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'''Appledore Football Club''' is a football club based in Appledore, Devon, England. They are currently members of the {{English football updater|Appledor}} and play at Marshford.
==History== The club was established in 1912.<ref>[http://www.swpleague.co.uk/div-1-east/division-1-east-directory/ Division One East Directory] South West Peninsula League</ref> Under the name Appledore BAAC, they joined the Senior Division North Devon League in 1926.<ref name=NDL/> Despite finishing bottom of the division in their first season,<ref>[http://www.northdevonfootballleague.org.uk/1926_27.php 1926–27] North Devon League</ref> the club were not relegated and went on to become league champions in 1928–29.<ref name=NDL>[http://www.northdevonfootballleague.org.uk/teamstats.php Appledore] North Devon League</ref> Although they subsequently left the league in 1930, the club returned to play in the Junior Division in 1933–34.<ref name=NDL/> They were Junior Division champions at the first attempt, and again in 1935–36.<ref name=NDL/>
After World War II Appledore became members of the Senior Division. They were league champions in 1950–51 and went on to win further titles in 1952–53 and 1954–55. The club were runners-up in 1955–56 and won back-to-back titles in the next two seasons. Between 1959–60 and 1961–62 they won three consecutive league championships (the 1959–60 title was won without losing a match), before finishing as runners-up in 1962–63.<ref name=NDL/> In 1969 the Senior Division became the Premier Division and the club were champions again in 1974–75.<ref name=NDL/>
In 1978 Appledore moved up to the South Western League. They were a mid-table club until finishing bottom of the league in 1988–89. After seven more seasons in mid-table, the club left the league in 1996 to join the Devon County League. They were renamed Appledore in 1998,<ref name=FCHD1>{{fchd|id=APPLBAAC|name=Appledore BAAC}}</ref> and remained members of the Devon County League until it merged with the South Western League to form the South West Peninsula League in 2007.<ref name=FCHD2>{{fchd|id=APPLEDOR|name=Appledore}}</ref> The club were placed in Division One East and were runners-up in the division in 2014–15.<ref name=FCHD2/> They withdrew from the league midway through the 2018–19 season,<ref>[https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/sport/local-football/appledore-swp-league-withdrawal-1-5826974 Appledore pull first team from South West Peninsula League] North Devon Gazette, 20 December 2018</ref> subsequently dropping into the Premier Division of the North Devon League. After a third-place finish in 2021–22 the club moved up to the North East Division of the Devon League. In 2022–23 they won the Torridge Cup, beating Holsworthy 2–1 in the final.<ref>[https://www.holsworthy-today.co.uk/sport/football/holsworthy-beaten-by-appledore-in-torridge-cup-final-612253 Holsworthy beaten by Appledore in Torridge Cup final] Holsworthy Today, 5 May 2023</ref>
===Season-by-season=== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center !Season !Division !Position !Notes |- |1926–27||North Devon League Senior Division||9/9|| |- |1927–28||North Devon League Senior Division||5/10|| |- |1928–29||North Devon League Senior Division||1/9|| |- |1929–30||North Devon League Senior Division||3/8|| |- |1933–34||North Devon League Junior Division||1/11|| |- |1934–35||North Devon League Junior Division||6/11|| |- |1935–36||North Devon League Junior Division||1/13|| |- |1936–37||North Devon League Junior Division||6/14|| |- |1947–48||North Devon League Senior Division||9/16|| |- |1948–49||North Devon League Senior Division||3/13|| |- |1949–50||North Devon League Senior Division||5/10|| |- |1950–51||North Devon League Senior Division||1/9|| |- |1951–52||North Devon League Senior Division||5/10|| |- |1952–53||North Devon League Senior Division||1/10|| |- |1953–54||North Devon League Senior Division||3/8|| |- |1954–55||North Devon League Senior Division||1/6|| |- |1955–56||North Devon League Senior Division||2/9|| |- |1956–57||North Devon League Senior Division||1/7|| |- |1957–58||North Devon League Senior Division||1/13|| |- |1958–59||North Devon League Senior Division||2/10|| |- |1959–60||North Devon League Senior Division||1/8|| |- |1960–61||North Devon League Senior Division||1/10|| |- |1961–62||North Devon League Senior