Poole Town F.C.

Poole Town Football Club is a football club based in Poole, Dorset, England. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, 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 the Black Gold Stadium, 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 League Premier Division the following season. In 2015-2016 they were promoted to the National League South after finishing as champions of the Southern League. In the 2016/17 season there were on course to finish in the playoffs after a prolonged stay in the top 7 places. After it was announced they could not participate in the playoff games due to not meeting ground grading requirements by 21st March they suffered a dip in form. A late resurgence ensured they finished 5th and had to relinquish the playoff place they had subsequently earned.