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Colours Royal blue with yellow trim
shirts, royal blue shorts, royal blue stockings
Change colours Navy blue shirts, navy blue shorts, navy blue
stockings
Manager Paul Smith
Appointed May 2000
The Meadow has been the home of the village football and
cricket teams going back to the late 1800’s and the old
pavilion still survives on the far side of the ground. This
originally had a thatched roof and water was carried across
to it in a bucket before the luxury of a two wheeled hand
water cart could be pulled across by the players. With no
electricity in the original building changing could be very
hazardous on a cold December or January afternoon. During
the war the field was ploughed up to provide land suitable
to grow food on and it was not until 1951 that football was
played again on the current ground. The installation of
Calor Gas for lighting and a Calor Gas boiler for tea making
improved the facilities for everyone. Walsham were founder
members of the Bury & District league and as a junior side
were very successful, winning the Suffolk Junior cup in
1987-88, 88-89 and 89-90 after being beaten finalists in
1973-74. Numerous Bury and district league titles and cups
were won before entering the Suffolk and Ipswich league in
1989-90, in the first season we gained promotion to Senior
football and then bounced between the two divisions before
establishing ourselves as a Senior side in 97-98 by
finishing in 4th position. The following season 3rd position
was achieved and the Omnico league K.O. cup was won. 4th
position was achieved the following season and the cup
retained and Paul Smith was appointed manager for the start
of the next campaign. The league record then reads 4th, 1st,
1st and 2nd with two Omnico cup final appearances and one
victory.
Season 2004-05 was our first in the Ridgeons league First
Division and we finished fourth with our first Suffolk
Senior Cup Final appearance at Portman Road to cap a very
exciting time for the club. The installation of floodlights
and the general improvements to the ground with the new
changing rooms due to be finished later this season will
then give us a facility to be proud of. We currently have
teams in the Ridgeons reserve league, the Suffolk & Ipswich
League, the Bury Sunday League and a new Under 18’s team in
the Ridgeons youth league.
Ground The Walsham Sports Club Ground,Walsham-le-Willows
Manager Paul Smith
Honours
Eastern Counties League -
Division One Champions 2006-07
Suffolk & Ipswich League -
Senior Division Champions 2001-02, 2002-03
League Cup Winners 1999, 2000, 2002
Suffolk Senior Cup -
Winners 2006
Suffolk Junior Cup -
Winners 1988, 1989, 1990
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