Larkhall Athletic
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Wikipedia - Larkhall Athletic F.C.
Larkhall Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Larkhall area of Bath, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at the Plain Ham ground.
History
The club was founded in 1914. They were in abeyance during the 1940s after losing use of the Plain Ham ground, but returned to footballing activity in 1951. The club won the Somerset Junior Cup in 1962–63, and joined the Somerset Senior League in the 1970s. The club won the League Cup in 1974–75 and the Somerset Senior Cup the following season. In 1976 the Western League formed a new Division One, with Larkhall becoming founder members. In 1988–89 they were Division One champions, but were unable to take promotion. They won the Somerset Senior Cup for a second time in 2003–04, and after winning Division One again in 2008–09 the club were promoted to the Premier Division.
In 2010–11 Larkhall were Premier Division champions, but were denied promotion to the Southern League due to ground grading requirements. In 2013–14 they won both the Premier Division and the league's Les Phillips Cup, and were able to take promotion to Division One South & West of the Southern League. In their first season in the Southern League the club finished fifth, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating Evesham United 3–0 in the semi-finals, they lost 3–2 to Stratford Town in the final.
Larkhall Athletic har vundet Scottish Junior Cup tre gange, i 1949–50, 1968–69 og 1975–76. Klubben har også vundet South of Scotland League tolv gange, senest i 2016–17.
Klubbens mest berømte tidligere spiller er Jimmy Johnstone, der spillede for Celtic og det skotske landshold. Johnstone spillede 127 kampe for Larkhall Athletic, før han skrev kontrakt med Celtic i 1961.
Larkhall Athletic er kendt for sin stærke fællesskabsånd og har et stort antal frivillige, der hjælper med at drive klubben. Klubben er også kendt for sin ungdomsafdeling, der har produceret mange talentfulde spillere over årene.