About TEDBURN ST MARY FC
Tedburn St Mary Football Club is an English association football club based in the village of Tedburn St Mary, Devon. The club was founded in 1921 and currently competes in the Devon and Exeter Football League Division Two.
The club’s early years were spent playing in local friendlies and cup competitions. In 1955, Tedburn St Mary joined the Exeter and District League, where they played for the next 20 years. In 1975, the club was promoted to the Devon and Exeter Football League, where they have remained ever since.
Tedburn St Mary’s most successful period came in the early 1980s, when they won the Devon and Exeter Football League Premier Division title in 1982 and 1983. The club also reached the final of the Devon Senior Cup in 1982, but lost to Plymouth Argyle.
In recent years, Tedburn St Mary have finished in the mid-table of the Devon and Exeter Football League Division Two. The club’s home ground is Tedburn St Mary Recreation Ground, which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.
Some notable former players of Tedburn St Mary include:
• Rod Hawker, who went on to manage Exeter City Women’s Football Club and the South West Regional Women’s Football Association
• Mark Tully, who went on to play for Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle
• Paul Tisdale, who went on to manage Exeter City and Bristol Rovers
Tedburn St Mary Football Club is a community club that is run by volunteers. The club is proud of its history and is committed to providing football for all ages and abilities in the village of Tedburn St Mary.
Announcement: New committee, New managers and a New vision
Our Aim & Vision
We are a private member football club. Our aim as charitable organisation is to continue to provide a community facility for the benefit of the local community, not only for football but hiring out the clubhouse for other social activities and local groups. We are a warm and friendly group of volunteers that welcome everyone to the club.
The vision for football at the club, is to build upon our history with local community values, moving football development forward and being a club where football is played to the highest standard. The chairman has set a goal of trying to achieve promotion to the South West Peninsula League within five years.
Message from the Chairman
Why Join Tedburn St Mary Football Club?
I joined Tedburn St Mary FC 15 years ago, following finding myself helping as a dad on the sideline due to the manager not turning up for one of the youth teams on a very wet Saturday in 2009; we lost 17 – 0! I have not looked back since, yes I played football to quite a high standard in my teenage years and early twenties but I had never thought of volunteering to help others enjoy the beautiful game. So Tedburn is the first club that I have put my experience as a player, into leaning the basics of management and then running youth and adult teams at the club until 2023 when I became chairman.
Volunteering and helping your local community can benefit you as a individual when you help others enjoy their weekends, playing football. The time you give, is paid back three fold, with friendship, a sense of belonging, achievement and reward.
We always welcome new volunteers to the club. If you have skills that you can use for the benefit of your local community why not come and have a chat to any of our committee members and volunteer!
Our Facilities
Our clubhouse consists of a kitchen with meeting area, four changing rooms, two referee changing rooms, a laundry room and toilets.
This is available to hire, for meetings, socials and events.
We have two full sized adults pitches.
We have the facility to accommodate 3 mini youth pitches and/or larger pitches for U11 and above.
We have our own grounds equipment to maintain our pitches and try and provide a quality playing surface.
Club Sponsors
Want to Join The Club?
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