Cirencester Town Football Club is a football club based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA, the club are currently members of the and play at the Corinium Stadium.
The club was established in October 1889. They played in the Cheltenham League, winning the Division One title in 1927âÂÂ28 and again in 1929âÂÂ30. They joined the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League in 1935, but left after two season. Returning to the Cheltenham League, they were Division One champions again in 1948âÂÂ49, before winning back-to-back titles in 1954âÂÂ55 and 1955âÂÂ56. In 1957 they rejoined the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League, but left again after finishing second-from-bottom in 1960âÂÂ61. However, they returned for the 1962âÂÂ63 season. They left the league again at the end of the 1963âÂÂ64 season, but returned in 1965 and were runners-up in 1965âÂÂ66, before going on to win back-to-back titles in 1966âÂÂ67 and 1967âÂÂ68.
In 1968 Cirencester were founder members of the Gloucestershire County League, but after a single season in the new league they moved up to the Premier Division of the Hellenic League. They were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1971âÂÂ72 season, but were promoted back to the Premier Division after winning Division One in 1973âÂÂ74. The club returned to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in the 1977âÂÂ78 season.
The 1990âÂÂ91 season saw the club finish as Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were Premier Division runners-up the following season, and won the league in 1995âÂÂ96, earning promotion to Division One South of the Southern League. The season also saw them win the Gloucestershire Senior Cup, beating Endsleigh 2âÂÂ1 in the final. The division was renamed Division One West in 1999, and after finishing third in 2003âÂÂ04, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.
The next few years saw Cirencester becoming a yo-yo club as they were relegated in 2007âÂÂ08 and then promoted in 2009âÂÂ10 after finishing fifth and winning the promotion play-offs, beating AFC Totton 3âÂÂ2 in the semi-final and Bridgwater Town 4âÂÂ3 in the final. They were relegated again at the end of the 2011âÂÂ12 season after finishing bottom of the Premier Division, but returned to the division after winning Division One South & West in 2013âÂÂ14. They won the Gloucestershire Senior Cup again in 2014âÂÂ15, beating Shortwood United in the final. In 2018âÂÂ19 the club were runners-up in Division One South, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, they lost 2âÂÂ1 to Cinderford Town in the semi-finals. The club finished third in 2021âÂÂ22 season, going on to lose 4âÂÂ1 to Winchester City in the play-off semi-finals. They were then transferred to Division One Central of the Southern League. At the end of the 2023âÂÂ24 season, in which they had finished sixth in the division, the club were voluntarily relegated to the Premier Division of the Hellenic League.
The Development Team, born out of the previous season's Under-16s team, began in the 2009âÂÂ10 season playing in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Reserve Division 2 West, and won the division title convincingly to be promoted to the Reserve Division 1. After a restructuring of the Hellenic League they were allocated to Division 2 West which they won and were promoted to Division 1 West where they finished fourth in their first season. This team continues to provide a solid platform for younger players to develop and progress to the first team.
The club has played at the Corinium Stadium since moving from the Smithfield ground in 2002. The ground has also been used by Gloucester City (2008âÂÂ2010) and Wootton Bassett Town. It has a capacity of 4,500, of which 550 is seated and 1,250 covered.