The Cobblers
Street FCStreet football club is one of the oldest association football clubs in Somerset.
Street FC were given the nickname ‘The Cobblers‘ due to the large shoemaking industry in the village and surrounding area. The Club won the Somerset Senior League 5 times and the Somerset FA Senior Cup 3 times before making its first foray into the Western League a few seasons before the onset of World War One. The Club also had its best FA Cup runs reaching the First Round Proper twice, once either side of World War Two; in 1938 away to Ipswich Town and 1947 at Cheltenham Town – after beating Yeovil Town 2-1 in front of a record 5,000 crowd at The Victoria Field in the previous round.
The closest the Club came to winning the Western League Championship during the 20th century was in season 1952-53 when they were pipped to the title by Barnstaple Town, who had a 0.01 better goal average after the sides had finished level on 44 points each. Season 1996-97 saw the Club win the Somerset Senior League for a record eighth time, thus gaining promotion back to the Western League after a 37-year absence.
Ten years later, after gaining promotion to the Premier Division in season 2005-06, the Club had its best run in The FA Vase when reaching the Fifth Round Proper before losing at Wimborne Town. After finishing as Premier Division Runners-up the previous season, the 2017-18 campaign was the Club’s 50th in the Western League, and was a momentous one too!
Early results were inconsistent: but starting on 12th September, manager Richard Fey’s charges completed a sensational run of 26 consecutive league victories that eventually saw the team win the title by 15 points (falling just one point short of the century) after winning 32 of their 38 games and scoring 100 goals, thus earning a place in the Southern Football League for the first time in the Club’s 138-year history.
However, 2018-19 was to be the only season at the higher level for the Club as it soon became clear that Southern League football was a ‘step too far’: and despite a respectable seventh-place finish, the decision was taken to protect the long-term future of the Club and return to the Toolstation Western League.
In 2023/24 the Victoria Sports first joined the club to make up the reserves team squad. They did well finishing in 5th, and this season James Carey has been appointed Manager to try and get the team back to Division 1 of the county league after achieving this feet with local county league side Ashcott.
2024/25 is set to be a new exciting chapter for club with a new committee team, a rebrand plus Ben Watson and Scott Laird appointed as new managers.