The club's most recent stint in the top division of English football was during the 2006 – 07 season, under Aidy Boothroyd's management.

Whether this perception is accurate remains a subject of debate ; however, the club's record in recent years has been much improved, having won two and drawn one of its last six Grand Finals.

The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.

The away strip has changed regularly over the years although an all yellow strip has been used for many of the recent seasons in the club's history.

However, the mid-80s saw the club relegated to the second division, and 1987 was the club's worst season in recent memory as the club fell to 8th position in the Second Division, while local rivals Bryne won the cup and neighbouring minnows Vidar almost won promotion to the Premier League.

Current first-team players such as Welsh international Andy King, Ghanaian international Jeffrey Schlupp, defender Liam Moore and goalkeeper Conrad Logan have come through the club's youth system in recent years.

Boca Juniors are particularly popular in Japan because of the club's success in recent years at the Intercontinental Cup held in Japan.

Yellow is generally regarded as the club's main third colour ; but white, red and purple away kits have also appeared in recent years.

The club's away shirt has traditionally been white and to a lesser extent also blue, but there has been a profusion of other colours and designs particularly in more recent years.

Sexson later stated he was frustrated and had a lot going on in his head, including his son being in the hospital and his club's recent struggles.

The result is now one of the most famous in the club's recent history.

In the recent Football League era since promotion from the Conference, the club's rivals have included Kidderminster Harriers, Cheltenham Town and Shrewsbury Town ; the latter being considered the club's biggest rivals at present.

They spent three years at this level before winning promotion to the First Division – arguably the club's greatest achievement in recent history.

For much of the club's history it was believed that they had formed in 1881, though recent research indicates that 1884 is the more likely date of formation.

The following former Cowdenbeath players are all members of the club's Hall of Fame or recent players who are still playing at a higher level in Scotland ( as well as some notable loan players ).

However, in recent years, the club's appearance and reputation have been in decline.

In recent years, the club's performance has been mixed.

In recent years the club has become particularly identified in the media with the Lebanese and the Greek community, particularly with the club's former star goalkicker Hazem El Masri, being of a Lebanese Nationality, who Migrated from Lebanon as a young kid.

The club's most recent period of success was during the 1960s, when they won four trophies and reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners ' Cup.

In recent years the club have survived, however, a new initiative, The Friends of Clapton FC, has been launched to bring together ex-players, followers and those with a love for the best traditions of non-league and amateur football to help secure the club's future and to offer the club help and assistance.

* 23 September 2002-Peter Reid gains unexpected support from Sir Bobby Robson, manager of Sunderland's local rivals Newcastle United, who defends him over the club's recent shortcomings.

He quickly became a fans favourite and is the most recent Villa player to have scored more than 20 goals in one season, finishing as the club's top scorer in the 2003-04 season with 16 goals in the FA Premier League, ( 23 goals including cup competitions ) but could not maintain that form as Villa struggled and he only managed seven goals in 2004-05.

In the recent years the club's financial situation has deteriorated on two different occasions ( like many other small market teams in Veikkausliiga ).

The rise of the Aberdeen Casuals coincided with the most successful period in the club's history, and has been chronicled in more than one published account.

From 1991 to 1998, PSG maintained its finances healthy and the club's expenditures stood at € 50m per season thanks to the rise of television rights and the increasing number of spectators at the Parc des Princes, as well as an excellent performance in national and European competitions.

The club's fortunes begun to rise from 1931 and they made a semi-final appearance in the 1932 German championship, losing 1 – 2 to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Two years later, Brentford reached the First Division and finished 5th in its debut season – which is still the club's highest ever league position – to complete a remarkable rise for the club.

However, since the club's rise to the Football League and, in particular, the former two clubs ' financial problems, these rivalries have become less intense.

Between 1972 and 1977, during the club's rise to the Second Division, home attendances averaged almost 8, 000 per game.

The club's manager at the time was Graham Taylor, and Watford were eight months away from completing their six-year rise from the Fourth Division to the First.

He was instrumental in Reading's rise from League 1 ( the old 3rd Division ) to second place in the Championship ( 2nd Division ), where he narrowly missed out on the Premier League following a 4 – 3 defeat to Bolton Wanderers in the 1995 play-off final, and was voted the club's Player of the Season in 1994-95.

At the end of that season, Mike Yarlett, the owner who had bankrolled the club's rise through the leagues, withdrew his backing, and extinction appeared to be a distinct possibility.

In June 2012 the club was acquired by a consortium led by prominent football manager Pietro Lo Monaco, former managing director at Serie A club Catania and one of the masterminds behind the club's rise into top flight in the 2000s.

