Brixham A.F.C.


Brixham A.F.C. is an English football club based in Brixham, Devon. They are currently members of the and play at Wall Park. The clubs nicknames are The Fishermen and The Blues. The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Devon County Football Association.

History

The club was formed in June 2012, when Brixham United and Brixham Villa merged in the South Devon League. Brixham Villa had been a club since 1953 and had previously won the league in the 2006–07 season, while Brixton United had competed in the Western Football League and FA Vase during the late 1970's.
After finishing runners up in the South Devon League the club joined the South West Peninsula League Division One East in 2014 and spent five seasons there, finishing third in 2018–19. At the end of that season the league was restructured, and Brixham successfully applied for promotion to the Premier Division East, at Step 6 of the National League System.
The club installed floodlights in order to comply with the conditions imposed upon them to enable their promotion to Step 6. They played their first match under floodlit conditions on 10 September 2019, a 2–1 win over Bovey Tracey.

Ground

The club play their home games at Wall Park. The ground was the home of Brixham United before becoming part of AFC Brixham.