Club History |
The Thurston Football Club was founded in 1962; the formation of the club was aided by Jack Baker and Mr P Howes.
The team played their first competitive matches on Saturdays in Division 4 of the Bury & District League. The team took the league by storm finishing runners up and reaching the final of the League Cup, taking the runners up medal in their first season.
In 1964, the Thurston reserve side was formed playing in the Saturday Village League.
Shortly after the Sunday Football League was formed in Bury St Edmunds and, Thurston FC entered a team.
Following several seasons the Thurston Football Club Saturday side found themselves short of players and unfortunately had to withdraw from the Bury & District League.
The Thurston FC side continued their football in the Bury St Edmunds Sunday League.
Saturday football returned to the village of Thurston shortly after, with the formation of a Youth side playing in the Bury Youth League.
This was to become the catalyst for the current Thurston Football Club set up, with the club joining Division 3 of the Suffolk & Ipswich League (SIL), thereby maintaining the careers of their aged youth players.
In their first three seasons in the SIL the Thurston side, the majority of them, having progressed from the Youth side, found themselves in Division 1, having won both Division 3 & 2 in consecutive seasons and finishing 3rd in their first season in Division 1.
During this period the Club's Youth set up has maintained the supply of players progressing through to the senior side.
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