East Thurrock United F.C.

East Thurrock United

Full name

East Thurrock United Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Rocks

Founded

27 April 1969

Ground

Rookery Hill, Corringham
(Capacity: 4,000 (160 seated))

Manager

John Coventry

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2010–11

Isthmian League Division One North, 1st (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

East Thurrock United F.C is an English football club based in Corringham, Essex. The club currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division and is based at Rookery Hill.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Honours
4 Club records
5 Refernences
6 External links

History

The club was founded on 27 April 1969 by a group of fans who felt that the area around Corringham and Stanford-Le-Hope should have a senior non-league football club, following the successful Corringham Social Sunday League side, which had gained some local fame in the 1960s. The first league in which the club played was the Southern Essex Combination. They joined the Metropolitan–London League in 1972, and won Division Two at the first attempt. After the league merged with the Spartan League the club played in the London Spartan League until 1979, when they switched to the Essex Senior League. They remained in the ESL until 1992 when a third-place finish saw them join Division Three of the Isthmian League.

In 1999–2000 they were Division Three champions and were promoted to Division Two,^[1] then switched to Division One North upon league reorganisation. In 2004 reorganisation of the pyramid saw them moved into the Eastern Division of the Southern League, where they finished second in their first season, earning them promotion to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League. An application to the Essex FA and the Isthmian League to rename the club Thurrock United from the start of the 2007–08 season was rejected. At the end of the season they were following a one point deduction for fielding an ineligible player. They returned to the Premier Division after winning Division One North in 2010–11. In 2011–12 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history, losing 3–0 at home to Macclesfield Town.

Stadium

During the club's first season as members of the Southern Essex Combination, in 1969–70, home matches were played at Corringham Recreation Ground. They subsequently moved to the Billet in Stanford-Le-Hope, before ground-sharing with nearby Grays Athletic in order to achieve senior status. The club spent further spells sharing with Tilbury and Grays, among others until finally, with the help of The FA, Thurrock Council and brewers Greene King, the club acquired some land in Corringham and built Rookery Hill. The ground is currently shared with Grays Athletic.

Honours

Isthmian League
- Division One North champions 2010–11
- Division Three champions 1999–2000
Metropolitan–London League
- Division Two champions 1972–73

Club records

Best league performance: Twelfth in Isthmian League Premier Division, 2005–06
Best FA Cup performance: First round, 2011–12
Best FA Trophy performance: Second round, 2004–05
Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 1988–89
Record attendance: 1,250 v Woking FA Cup fourth qualifying round, 2003

Refernences

^ East Thurrock United at the Football Club History Database

External links

Isthmian League

Premier Division	AFC Hornchurch Aveley Billericay Town Bury Town Canvey Island Carshalton Athletic Concord Rangers Cray Wanderers East Thurrock United Harrow Borough Hastings United Hendon Horsham Kingstonian Leatherhead Lewes Lowestoft Town Margate Metropolitan Police Tooting & Mitcham United Wealdstone Wingate & Finchley

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