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| Full name | Shepton Mallet Association Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Mallet | ||
| Founded | 1986 | ||
| Ground | The Playing Fields,Shepton Mallet | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 (120 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Rodney Neale | ||
| Manager | Craig Loxton | ||
| League | Western League Premier Division | ||
| 2024–25 | Western League Premier Division, 6th of 20 | ||
Shepton Mallet Association Football Club are a football club based inShepton Mallet,Somerset, England. They are currently members ofWestern League Premier Division and play at the Playing Fields.
They were established in 1986 after the liquidation ofShepton Mallet Town. The club is affiliated to theSomerset County FA.
The old Shepton Mallet Town had spent 10 years in theWestern League, six of which in the Premier Division. When that club went bust, the new Shepton Mallet A.F.C. took the place of the old club's reserves in theSomerset Senior League Division Two, playing at the old club's West Shepton ground.[1] By 1989, they rose to the Premier Division of the County League and played there until winning the title in the 2000–01 season, when they were accepted into the Western League, and are currently members of theWestern League Premier Division.
They currently enter both theFA Cup andFA Vase, but do not have a very good record in either competition, In more recent years. The team have found a rise in success in both competitions, most notably the latter—winning six ties in the last eight FA Cup seasons, and ten ties in the last eight years in the Vase.[2]
In the2014–15 FA Vase Shepton managed to achieve a spot in the Third-round proper for the first time in their history. They went on to lose the tie againstMelksham Town 3 - 2 with Melksham following Shepton's steps in the round previous and being knocked out in the Fourth-round proper.
In the2019-20 Western League Premier season, Shepton were on course to achieve their highest finish in the Western League Premier Division in their history of the competition with 55 points and were challenging for promotion into theSouthern League Division One South league. The season was postponed and was madenull and void due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.
In2023–24 Western Football League Premier Division, Shepton finished 7th.
Shepton Mallet play their home games at Playing Fields, Old Wells Road, West Shepton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5XN.
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