Year or season |
CLUB HISTORY |
| 1892 |
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Club formed |
| 1932 |
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George Blackburn became the first manager |
| 1932 |
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Turned professional |
| 1932 |
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Started playing home matches at Whaddon Road Ground |
| 1934 |
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George Carr became new manager |
| 1934 |
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Record home attendance of 10,389 against Blackpool in FA Cup 3rd round |
| 1935 |
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Recorded highest score in Cup match beating Chippenham 12-0 in FA Cup qualifying round 2 |
| 1937 |
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Jimmy Brain became new manager |
| 1937 |
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Became a Limited Company |
| 1948 |
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Cyril Dean became new manager |
| 1950 |
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George Summerbee became new manager |
| 1952 |
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William Raeside became new manager |
| 1953 |
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Arch Anderson became new manager |
| 1958 |
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Ron Lewin became new manager |
| 1960 |
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Peter Donnelly became new manager |
| 1961 |
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Tommy Cavanagh became new manager |
| 1961 |
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Arch Anderson became manager for second time |
| 1965 |
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Harold Fletcher became new manager |
| 1966 |
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Bob Etheridge became new manager |
| 1973 |
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Willie Penman became new manager |
| 1974 |
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Dennis Allen became new manager |
| 1979 |
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Terry Paine became new manager |
| 1979 |
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Alan Grundy became new manager |
| 1982 |
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Alan Wood became new manager |
| 1983 |
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John Murphy became new manager |
| 1988 |
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Jim Barron became new manager |
| 1990 |
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John Murphy became manager for second time |
| 1990 |
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Dave Lewis became new manager |
| 1991 |
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Ally Robertson became new manager |
| 1992 |
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Lindsay Parsons became new manager |
| 1995 |
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Chris Robinson became new manager |
| 1997 |
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Steve Cotterill became new manager |
| 1998 |
1999 |
Champions of Football Conference |
| 1999 |
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Elected to Football League in Nationwide Division 3 |
| 2000 |
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Graham Allner became new manager |
| 2001 |
2002 |
Won play-offs in Barclays Football League Division 3 (originally Division 4) promoted |
| 2001 |
2002 |
Julian Alsop set record for most League goals in a season scoring 20 times |
| 2002 |
2003 |
Relegated at end of season to Coca-Cola F/L Division 2 (originally Division 4) |
| 2002 |
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Record heaviest defeat losing to Crystal Palace 7-0 in League Cup 2nd round |
| 2003 |
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Bobby Gould became new manager |
| 2003 |
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John Ward became new manager |
| 2003 |
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Club broke transfer record when buying Grant McCann for £50,000 from West Ham |
| 2004 |
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Equalled club transfer record when buying Brian Wilson for £50,000 from Stoke |
| 2005 |
2006 |
At end of season promoted as Coca-Cola League 2 Play-off winners (originally Division 3) |
| 2005 |
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Martin Devaney became club's all-time record League goalscorer with 38 goals |
| 2007 |
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Grant McCann became club's most-capped player, with 7 caps for N.Ireland |
| 2007 |
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Jamie Victory played last game, setting club appearances record for League matches at 258 |
| 2007 |
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Highest fee received for a player when selling Grant McCann for £100,000 to Barnsley |