History - History 1
Ibis Football club were formally Ibis works Football Club.The name Ibis coming from the initials,IB's, of the former company of Isaac Braithwaite & Sons,laundry machinery engineering works on Shap Rd Kendal,Cumbria.The works football club was started in 1927 in the Milnthorpe & District League,in which they won the Dallam Tower Cup in 1928/29.Season 1930/31 saw them lift the Junior Cup for the first time.Both the football & cricket teams enjoyed the benefits of their own pitch behind the works(where Broombys is situated)
They formed a second team which joined the Westmorland League.In season 1932/33 the club were champions of the Westmorland League,runners up in the Milnthorpe League & winners of the Dallam Tower Cup.Their best season to date however was in 1938/39 when they won the Dallam Tower Cup,the High Sheriffs Cup,the Hospital Cup (now Benevolent Trophy),the Westmorland Knockout Shield and League Championship.The team was disbanded during the war but occasionally scratch teams played against prisoners of war at Grizedale Hull,near Hawkshead.
In 1945 the club was reformed with two teams,the first team in the North Lancashire League & the second team in the Westmorland league.Season 1946/47 was another good season for the club,the 2nd X1 winning the Westmorland League Championship,the High Sheriffs Cup & the Hospital Cup.In season1947/48 the club had over 60 players on its books & still only 2 teams,however the Westmorland League team was relegated to division 2 at the end of the season.1948/49 saw them at the top of division 2 for a swift return to the top flight.
The 1950s saw a decrease in the number of players & they withdrew from the North Lancashire League,running just one team which in 1958 was relegated to Westmorland League div2.The team won the junior cup in 1961/62 and again 10 years later in season 1971/72.Ibis returned to Westmorland League div1 in 1973 and once again a reserve team was started in div2.
They formed a second team which joined the Westmorland League.In season 1932/33 the club were champions of the Westmorland League,runners up in the Milnthorpe League & winners of the Dallam Tower Cup.Their best season to date however was in 1938/39 when they won the Dallam Tower Cup,the High Sheriffs Cup,the Hospital Cup (now Benevolent Trophy),the Westmorland Knockout Shield and League Championship.The team was disbanded during the war but occasionally scratch teams played against prisoners of war at Grizedale Hull,near Hawkshead.
In 1945 the club was reformed with two teams,the first team in the North Lancashire League & the second team in the Westmorland league.Season 1946/47 was another good season for the club,the 2nd X1 winning the Westmorland League Championship,the High Sheriffs Cup & the Hospital Cup.In season1947/48 the club had over 60 players on its books & still only 2 teams,however the Westmorland League team was relegated to division 2 at the end of the season.1948/49 saw them at the top of division 2 for a swift return to the top flight.
The 1950s saw a decrease in the number of players & they withdrew from the North Lancashire League,running just one team which in 1958 was relegated to Westmorland League div2.The team won the junior cup in 1961/62 and again 10 years later in season 1971/72.Ibis returned to Westmorland League div1 in 1973 and once again a reserve team was started in div2.
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