Editor: Mark Probin

Club Officials

• Chairman: Malcom Curtis
• President: Bob Lucas
• Directors:
  • Malcom Curtis
  • Nigel Beckett
  • Mark Golsby
  • Richard Bartlett
• Chief Executive: Gary Calder
• Commercial Team: Ken Wilde, Jaz Curtis, Sarah Easby

Managers

• Tommy Morris (1907-1914 and 1919-1922)
• Billy Walker (1923-1926)
• Billy Kingdon (1947-1948)
• Paddy Gallagher (July 1948-1950)
• Jack Taylor (June 1950-1952)
• Willie Fagan (July 1952-1955)
• Arthur Coles (1955-1961)
• Frank O'Farrell (June 1961-May 1965)
• Stan Charlton (July 1965-May 1972)
• Graham Williams (1972-1974)
• Dietmar Bruck (1974-Jan 1977)
• Graham Carr (1977-1978)
• Stuart Morgan (Nov 1978-Nov 1983)
• Brian Godfrey (1978-1987)
• Stuart Morgan (1987-Jan 1989)
• Gerry Gow (1989-April 1990)
• Paul Compton (1990-Dec 1990)
• Len Drake (1991-Oct 1992)
• Len Ashurst (Dec 1992-April 1993)
• Bill Coldwell (April 1993-Sept 1994)
• Trevor Senior (Jan 1995-April 1995)
• Graham Carr (May 1995-Sept 1995)
• Matt McGowan (Sept 1995-July 1997)
• Neil Webb (July 1997-Sept 1997)
• John Crabbe (Sept 1997-Dec 1997)
• Fred Davies (Dec 1997-Oct 1999)
• Andy Mason (Oct 1999-May 2002)
• Geoff Butler (May 2002-May 2003)
• Steve Claridge (June 2003-Oct 2004)
• Steve Johnson (Nov 2004-March 2005)
• Garry Hill (March 2005-Jan 2007)
• Jason Tindall (Jan 2007-Jan 2008)
• John Hollins (Jan 08-)

Honours

• Conference South: 1
  • 2005-06 Champions
• Southern League Premier Division
  • 2003-04 Runners-Up
• Southern League Southern Division: 1
  • 1997-98
• Southern League: 2
  • 1964-65, 1965-66
• Western League Division One: 3
  • 1922-23, 1936-37, 1937-38
• Western League Division Two: 1
  • 1933-34
• Dorset League Division One: 1
  • 1921-22
• Dorset League: 2
  • 1897-98, 1913-14

References

External links

• Official Site
• Weymouth at the Football Club History Database

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