The Optima Stadium

History

Weston-super-Mare Association Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. Nicknamed "The Seagulls", the club are affiliated to the Somerset County Football Association and are competing in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was founded in 1887 but disbanded twice (for the two World Wars); the current club was established in 1948. Their claim to fame was that they had never been relegated in their history, although after their promotion to the sixth tier in 2004, they had been reprieved from relegation three times (in 2007, 2008, and 2010).