Post by Dave on Jul 20, 2013 18:27:35 GMT
Homers Heath Home Of Buckland Athletic
Its not just because I'm an ex Buckland boy that I love going to Homers Heath to watch Buckland play, it has far more to do with the friendliness of the club, the quality of the football on offer and the very decent ground. A great club that has come such a long way in such a short time when you take into consideration the year they were founded. Hope to get to a good number of games at the Heath this season, but do want to cover as many other games I can in other leagues such as the SDFL.
Taken from wikipedia
History
Established in 1977, and started playing in the Torbay Pioneer League at Sandringham Park. The club then moved to Senior Division Three of the Devon and Exeter Football League for the 1987-88 season, and moved to Coach Road. The club immediately gained promotion as champions of Division Three. The club then moved grounds again to Decoy Park for the 1990-91 season, but two seasons later moved to Homers Lane in Kingsteignton, which later was renamed Homers Heath. The move to the new ground proved successful as the club gained promotion to the premier division of the Devon and Exeter Football League.
The club under the management of Nigel Holmes and Roger Madge went onto win the Premier Division in the 1994-95 season. The club then went onto win the title again under manager Shaun Bartlett in the 1990-2000 season, which allowed the club to gain promotion to the Devon County League.
They maintained membership of the Devon County League, with a best position of second in their debut season, until 2007 when they became founder members of the South West Peninsula League. The club after finishing third in the 2008-09 season, and went on to win the title twice in a row in the following two seasons. During their first championship winning season the club also made their debut in the FA Cup, losing in a replay to Hamworthy United 3-2 at the County Ground.
After finishing as Runners-up the club then managed to gain promotion to the Western Football League for the 2012–13 season.
Ground
Buckland Athletic play at Homers Heath, Kingskerswell Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5JU.
The club used to play at Homers Lane, Kingsteignton, but when the lease on the ground ran out in 2005, they moved to a brand-new ground at Homers Heath on the outskirts of the neighbouring town of Newton Abbot. The ground has won twice the South West Peninsula football League award for best Premier Division ground in 2008 and 2009.
Honours
League honours
• South West Peninsula League Premier Division
• Champions (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
• Runners-up (1): 2011–12
• Devon County League
• Runners-up (1): 2000–01
• Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Division
• Champions (2): 1994-95, 1999-00
• Runners-up (1): 1998-99
• Devon and Exeter Football League Senior Third Division
• Champions (1): 1987-88
Cup honours
• Devon St Lukes Bowl
• Winners (2): 2010-11, 2011–12
• South West Peninsula League Throgmorton Cup
• Winners (1): 2009-10
• Runners-up (1): 2011-12
• South West Peninsula League Charity Bowl
• Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Cup
• Winners (2): 1997-98, 1998–99
• East Devon Senior Cup
• Winners (1): 1995-96
Records
• Highest League Position: 1st in South West Peninsula League Premier Division 2009–10, 2010–11
• FA Cup best performance: Second qualifying round 2010–11
• FA Vase best performance: First Round 2011–12
