Eastbourne Town F.C.

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Eastbourne Town

Full name

Eastbourne Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

Town

Founded

1881 (as Devonshire Park)

Ground

The Saffrons, Eastbourne

Capacity

3,000 (200 Seated)

Chairman

David Jenkins

Manager

John Lambert

League

Isthmian League Division One South

2012–13

Isthmian League Division One South, 11th

Home colours

Away colours

Eastbourne Town F.C. are an English football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The club is a FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association.^[1] The club was founded in 1881 as Devonshire Park FC and they claim to be the oldest senior football club in Sussex. Eastbourne Town FC play at The Saffrons in central Eastbourne, considered to be one of the most pleasant grounds in Sussex with an excellent pitch. Its picturesque setting was featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts.^[2]

History

Early history

Founded in 1881 as Devonshire Park Football Club, named after the original ground they played at (now used as the Women's International Open Tennis), and moved to their current home The Saffrons in 1886. A home they have shared since with Eastbourne Cricket Club. They changed their name to Eastbourne F.C. as the town was being expanded after the railway arrived into the town. Although not in a league then, they competed in the Sussex Senior Cup reaching the final teb times between 1890 and 1903, winning seven times in that period.

They were founding members of the Southern Amateur Football League in 1907 in which they remained in until 1946, winning the Sussex Senior Cup three more times in that period. They briefly left in 1920 and was one of the founding teams of the Sussex County Football League, in which they stayed for one season and returned to the Southern Amateur Football League in 1921. 1946 saw them join the Corinthian League. In 1953, Eastbourne played their local rivals Hastings United in the FA Cup, although they lost 7–2 the team had their record attendance of 7,378.

In 1963 the Corinthian League merged with the Athenian League in which they were in the first division for the first three seasons before relegating into the second division. In 1971, they changed their name from Eastbourne F.C. to the present name. But during the 1975–76 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase. Although they nearly amalgamated with league rivals Eastbourne United But opted to re-join the Sussex County League.

Sussex County League

Their first season in the Sussex County League was successful, winning the Division 1 title in their first attempt. Although they nearly came close by finishing third in the 1984/85 and 1985/86 seasons.

In 2001 they were relegated into Division 2 after 25 years, missing promotion in 2002 but rose again into Division 1 at the end of the 2002–03 season after finishing second place.

In the 2006–07 season, they became Sussex County League champions again on the last day of the season, defeating Oakwood 6–1 away from home to pip Whitehawk at the post, earning promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South.

The club runs a reserve team, and for the 08/09 season two youth (under 18's) team and a ladies' team.

Ground

Eastbourne Town play their home games at The Saffrons, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1EA.

Honours

Sussex Senior Challenge Cup:

Winners: 1889–90, 1890–91, 1893–94, 1894–95, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1921–22, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1952–53.

Sussex County League:

Division 1 Champions: 1920–21, 2006–07.

The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup^[3]
- Winners (5): 1932–33, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1985–86, 1986–87
- Runners Up (5): 1919–20, 1925–26, 1945–46, 1955–56, 1963–64

References

↑ "FA Charter Standard Clubs Roll of Honour". Sussex County Football Association. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
↑ Bauckham, David (2006). Dugouts. New Holland. ISBN 1-84537-478-9.
↑ "R.U.R. Cup Final Results – Sussex County Football Association". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-11.

External links

Official website
Eastbourne at the Football Club History Database
Eastbourne Town at the Football Club History Database

v t e Isthmian League

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Division One North	AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brentwood Town Burnham Ramblers Chatham Town Cheshunt Dereham Town Erith & Belvedere Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Needham Market Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thurrock Tilbury VCD Athletic Waltham Abbey Waltham Forest Ware Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Burgess Hill Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Crawley Down Gatwick Eastbourne Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Leatherhead Merstham Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Redhill Sittingbourne Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Worthing

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

v t e Sussex County League

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Division Two	AFC Uckfield Bexhill United Broadbridge Heath Eastbourne United Association Haywards Heath Town Little Common Loxwood Midhurst & Easebourne Mile Oak Oakwood Rustington Saltdean United Seaford Town Steyning Town Storrington Westfield Wick & Barnham United

Division Three	Billingshurst Clymping Ferring Hurstpierpoint Ifield Langney Wanderers Roffey Rottingdean Village Sidlesham Southwick Uckfield Town

Reserves Premier	Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association Hassocks Littlehampton Town Mile Oak Pagham Ringmer St. Francis Rangers Saltdean United Selsey Shoreham Steyning Town

Reserves East	AFC Uckfield Bexhill United Hailsham Town Haywards Heath Town Hurstpierpoint Lancing Little Common Newhaven Seaford Town Southwick Westfield

Reserves West	Arundel Broadbridge Heath Clymping Ferring Loxwood Midhurst & Easebourne Roffey Rustington Sidlesham Storrington Wick & Barnham United Worthing United

Seasons	2013–14

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