Welcome to the website for Great Yarmouth Town FC

Affectionately known as The Bloaters
Great Yarmouth Town play their football at The Wellesley Recreation Ground in Great Yarmouth, with the first team part of the Eastern Counties League and the Reserves In the Anglian Combination League.

Great Yarmouth Town Football Club

Great Yarmouth Town Football Club was formed in 1897 with most of the players being drawn from two very successful local clubs, Yarmouth Fearnoughts and Yarmouth Royal Artillery, who between them had won the Norfolk Senior Cup for the previous four years.

The Team moved to its Current home at The Wellesley Recreation Ground at the start of the 1901-02 season from previous original base at the Beaconsfield Recreation ground.

Read more about the History of the club HERE.

 

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Support Our Club

Great Yarmouth Town FC are a proactive club and are proud of the work we do in our community and are proud to have great Community partners/Sponsors. If you are interested in getting involved with supporting the club we have several Opportunities ranging from MatchBall/Match/Player sponsorship all through to Team Sponsorship packages.
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News

Battling Bloaters Bow Out Of Senior Cup

Report by Kevin Forbes / Pics by Steve Wood The lockdown has not been kind to Rob McCombe’s Bloaters team. Injuries and work commitment left a large hole in the playing department of the football club. But as the saying goes “as one door closes another opens” and...
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Bloaters Through To Quarter Finals

For this Norfolk Senior cup tie the Bloaters were paired with Anglian Combination side Mundford who came to the Wellesley with a squad brimming with confidence and no shortage of Thurlow Nunn league experience. The home side were still without experienced...
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MINI BLOATERS LAUNCHING 1 MAY!

MINI KICKERS For those of Preschool / Nursery/Reception age will run 0900-0950 MINI BLOATERS targeting those in School years 1/2 and will run 1000-1050 Please contact ANT or AARON to ask any questions or register your interest. The first 4 Sessions will be FREE for...
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Match Reports

RESERVES LOSE OUT IN 10 GOAL FEAST!

by | May 7, 2021 | Match Report, Reserve Team | 0 Comments

Great Yarmouth Town Reserves  4   AC Mill Lane  6.Saturday 3rd May 2021.  Report by Martin Baxter.  Our reserves entertain AC Mill Lane in their last group game in the Norfolk Intermediate Cup.This should be an intriguing clash as these two sides were placed in 1st...
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Battling Bloaters Bow Out Of Senior Cup

by | April 29, 2021 | First Team, Match Report, News | 1 Comment

Report by Kevin Forbes / Pics by Steve Wood The lockdown has not been kind to Rob McCombe’s Bloaters team. Injuries and work commitment left a large hole in the playing department of the football club. But as the saying goes “as one door closes another opens” and...
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Reserves Bow Out of Jnr Cup

by | April 26, 2021 | Match Report, Reserve Team | 0 Comments

North Walsham Town v Great Yarmouth Town Reserves.Saturday 24th April 2021 Report by Martin Baxter. Today our reserves face North Walsham Town away in the 3rd round of the Norfolk Junior Cup.  Because of a shortage of player availability around 5 of the reserve team...
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GYTFC COVID-19 RISK ASSESSMENT STATEMENT

To make sure all players and visitors to the club remain safe during these difficult times we have issued the following guideline. If you are visiting the club please take a few minutes to read this first.

Statement of Intent
Risk Assesment
Grandstand & Changing Rooms

Teams

The First Team currently play in the Eastern Counties League Thurlow Nunn Division 1 North, with the Reserves in Division 3 of the Anglian Combination League. The club also has an U18 Side in the Thurlow Nunn Eastern U18s League as well as links to Great Yarmouth Town FC Youth Sections.

Find Us

The Wellesley Recreation ground is located on Wellesley Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1EF.

At the Ground there is a Club Bar (Smudgers) and The Tea Hut as well as covered seating.

Groundhoppers are most welcome to attend the club – let us know you are coming and we will look after you!

Contact the Club

Please send all enquiries to the club secretary in the first instance, or use the form on out contact page.

Club Secretary e-mail: gytfcsecretary@gmail.com

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