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| Full name | Gloucester City Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Tigers | ||
| Founded | 5 March 1883 | ||
| Ground | Meadow Park | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 (762 seats)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Colin Taylor | ||
| Manager | Mike Cook | ||
| League | Southern League Premier Division South | ||
| 2023–24 | National League North, 23rd of 24 (relegated) | ||
| Website | https://www.gloucestercityafc.com/ | ||
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Gloucester City Association Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Hempsted, Gloucester, England. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County Football Association and, as of the 2024-25 season, plays in the Southern League Premier Division South, at the seventh tier of the English football league system.
The club traces its history back to 1883, when a club simply named Gloucester was founded, changing its name to Gloucester City in 1902 but folded in 1910. The current club was established at that time, originally called Gloucester YMCA before becoming Gloucester City in 1925. It spent a record 70 years within the Southern Football League from 1939 until 2009, when it secured promotion to the National League system after a play-off final win against Farnborough. Since promotion, and despite its southern location, the club has spent the majority of their seasons in the National League North, with a two-year spell in the National League South from 2017 to 2019.
After playing in six different locations across the city since foundation, Glouceuster City found its long-tenured home at Longlevens from 1935 to 1964, followed by Horton Road Stadium from 1964 to 1986, and at Meadow Park from 1986 to 2007. In July 2007, countrywide flooding left Meadow Park under 8 feet (2.4 m) of water. From then until 2020, the club played exiled home games at Forest Green Rovers' New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth, Cirencester Town's Corinium Stadium, Cheltenham Town's Whaddon Road, and Evesham United's Jubilee Stadium. The club finally returned to a rebuilt Meadow Park in December 2020.[2]
- ^ "The first images of new stadium build at Gloucester City's Meadow Park - Gloucestershire Live". 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Gloucester City: Flood-hit club welcomes fans home after 13 years". BBC News. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.