# Frome Town F.C.

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Football club

Frome Town Full name Frome Town Football Club Nicknames The Robins, The Dodge Founded 1904 Stadium Badgers Hill Capacity 3,000 (500 seated) Chair Courtney Fong Manager Danny Greaves League Southern League Premier Division South 2025–26 Southern League Division One South, 1st of 22 (promoted) Website frometownfc.com Home colours Away colours

**Frome Town Football Club** is an English [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Frome](/source/Frome), [Somerset](/source/Somerset). They play in the [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) Premier Division South. The club's nickname is the Robins and they play in a predominantly red kit.[1]

## History

The club was founded in 1904, and started playing in the Wiltshire Premier League at their home ground of Badgers Hill[2][3] A few seasons later, the club experienced success when they won the Somerset Senior League Championship in the 1906–07 season, followed by two more in 1908–09 and 1910–11 as well as winning the Wiltshire League Championship in the 1909–10 season.[4][5] After the league successes, the club made its debut in the FA Cup in the 1911–12 season, reaching the fifth qualifying round before losing 4–1 to [Southport Central](/source/Southport_F.C.).[6]

The club then joined the Western league in the 1919–20 season starting in Division two, where they won the division at their first attempt.[4] However, they did not gain promotion and stayed in the league for a further two seasons before leaving, only to return to Division two for another three seasons at the beginning of the 1924–25 season.[6] The club returned to the Western league in the 1931–32 season and stayed there for eight seasons, never leaving Division two.[6] During this time, the club had success in the Somerset Senior FA Cup, winning it in the 1932–22 and 1933–34 seasons.[4]

After the Second World War, the club again joined the Western League again for the beginning of the 1946–47 season starting in Division One, but being relegated back to Division Two at the end of the season. The club also played its first FA Cup game for 35 years in the same season. The 1954–55 season saw the club reach the first round of the FA Cup, where they were defeated by [Football League](/source/Football_League) side [Leyton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.) in front of a record crowd of 8,000.[4] The same season also saw the club gain promotion to Division one, when they finished as Runners-up in Division two. The club, however, was relegated back to Division two four seasons later and left the Western league, at the end of their first season back in Division two to join the Wiltshire League.[4][6]

The club once again joined the Western league in the 1963–64 season and joined the top division. The club spent the next 32 seasons in the top division during which time they went on to become champions once during the 1978–79 season.[7] The club also experienced cup success during their time in the Western Premier Division, winning the Somerset Premier Cup three times in the 1966–67, 1968–69, and 1982–83 seasons, as well as winning the Western League Cup twice and the Western counties floodlit cup once.[4] At the end of the 1995–96 season, the club was relegated to Division One.[6]

At the end of the 1999–00 season, the club finished bottom of Division one but were spared relegation as the league was restructured that season. Two seasons later, at the end of the 2001–02 campaign, the club were Division One champions, and promoted back to the Premier Division. In the 2003–04 campaign, the club gained media attention when they asked local [white witch](/source/White_witch) Titania Hardie, to help improve their home form as they struggled at Badgers Hill.[8] The witch blamed the Decor of the changing rooms, and once the club changed them the team won eight of their nine remaining home games.[3]

At the end of the 2008–09 season, the club finished as runners-up in the Premier Division and this was enough to secure promotion to the [Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League) in Division One South & West, as champions [Bitton](/source/Bitton_A.F.C.) did not apply for promotion as their ground would not have passed the Southern League ground grading committee's standards.[9] The club also achieved cup success that season when they beat Paulton Rovers 3–1 to win the Somerset Premier Cup.[10] In their second season in Division One South and West, the club gained promotion to the Premier Division when they beat [Sholing](/source/Sholing_F.C.) 1–0 in the play-off final, under the management of Darren Perrin.[11] The club has since remained in the Premier Division of the [Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League).

In 2019, When reviewing the current club crest, Frome Town FC agreed that the design was too detailed and didn't display well on colour and image backgrounds with digital files no longer accessible, and changed logo.

