| Full name | Sandridge Rovers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Ridge | ||
| Founded | 1896 | ||
| Ground | Spencer Recreation Ground | ||
| Chairman | Nigel Rump | ||
| Manager | Kevin Barton | ||
| League | Herts Senior County League Premier Division | ||
| 2010-11 | Herts Senior County League Premier Division, 6th | ||
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Sandridge Rovers are an amateur association football club based in Sandridge, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They were founded in 1896 and currently play in the Herts Senior County League Premier Division which is a feeder league in Step 7 of the National League System.
The club runs three teams, with Reserve and Vets teams in addition to the First team.[1]
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Sandridge Rovers Football Club was formed in 1896 and were members of the Mid Herts League for several decades. Changing facilities were spartan with the club sharing the old pavilion with the cricket club. Subsequently teams changed in the rear room of the Village Hall which had just one shower until the formation of the Sandridge Youth and Sports Community Association which enabled the present day facilities to be built in 1967. With the new facilities in place the club were able to be elected to the Herts County League in 1967. Division Two was won in the first season and Division One in the second, which meant that the club started the 1969/70 season in the Premier Division, where the first team has been ever since.
The Premier Division has been won four times - in 1981/82 and 1982/83 under Doug Parkin, in 1987/88 under Alan King and in 1994/95 when Nigel Tester was manager. The prestigious Aubrey Cup in which the club first played in 1967/68 has never been won, with just two appearances in the final - losing by 2 - 1 to London Colney in 1982 and by 1 - 0 to Oxhey Jets in 2003. The only County Cup success has been the Intermediate Cup in 1981/82.[2]
Sandridge Rovers play their home games at the Spencer Recreation Playing Fields in Sandridge. They share this facilitiy with Sandridge Cricket Club.
| Season | League | Position | Aubrey Cup | Anagram Records Cup | County Cup | Source |
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| 2000-01 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 6th | Semi Final | DNP | Quarter Final | [4] |
| 2001-02 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 6th | Semi Final | DNP | Round 2 | [5] |
| 2002-03 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 5th | Finalists | DNP | Round 2 | [6] |
| 2003-04 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 8th | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | [7] |
| 2004-05 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 8th | Semi Final | Round 2 | Semi Final | [8] |
| 2005-06 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 9th | Round 2 | Quarter Final | Round 2 | [9] |
| 2006-07 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 4th | Round 2 | Quarter Final | Quarter Final | [10] |
| 2007-08 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 12th | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarter Final | [11] |
| 2008-09 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 11th | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 1 | [12] |
| 2009-10 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 12th | Quarter Finals | Round 2 | Round 1 | [13] |
| 2010-11 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 6th | Round 2 | Quarter Finals | Round 2 | [14] |
| 2011-12 | Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division | 13th | Round 2 | Awaiting Draw | Awaiting Draw | [15] |
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Club Website: http://www.sandridgerovers.co.uk/