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Wiltshire Senior League
Former Clubs
Avebury
Ground
Avebury Sports Ground, Avebury

Seasons in League (Number and period)
16 Completed seasons (1976-77 to 1991-92)

Status
Club Folded

League & Cup Honours (when in WSL)
Subsidiary Cup Runners-up 1978-79
Division 1 Runners-up 1981-82
Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners 1981-82
Division 1 Runners-up 1982-83
Ghia Senior Cup Winners 1982-83

Club Notes
Avebury were founder members of the Wiltshire County League having been in Division One of the old Wiltshire League prior to the amalgamation with the Wiltshire Combination to form the new County League. That final season in the old league had seen them finish mid-table.
The playing surface at Avebury, in a field next to the famous stones, was always one of the best in the league. They started life in Division 2 of the newly formed league finishing in the lower half of the table in their first two seasons.

Avebury’s first real success came in Season 1978-79 when they made the final of the league’s Subsidiary Cup. Unfortunately for them they lost in the final to Wootton Bassett Town.  Their cause was not helped by the fact that they went into the cup final game without star striker Paul Rideout who had been selected to play for England School Boys. In the final itself both sides missed chances in the first half in which the only goal was an own goal conceded by Avebury. A second half hat-trick from Wootton Bassett Town’s Gary Dixon with just a Nathan Walker goal in reply saw Wootton Bassett Town win 4-1.

Whilst their first cup final had resulted in defeat it was to prove to be a springboard to better things. As well as making the Subsidiary Cup Final a third-place finish in Season 1978-79 had seen Avebury promoted to Division 1 for the first time. Two seasons of consolidation in the top division followed where they finished just below halfway but Season 1981-82 was to be the most successful in the history of the club as they won the prestigious Wiltshire Senior Cup defeating Chippenham Town Reserves 2-1 in the final, second half goals from Trevor Tinson and Sid Sutton securing the win. In the league they also pushed Park all the way for the Division 1 title, Park eventually edging it by having the better goal average as the two sides finished on 51 points.

Another successful season followed with Avebury once again challenging for the Division 1 title, but they again had to settle for second place, this time it was Penhill YC who pipped them for the title. However, once again they lifted a cup beating Bemerton Athletic 2-0 in the final of the league’s Ghia Senior Knockout Cup thanks to goals from Paul Gaston and Keith Ovens. Season 1982-83 was to be the last one for honours for the Avebury club as the following season they dropped to sixth spot before a poor season in 1984-85 saw them relegated back to Division 2, after finishing second from bottom.

Avebury initially also struggled back in Division 2 finishing second from bottom in their first season back at this level but an improvement in subsequent seasons saw them achieve a fourth-place finish in Season 1987-88. However, that was to be the highest position they would achieve back in Division 2 under the name Avebury as three years of gradual decline saw them again finish second from bottom in Season 1990-91. Season 1991-92 saw a change of name as the club became Plessey Avebury and an uptick in fortunes saw them finish in fourth spot. Another name change, this time to Avebury Park, for the club start of Season 1992-93 but during February 1993 the Wiltshire County Football Association had reason to withdraw the affiliation of the club, so their record was expunged along with that of their reserves.

Football in Avebury was resurrected in with a youth set up running since 2003-4 at the old ground but there has been no re-birth of the adult side.

Team Record
Avebury
Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners 1981-82
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