Ilfracombe Town A.F.C.

Ilfracombe Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Ilfracombe, Devon, England. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at Marlborough Park, situated high on a hill overlooking the Bristol Channel.

The club was established in 1902 as Ilfracome Football Club. They were founder members of the North Devon League in 1904 and played in the league's first match, a 4–2 win at Pilton Yeo Vale. However, the club left the league at the end of the 1905–06 season. A team under the name Ilfracombe Devonia joined the league in 1908–09 and was replaced by Ilfracombe Town in the following season. Ilfracombe Town finished bottom of the Senior Division in 1919–20. Although they were Senior Division runners-up in 1921–22, the club finished bottom of the Senior Division again in 1922–23, and left to join the East Devon League. Ilfracombe returned to the North Devon League in the mid-1920s, but left before the end of the decade. Returning to the league in 1931, they were runners-up in 1931–32.

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