In the 2023–24 season, they reached the 3rd round of the [FA Trophy](/source/FA_Trophy) the furthest they have gone in the competition after beating [Worthing](/source/Worthing_F.C.) 4–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw at Badgers Hill.

The [2025–26 season](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Southern_Football_League#Division_One_South) saw Frome Town promoted back to the Southern League Premier Division South as Division One South champions.[12]

## Players

### Current squad (2024-25)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Kyle Phillips 2 DF Matt Wood 3 MF Sam Heal 4 DF Sam Teale 5 DF Pierce Michell 6 MF Joe Budd 7 FW Jon Davies 8 DF George Rigg 9 FW Curtis Hutson 10 MF Zak Drew 11 FW Albie Hopkins No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW Marcus Day 13 GK Tom Roberts 14 DF Warren Maidment 15 MF Ethan Vaughan 16 FW Evra Yao 17 DF Alex Monks 18 DF James Ollis 19 MF Joe O’Loughlin 20 MF Matt Smith 21 GK Sebastian Tylek 22 MF Reece Rusher

## Management team

Position Name Manager Danny Greaves Assistant Manager Neil Simons Head Coach Craig Loxton First Team Coach Matt Lewton Goalkeeping Coach TBC Kit Man Shaun Baker Analytics Fin Hopkins Sports Therapist Tom Dalby

## Ground

Frome Town F.C.

Frome Town play their games at Badgers Hill, Berkley Road, Frome, BA11 2EH.

In 2012, the club added a new 250-seater stand to the stadium, so that their ground would meet the requirements set out for the [Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League) Premier Division.[13][14]

The stadium is under ownership of Frome Town Council with a lease to Badgers Hill Ltd. At an extraordinary meeting of Frome Town Council on 10 December 2025, councillors voted to remove the exclusive right of current tenants Badgers Hill Ltd (BHL) to lease or buy the site.[15][16]

## Honours

### League honours

- **[Southern League Division One South](/source/Southern_Football_League)** - Winners (1): [2025–26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Southern_Football_League#Division_One_South)

- **[Western League Premier Division](/source/Western_Football_League)**:[6] - Winners (1): 1978–79 - Runners-up (2): 1982–83, 2008–09

- **[Western League Division One](/source/Western_Football_League)**:[6] - Winners (1): 2001–02

- **[Western League Division Two](/source/Western_Football_League)**:[6] - Winners (1): 1919–20 - Runners-up (1): 1954–55

- **[Wiltshire Football League](/source/Wiltshire_Football_League) Premier Division**:[4][5] - Winners (2): 1909–10, 1962–63

- **[Somerset County Football League](/source/Somerset_County_Football_League) Premier Division**:[5] - Winners (3): 1906–07, 1908–09, 1910–11

### Cup honours

- **[Somerset Premier Cup](/source/Somerset_Premier_Cup)**:[5] - Winners (5): 1966–67, 1968–69 (Joint), 1982–83, 2008–09, 2025–26

- **Somerset Senior Cup**:[17] - Winners (3): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1950–51

- **[Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League) Cup**:[18] - Runners up (1): 2012–13

- **[Western Football League](/source/Western_Football_League) Cup**:[19] - Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83 - Runners-up (3): 1954–55, 1974-75, 2001–02

- **Western League Alan Young Cup**:[20] - Winners (1): 1979–80

- **Western Countied Floodlit Cup**:[5] - Winners (1): 1983–84

## Records

- **Highest League Position**:[6] 8th in Southern League premier Division 2016–17

- **[FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) best performance**:[6] First round 1954–55

- **[FA Trophy](/source/FA_Trophy) best performance**:[6] Third round 2023–24

- **[FA Vase](/source/FA_Vase) best performance**:[6] Quarter-Final 2004–05

- **Highest Attendance**:[4] 8,000 vs [Leyton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.) 1954–55 Season

## Former players

- Further information: [Category:Frome Town F.C. players](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Frome_Town_F.C._players)

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## External links

- [Official website](https://www.weareba11.com/)

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