Merstham F.C.
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| Full name | Merstham Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Moatsiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Moatside, Merstham, Surrey (Capacity 2,000) |
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| Chairman | Ted Hickman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mick Sullivan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Isthmian League Division One South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Combined Counties League Premier Division, 1st (promoted) |
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Merstham Football Club is a football club based in Merstham, near Redhill, in Surrey, England. Established in 1892, the club joined the Combined Counties Football League in 1984. The club won the championship of the Combined Counties League Premier Division in the 2007–08 season to gain promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South. In addition to the league title they also reached the quarter-final of the FA Vase and achieved a treble of trophies by winning their league cup for the third time in four seasons and the Surrey Senior Cup for the first time in their history.
[edit] Honours
- Surrey Intermediate League: Champions 1952-53
- Surrey Senior League: Champions 1971-72
- Surrey Senior Charity Cup: Winners 1976-77
- London Spartan Challenge Cup: Winners 1979-80
- East Surrey Charities Senior Cup: Winners 1980-81
- Dan Air Class Elite Cup: Winners 1989-90
- Veterans County Cup: Winners 1995-96
- East Surrey Charity Cup (2): Winners 1998-99, 2004-05, 2006-07
- Premier Challenge Cup (3): Winners 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08; Runners-Up 2005-06
- Combined Counties Premier Division: Champions 2007-08
- Surrey Senior Cup Winners 2007-08
[edit] Club records
- Best FA Cup run: 2nd Qualifying Round (2000-01) v Bracknell Town, Lost 3-1
- Best FA Vase run: Quarter-Final (2007-08) v Needham Market, Lost 3-2
- Highest attendance: 1,587 v AFC Wimbledon, 9 November 2002