Division||1/13|| |- |1962–63||North Devon League Senior Division||2/13|| |- |1963–64||North Devon League Senior Division||6/9|| |- |1964–65||North Devon League Senior Division||4/9|| |- |1965–66||North Devon League Senior Division||3/9|| |- |1966–67||North Devon League Senior Division||7/13|| |- |1967–68||North Devon League Senior Division||6/13|| |- |1968–69||North Devon League Senior Division||4/11|| |- |1969–70||North Devon League Premier Division||7/13|| |- |1970–71||North Devon League Premier Division||5/14|| |- |1971–72||North Devon League Premier Division||8/14|| |- |1972–73||North Devon League Premier Division||3/13|| |- |1973–74||North Devon League Premier Division||2/13|| |- |1974–75||North Devon League Premier Division||1/14|| |- |1975–76||North Devon League Premier Division||2/13|| |- |1976–77||North Devon League Premier Division||2/14|| |- |1977–78||North Devon League Premier Division||9/14|| |- |1978–79||South Western League||14/19|| |- |1979–80||South Western League||7/19|| |- |1980–81||South Western League||6/20|| |- |1981–82||South Western League||15/19|| |- |1982–83||South Western League||14/20|| |- |1983–84||South Western League||8/20|| |- |1984–85||South Western League||7/19|| |- |1985–86||South Western League||14/20|| |- |1986–87||South Western League||14/19|| |- |1987–88||South Western League||12/20|| |- |1988–89||South Western League||18/18|| |- |1989–90||South Western League||11/17|| |- |1990–91||South Western League||9/17|| |- |1991–92||South Western League||7/18|| |- |1992–93||South Western League||10/17|| |- |1993–94||South Western League||14/18|| |- |1994–95||South Western League||11/18|| |- |1995–96||South Western League||15/18|| |- |1996–97||Devon County League||6/20|| |- |1997–98||Devon County League||6/20|| |- |1998–99||Devon County League||6/20|| |- |1999–00||Devon County League||13/20|| |- |2000–01||Devon County League||14/20|| |- |2001–02||Devon County League||19/20|| |- |2002–03||Devon County League||14/20|| |- |2003–04||Devon County League||15/21|| |- |2004–05||Devon County League||18/21|| |- |2005–06||Devon County League||18/20|| |- |2006–07||Devon County League||13/20|| |- |2007–08||South West Peninsula League Division One East||8/17|| |- |2008–09||South West Peninsula League Division One East||4/17|| |- |2009–10||South West Peninsula League Division One East||5/18|| |- |2010–11||South West Peninsula League Division One East||6/16|| |- |2011–12||South West Peninsula League Division One East||12/17|| |- |2012–13||South West Peninsula League Division One East||5/16|| |- |2013–14||South West Peninsula League Division One East||10/16|| |- |2014–15||South West Peninsula League Division One East||2/18|| |- |2015–16||South West Peninsula League Division One East||10/18|| |- |2016–17||South West Peninsula League Division One East||3/18|| |- |2017–18||South West Peninsula League Division One East||12/17|| |- |2018–19||South West Peninsula League Division One East||–||Withdrew from league |}
==Honours== thumb|Appledore's Marshford ground *'''North Devon League''' **Premier Champions 1928–29, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1974–75 **Senior Champions 2018–19 **Intermediate One Champions 2016–17 **Intermediate 2 Champions 2014–15 **Junior Division champions 1933–34, 1935–36, 1956–57 (joint) **Arlington Cup winners 1931–32, 1932–33,<ref name=NDLH/> 1933–34<ref>[http://www.northdevonfootballleague.org.uk/1933_34.php 1933–34] North Devon League</ref> **Brayford Cup winners 1975–76, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2021–22<ref name=NDLH>[https://northdevonfootballleague.org.uk/honors/ Honours] North Devon League</ref> **Combe Martin Cup winners 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1960–61, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96<ref name=NDLH/> *'''Devon Premier Cup''' **Winners 1983–84, 2009–10 *'''Torridge Cup''' **Winners 2022–23
==Records== *Best FA Vase performance: Preliminary round, 1980–81, 1981–82<ref name=FCHD1/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://appledorefc.co.uk Official website]
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Category:Men's football clubs in England Category:Football clubs in Devon Category:1912 establishments in England Category:Association football clubs established in 1912 Category:North Devon Football League Category:South Western Football League Category:Devon County League Category:South West Peninsula League