History
They were founder members of the Gloucestershire County League in 1968, moving to the Hellenic League in 1983. After two seasons in Division One, they were promoted to the Premier Division and after two mid-table seasons they won the Hellenic League title in two successive seasons, 1987–88 and 1988–89. The second championship secured them promotion to the Southern League, where they remained until 2000. In that year, they were relegated back to the Hellenic League for three seasons before being promoted back to the Southern League in 2003 where they remain to this day, playing their first season in back in Division One South & West level in 2009–10.
On 23 October 2012, Yate defeated Newport County A.F.C. (then Conference Premier leaders) 3–1 to qualify for the FA Cup for the first time in their history. The historic goals came from Tom Knighton, Scott Thomas and Matt Groves. Yate will play Cheltenham Town in the first round of the competition on November 3/4 2012. Alongside Slough Town, Yate are the lowest ranked team in the competition.
In their days of playing in the FA Vase they did make the last 16 (fifth round) in 1992–93, and more recently made the last 64 (third round) of the FA Trophy in 2004–05.
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