Diss Town Football Club

Diss Town Football Club may not be Manchester United or Chelsea but the Tangies as they are locally known (because of the Tangerine coloured shirts) have had some great footballing moments including a visit to Wembley and a close conection with an England cap.

The 1993/4 was the greatest in the clubs history.  The FA Vase 'run' which started in November against Tring Town climaxed on May 7^th 1994 with a visit to Wembley Stadium to play Taunton Town in the final.  Diss had also defeated Ford United, Torpoint Athletic, Kings Lynn, Tiverton Town and Atherton Laburnum Rovers to earn their place at the “home of football”.Before a crowd of 13,450 Diss trailed for much of the game but a penalty from Paul Gibbs deep into injury time and an extra time winner from Peter Mendham brought them victory and signal a celebration in Diss the likes of which had never been seen before.In 1995/6 Diss were runners up in the Jewson League but won the Norfolk Senior Cup for the 2^nd time beating Wroxham 4-0 in the final.  The next season however the Yachtsmen gained revenge with a 4-1 victory at Carrow Road.  In the 2000/01 season the team reached the Jewson League final for the first time in its history but were beaten 3-1 by Wroxham. Former Scotland, Rangers, Chelsea and Norwich City player Robert Fleck left Gorleston in the summer of 2002 to become the new Diss Town Manager. He took Diss to three successive Carrow Road Finals with victories over Yarmouth 4-1 in 2003 and Wroxham 3-0 in 2005 with a penalty shoot out defeat after an exciting 3-3 draw with Wroxham in 2004.

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