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shared with the cricket club one side of the pitch is fenced off during the football season. Both ends of the pitch have uncovered hardstanding. Floodlights were installed and inaugurated with a friendly match against QPR in July 1994, at which the club's record attendance of 2,000 was set. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated and 250 covered.
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and were Division Two champions in 1931–32. They then moved to the Swindon & District League, winning both the Division Three title and the Swindon Junior Cup in 1933–34. The club won the Division Three title again in 1954–55, the first of four successive titles that saw them win Division Two the
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Highworth retained the Premier Division title the following season, also winning the Advertiser Cup and the Faringdon Thursday Cup. They went on to dominate the league in the 1960s, winning the Premier Division title in 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67 and 1967–68. They also won
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The club play at the Elms Recreation Ground, which is shared with the town's cricket club. Following their Hellenic League title win in 2004–05, two separate seated stands were built on one touchline, with the existing seated stand removed and replaced by a covered standing area. As the ground is
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In 1978–79 Highworth finished bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two. Although they were promoted the following season, they were relegated again at the end of the 1980–81 season. A third-place finish in Division Two in 1982–83 saw the club promoted to Division One, and after
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The club was established in 1893. In 1909–10 they won the Advertiser Cup and the Swindon Junior Cup. Three years later the Advertiser Cup was won for a second time. The club later joined the
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following season, Division One in 1956–57 and then the Premier Division in 1957–58.
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finishing tenth the following season, they were accepted into Division One of the
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resulted in promotion to the Premier Division. They won the Supplementary Cup in
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Winners 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1975–76, 1976–77
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Highworth remained in Division One until a third-place finish in
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Winners 1963–64, 1972–73, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2008–09, 2014–15
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for the first time in 1963–64. The club then joined the
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Premier Division and play at the Elms Recreation Ground
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Winners 1909–10, 1912–13, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68
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Index

Official crest
Highworth
Hellenic League
2023–24
Hellenic League
Home colours
Away colours
football
Highworth
Wiltshire
Hellenic League
Cirencester & District League
Wiltshire Senior Cup
Wiltshire Combination
Wiltshire County League
Hellenic League
1988–89
1993–94
1998–99
following season
2004–05
2011–12
2014–15 season
FA Vase
North Shields
2017–18
Southern League
2022–23 season
FA Cup
FA Vase

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