Last updated : 20/08/2023 23:59:21
Introduction
Thornbury Town are a Grassroots football team.
The team is from England, United Kingdom and play in the Uhlsport Hellenic League UHL Premier Division.
Team Details
Location
League
Uhlsport Hellenic League - UHL Premier Division
Team Type
Thornbury Town Football Club
Thornbury Town Football Club is a football club based in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England. They currently play in the Premier Division of the Uhlsport Hellenic League, which is the ninth tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1895 and has played at their current home ground, the Memorial Ground, since 1921. They have won the Hellenic League Premier Division on three occasions, in 1983-84, 1990-91, and 2003-04.
The club's most famous player is probably Terry Paine, who played for Thornbury in the early 1960s before going on to have a successful career with Southampton and England.
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About the Uhlsport Hellenic League
The Uhlsport Hellenic League is an English football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Herefordshire, southern Warwickshire, northern Wiltshire and southern Worcestershire. It is the ninth tier of the English football league system.
The league was founded in 1953 and currently consists of two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One. The Premier Division is divided into two geographical sections, the East and West sections. The winners of each section meet in a playoff to determine the overall league champion.
The Uhlsport Hellenic League is a feeder league to the Southern League Division One South and Central. The top two teams in the Premier Division are promoted to the Southern League, while the bottom two teams in the Premier Division are relegated to Division One.