| Full name | Westfield Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Parishoners | ||
| Founded | 1927 [1] | ||
| Ground | The Parish Field Westfield |
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| Chairman | Graham Drinkwater | ||
| Manager | Duncan Jones | ||
| League | Sussex County League Division Two |
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| 2010–11 | Sussex County League Division Two, 10th |
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Westfield (Sussex) Football Club are a football club based in Westfield, near Hastings, England. They were established before World War I. They joined the Sussex County Football League Division Three in 1997. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Sussex County Football League Division Two.
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Westfield joined Division Two of the East Sussex League in 1971, the finished runners up in 1972–73. The following season in Division One, they won a league and cup double, in 1977–78 in the Premier Division they won another league and cup double. However by 1991 the club were back in Division Two of the league.
The club were admitted back into Division Three of the Sussex County League for the 1997–98 season. In the 1998–99 season, the club finished 4th and were promoted into Division Two, where the have remained since. The club managed to reach the final of the Division Two Challenge Cup in the 2002–03 season, which saw them finish 6th in the league, they missed out to league champions and local rivals Rye & Iden United. The club finished in 3rd in 2006–07, however due to having no floodlights at their home ground, could not get promoted into Division One.[1]
Westfield play their home games at The Parish Field, where the facilities are basic compared to other grounds in the Sussex County League, however the club do have plans to relocate to a new recreation ground in the village, which would be built in phases. In 2009 a fire destroyed the clubhouse, which was built primarily from wood and dated back to the 1970s, the club have since installed temporary cabins to use as a temporary clubhouse.[2]
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