The club was originally formed in 1898; it was known as Malmesbury Town. The club played football until 1936, when with support dwindling it closed down. The club reformed after the Second World War in 1947 and changed their name to Malmesbury Town Football Club. In 1968 they changed their mane again to Malmesbury United. For the 1975-76 season they merged with local Swindon side Swindon Victoria and the club became known by its present name of Malmesbury Victoria. The Club has played at various locations in and around the town, before eventually settling on the present site, known as The Flying monk Ground. The ground was previously owned by the pub known as the Flying Monk.
Malmesbury Victoria in their first season as an amalgamated club, the 1975-76 campaign, continued from where Swindon Victoria left off and continued to play in the FA Vase. The following season the club became founder members of the Wiltshire Football League, when the Wiltshire Combination and Wiltshire Leagues merged. The club continued to play in the FA Vase until the end of the 1981-82 season. The 1999-00 campaign saw both Saturday sides winning their leagues for the first time since 1974. The first team won the Wiltshire premier League to clinch promotion to the Hellenic League, with the reserves winning the equivalent junior division to gain promotion to the Premier Division.
During their first season in the Hellenic League the first team acquitted themselves well, to finish 4th overall. Since then things became much harder to finish in the top half of the league, but in 2001-02 the club did win the Wiltshire Senior Cup. 2004-05 saw the club decide to start running an under 18’s team in the Wiltshire Floodlight League, But unfortunately this did not last long.
The club has made giant steps to improve their facilities, in the summer of 2004 the giant step of installing floodlights was completed and the summer of 2005 saw the complete refurbishment of the clubhouse. In the 2006-07 season, we were unlucky not to get promotion into the Hellenic Premier, finishing in fourth place. The following season 2007-08, we had a poor start, and after a change of management half way through, finished the season in 15th place.
The 2008-09 season saw the club finish in the runners up spot in Division 1 West and with it came promotion to the Hellenic Premier Division, this being the club’s highest level of football in its long history. However the club was relegated at the end of 2009-10 as the ground had not reached the required standard to continue in the division.
After four more seasons in Division 1 West the decision was made to drop back to County Football and this proved to be a good decision as we won the league at the first attempt, however due to financial problems we were unable to move back up a level.
Malmesbury Victoria in their first season as an amalgamated club, the 1975-76 campaign, continued from where Swindon Victoria left off and continued to play in the FA Vase. The following season the club became founder members of the Wiltshire Football League, when the Wiltshire Combination and Wiltshire Leagues merged. The club continued to play in the FA Vase until the end of the 1981-82 season. The 1999-00 campaign saw both Saturday sides winning their leagues for the first time since 1974. The first team won the Wiltshire premier League to clinch promotion to the Hellenic League, with the reserves winning the equivalent junior division to gain promotion to the Premier Division.
During their first season in the Hellenic League the first team acquitted themselves well, to finish 4th overall. Since then things became much harder to finish in the top half of the league, but in 2001-02 the club did win the Wiltshire Senior Cup. 2004-05 saw the club decide to start running an under 18’s team in the Wiltshire Floodlight League, But unfortunately this did not last long.
The club has made giant steps to improve their facilities, in the summer of 2004 the giant step of installing floodlights was completed and the summer of 2005 saw the complete refurbishment of the clubhouse. In the 2006-07 season, we were unlucky not to get promotion into the Hellenic Premier, finishing in fourth place. The following season 2007-08, we had a poor start, and after a change of management half way through, finished the season in 15th place.
The 2008-09 season saw the club finish in the runners up spot in Division 1 West and with it came promotion to the Hellenic Premier Division, this being the club’s highest level of football in its long history. However the club was relegated at the end of 2009-10 as the ground had not reached the required standard to continue in the division.
After four more seasons in Division 1 West the decision was made to drop back to County Football and this proved to be a good decision as we won the league at the first attempt, however due to financial problems we were unable to move back up a level.