Dunstable Town F.C.

The club was established in October 1883 and were founder members of the Bedfordshire FA the following year. In their first competitive match they lost 4–3 to Luton Montrose in the Bedfordshire Senior Cup after being 3–0 up. and in 1956–57 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, eventually losing 3–1 at Margate. In 1961 Dunstable switched to the United Counties League, but left after two seasons to rejoin the Metropolitan League, becoming one of only three first teams playing in Division Two. Although Best only played in two friendly matches and made no competitive appearances for the club, They remained in the division until the end of the 1993–94 season, after which they folded. They finished as runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They left the league in 1954, They went on to win back-to-back United Counties League titles in 1958–59 and 1959–60, but were demoted to Division Two in 1961 when the club's first team joined the league. In 1964 they returned to the Hellenic League, and were placed in Division One, but took over from the first team in the Metropolitan League for the 1965–66 season. They rejoined Division One of the United Counties League in 1967, but left at the end of the 1968–69 season. ==Ground==

From 1950 the club played at Kingsway, until moving to Brewers Hill. The ground was later renamed Creasey Park after Wally Creasey, one of the first directors of the club. ==Honours==

• Southern League • Division One Central champions 2013–14 • Champions Cup winners 2013–14 • Spartan South Midlands League • Premier Division champions 2002–03, 2012–13 • Division One champions 1999–2000 • Challenge Trophy winners 2012–2013 • Bedfordshire Premier Cup: • Winners 1980–81, 1982–83, 1990–91, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13 • Bedfordshire Senior Cup • Winners 1895–96, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09 • Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup • Winners 1999–2000, 2008–09 • Bedfordshire Floodlit Cup • Winners 2007–08 ==Records==

• Best FA Cup performance: First round, 1956–57 • Biggest win: 12–0 vs Welwyn Garden City, Spartan South Midlands League, 2009–10 • Heaviest defeat: 13–0 vs Arsenal 'A', Metropolitan League • Record transfer fee received: £20,000 from Reading for Kerry Dixon, 1980 ==See also==