Dawlish Town A.F.C. was a football club based in Dawlish, Devon, England. The club played in the Western League Premier Division. In March 2008, the club entered into a partnership with Newton Abbot to share administrative resources, although the playing staff remained separate. In October 2003, Chris Myers took over as manager. Dawlish Town were relegated at the end of the season. They finished in 4th place the next season, but in the 2005/06 season, they were promoted as First Division Champions. The 2006/07 season saw Dawlish Town consolidate in the Premier League of the Toolstation Western League with a 10th-place finish. The 2007/08 season saw Dawlish Town achieve a 2nd place finish and two major cup wins in the Les Phillips Cup and the Devon St. Luke's Cup. On 8 June, manager Chris Myers resigned to move to the Northwest of England. The club has since reformed in 2016 as AFC Dawlish Town and plays their matches at the Dawlish Leisure Centre Cage Ground. Club history Dawlish Town Association Football Club was formed in 1889. The original name was Dawlish Argyle, but the Argyle was dropped many years ago. The name ‘Town’ was added in recent years in order to distinguish the club from other local teams. In the early years, the club played at two different locations before moving to its present-day site, now known as Sandy Lane, midway through the 20th century. Originally, there was only one team, but the club added another side around the same time as they moved to Sandy Lane. By 1950, Dawlish introduced a third team into Junior Football. The success of the junior side was not far away, with the team winning their Junior 3B League in season 1953–54 with a 100% record and the League Cup as well. One of the earliest recorded honours occurred in season 1931–32 when the club lifted the East Devon Senior Cup. In 1960, Dawlish played a Torquay-based side for what transpired to be for the title of "East Devon Champions". Dawlish won the game 3 – 0 and was duly recognized as East Devon Champions. Dawlish Town's best-performing season was in 1972–73. There were only two sides at this time, but both sides won every competition they entered. The first team won the following: Exeter & District Premier League; Devon Premier Cup; East Devon Senior Cup; Sellick Memorial Cup; Rothmans Invitation Trophy. The second