{{short description|Association football club in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Malvern Town | image = Malvern Town FC logo.png | image_size = 200px | fullname = Malvern Town Football Club | nickname = The Hillsiders | founded = 1946 | ground = Langland Stadium, [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]] | capacity = 2,500<ref name=NLCD2017>Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p562 {{ISBN|978-1869833695}}</ref> | chairman = Chris Pinder | manager = Lee Hooper | league = {{English football updater|MalvernT}} | season = {{English football updater|MalvernT2}} | position = {{English football updater|MalvernT3}} | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=|pattern_so1=_band_white|leftarm1=80DFFF|body1=80DFFF|rightarm1=80DFFF|shorts1=970045|socks1=80DFFF| | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_lightblueshoulders|pattern_ra2=|pattern_so2=_band_white | leftarm2=80DFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=80DFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=80DFFF }}
'''Malvern Town Football Club''' is a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Malvern, Worcestershire]], England. They are currently members of the {{English football updater|MalvernT}} and play at the Langland Stadium.
==History== The club was established in 1946 as [[Barnards Green]] Football Club.<ref name=H>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/malverntown/a/history-8198.html History] Malvern Town F.C.</ref> They joined the Worcester League, where they played until moving up to the [[Midland Football Combination|Worcestershire Combination]] in 1955, going on to win the league at the [[1955–56 Worcestershire Combination|first attempt]].<ref name=FCHD>{{fchd|id=MALVERNT|name=Malvern Town}}</ref> The club also won the Worcestershire Junior Cup and retained the trophy for the next two season, before winning it again in 1961–62.<ref name=HB>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201027184523/http://www.worcesterleague.com/downloads/WFAHandbook.pdf Handbook] Worcestershire FA</ref> In 1967 the Worcestershire Combination was renamed the [[Midland Football Combination|Midland Combination]].<ref name=FCHD/> The club won the inaugural Worcestershire Senior Urn in 1973–74, before retaining it for the next two seasons;<ref name=HB/> they also finished as runners-up in the Midland Combination in [[1973–74 Midland Football Combination|1973–74]].<ref name=FCHD/>
In 1979 Malvern transferred to the Premier Division of the [[West Midlands (Regional) League]].<ref name=FCHD/> Despite finishing bottom of the division in [[1982–83 West Midlands (Regional) League|1982–83]], the club avoided being relegated. However, they were relegated to Division One at the end of the [[1991–92 West Midlands (Regional) League|1991–92 season]].<ref name=FCHD/> Despite only finishing ninth in Division One in [[1993–94 West Midlands (Regional) League|1993–94]], the club were promoted back to the Premier Division.<ref name=FCHD/> In [[2003–04 West Midlands (Regional) League|2003–04]] they won the Premier Division title, earning promotion to the [[Midland Football Alliance|Midland Alliance]].<ref name=FCHD/> A third-place finish in the Alliance in [[2005–06 Midland Football Alliance|2005–06]] saw the club promoted to Division One Midlands of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]].<ref name=FCHD/>
Malvern finished bottom of Division One Midlands in [[2008–09 Southern Football League|2008–09]] and were relegated back to the Midland Alliance. [[2010–11 Midland Football Alliance|Two seasons later]] they finished bottom of the Midland Alliance and were relegated to the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League.<ref name=FCHD/> The club won the Worcestershire Senior Urn for an eighth time in 2014–15.<ref name=HB/> At the end of the [[2018–19 West Midlands (Regional) League|2018–19 season]] the club were transferred to Division One West of the [[Hellenic Football League|Hellenic League]]. In 2021 they were promoted to the Premier Division based on their results in the abandoned [[2019–20 Hellenic Football League|2019–20]] and [[2020–21 Hellenic Football League|2020–21]] seasons. The club were runners-up in the Premier Division in [[2022–23 Hellenic Football League|2022–23]], qualifying for an inter-step play-off against [[Highworth Town F.C.|Highworth Town]] of Division One Central of the Southern League. Malvern won the match 4–1 and were promoted to Division One South of the Southern League.
The [[2024–25 Southern Football League|2024–25 season]] saw Malvern finish fourth in Division One South, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. They went on to beat [[Bishop's Cleeve F.C.|Bishop's Cleeve]] 3–2 after extra time in the semi-finals before losing 1–0 to [[Evesham United F.C.|Evesham United]] in the final. They finished third in the division the [[2025–26 Southern Football League|following season]], going on to beat [[Bishop's Cleeve F.C.|Bishop's Cleeve]] 2–1 in the play-off semi-finals and [[Shaftesbury F.C.|Shaftesbury]] 3–2 in the final to secure promotion.
==Honours== *'''West Midlands (Regional) League''' **Premier Division champions 2003–04 *'''Midland Combination''' **Champions 1955–56 *'''Worcestershire Senior Urn''' **Winners 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2014–15<ref name=HB/> *'''Worcestershire Junior Cup''' **Winners 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1961–62 *'''Worcestershire Minor Cup''' **Winners 1952–53
==Records== *Best [[FA Cup]] performance: Third qualifying round, [[1981–82 FA Cup qualifying rounds|1981–82]], [[1986–87 FA Cup qualifying rounds|1986–87]]<ref name=FCHD/> *Best [[FA Trophy]] performance: Third qualifying round, [[2025–26 FA Trophy|2025–26]]<ref name=FCHD/> *Best [[FA Vase]] performance: Fourth round, [[1974–75 FA Vase|1974–75]], [[1976–77 FA Vase|1976–77]], [[2020–21 FA Vase|2020–21]]<ref name=FCHD/> *Record attendance: 2,100 vs [[Shaftesbury F.C.|Shaftesbury]], Southern League Division One South play-off final, 4 May 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/26077267.chris-pinder-malvern-towns-promotion-best-ever-level/|title=Chris Pinder on Malvern Town's promotion to best-ever level|website=Worcester News|date=5 May 2026}}</ref> *Most appearances: Nick Clayton<ref name=NLCD2017/> *Most goals: Graham Buffery<ref name=NLCD2017/>
==See also== *{{c|Malvern Town F.C. players}} *{{c|Malvern Town F.C. managers}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official|https://www.malverntown.co.uk}}
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