The club's fast rise into French football led to a high-level of confidence from the club's ownership and supporters and, following two seasons without a trophy, Batteux was let go and replaced by former Saint-Étienne player Robert Herbin.

There were also plans to build a new East Stand soon after the Dr. Martens stand was completed in 2001, which would have seen the stadiums capacity rise from 35, 647 to around 40, 500, but the plans were put on hold after a combination of resistance from the local residents behind the stand and the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2003, which spiralled the club into debt at the time.

Due to the club's fast rise up the non-league system, the stadium has had to undergo major transformations, the latest being a new 500-seat stand that contains headquarters for the Cambridgeshire FA.

Under coach Vincenzo Guerini, the club's rise was meteoric: 5th place in 1990 and promotion was achieved two years later.

The club's meteoric rise was slowed at first with the new challenge of playing in the Danish second tier, it wasn't stopped however, ending the 1999-00 campaign with respectable eight spot finish, winning the same amount of games they lost.

In the UK, most Premier League or Football League football clubs have one or more fanzines which supplement, oppose and complement the club's official magazine or matchday programme.

Although Arsenal failed to retain the Premier League after being beaten on the final day of the season by Manchester United, Bergkamp was the club's second-top scorer with 16 goals.

On 28 April 2012, a 4 – 0 home win over Coventry City secured the club's return to the Premier League.

Eriksson became the first Manchester City manager since 1969 – 70 to win both league derby games against Manchester United and also achieved the club's joint highest Premier League point total, 55.

As soon as The Football Association approved this move in May 2002, former Wimbledon FC supporters founded their own replacement club, the semi-professional AFC Wimbledon, and the club's support overwhelmingly shifted to the new team, who in their second and third seasons of existence earned successive promotions to the First then Premier Divisions of the Isthmian League.

The club competes in county leagues in both tennis and squash, with the club's first team in squash playing in the Sussex Premier League.

The club's form in the 2007 – 08 season was better than during their last season in the Premier League, as they finished 15th with 39 points.

Despite the lack of resources, a number of young talented players were found to play for the club ; crucially, when many of these moved on, including Stephen Pearson and James McFadden, they brought revenue in the form of transfer fees, and with John Boyle waiving the club's personal debt to him, its financial future was assured by the conclusion of the 2004 – 05 season with the club's yearly losses falling to one of the lowest figures in the Premier League and the club coming out of administration in time to avoid a ten-point Premier League penalty which was being phased in for teams in administration.

The club's return to the Premier League saw their highest league position in 30 years, with a 15th place finish granting survival.

Spraymate were the club's first shirt sponsor, and have since been followed by an array of local and national companies: Lynfox, Howlett, Fujitsu, Beaumont Stainless Steels, Premier Travel, C and R Windows, Quicksilver ( couriers ), Capital Sports, The Global Group, Haart, Global Self Drive, and in 2009 – 10 Greene King IPA.

In the summer of 2010, work was done on the stadium to prepare for the club's debut season in the Premier League.

The club's first season back in Newport, in 1994 – 95, saw them promoted to the Southern League Premier Division by winning the Midland Division Championship by a 14-point margin ; on the way to that championship, the club set a then Southern League record by winning 14 successive league matches.

Prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992, most of the club's successes were before 1930, when it had gained league and FA Cup trophies on several occasions.

One of the club's most turbulent times occurred in 1992, when Barry Town were exiled for their decision not to join the newly-formed League of Wales ( now Welsh Premier League ).

1999 saw the Dragons become the first League of Wales outfit to win the FAW Premier Cup, with a 2 – 1 win over Wrexham at the club's own Racecourse Ground.

In April 2008 in Mumbai, the Indian Premier League, viewed by some as the very antithesis of MCC, pledged its allegiance to the club's Spirit of Cricket campaign.

His wealth saw the club return to the top flight of English football in 1992 after 26 years away, and after buying some of the most expensive and talented footballers in the English game at the time, he oversaw their FA Premier League title triumph in 1995-the club's first top division title since 1914.

He managed Middlesbrough for seven years, guiding them to two promotions to the FA Premier League and to the first three cup finals of the club's history, later returning to West Bromwich Albion for a two-year spell as manager after a brief and unsuccessful spell in charge of Bradford City.

The club's highest league position was 18th in the Southern League, Premier Division, 1987 – 88 and best FA Cup performance was the 2nd round in the 1962-63, 1966 – 67 and 1995-96 seasons.

Since the takeover the club have won nine major trophies – the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League 3 times, the FA Cup 4 times ( with 2010 providing the club's first ever league and FA Cup double ) and the League Cup twice.