Salisbury City F.C. (1905)


Salisbury City F.C. was an English football club based in Salisbury, unrelated to the later Salisbury City F.C. and the current Salisbury F.C.
The club joined the Western Football League in 1905–06, having previously played in the Hampshire League. The following season they moved up to the Southern League, where they stayed until 1911.
The club resurfaced in the Western League in 1927, left again in 1929, and rejoined in 1930. They remained in Division Two of the Western League throughout the 1930s, finishing as runners-up three times, and left the league for the final time in 1939. The club folded during the Second World War, and a new club named Salisbury was formed in 1947.
City were also regular entrants in the FA Cup, reaching the Fourth Qualifying Round twice in 1928–29 and 1931–32.

League history

Salisbury City's seasons of Western and Southern League football are listed below.
SeasonDivisionPositionWDLFAPts
1905–06Western League, Division Two5 of 10828293418
1906–07Southern League, Division Two7 of 129211404220
1907–08Southern League, Division Two7 of 10648354616
1908–09Southern League, Division Two6 of 731824367
1909–10Southern League, Division Two A4 of 62157185
1910–11Southern League, Division Two12 of 12031916923
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1927–28Western League, Division One11 of 11321523728
1928–29Western League, Division Two7 of 9538283613
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1930–31Western League, Division Two2 of 172246935048
1931–32Western League, Division Two2 of 1823561225051
1932–33Western League, Division Two6 of 1816414927036
1933–34Western League, Division Two4 of 181879713743
1934–35Western League, Division Two2 of 182167864148
1935–36Western League, Division Two11 of 1813813606534
1936–37Western League, Division Two3 of 182095974549
1937–38Western League, Division Two5 of 1818412947640
1938–39Western League, Division Two17 of 188323509319