Fisher F.C.

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Fisher
Full name Fisher Football Club
Nickname(s) The Fish
Founded 2009
Ground Champion Hill, East Dulwich
(Groundshare with Dulwich Hamlet)
Ground Capacity 3,000 (500 seated)
Chairman England Ben Westmancott
Manager England Billy Walton / Martin Ford
League Southern Counties East League
2012–13 Kent League, 14th
Home colours
Away colours

Fisher F.C. are a non-League football team based in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, England who play in the Southern Counties East League. The club is affiliated to the London Football Association[1]

Formation

The club was formed in 2009 by members of the 'Fisher Supporters Trust' when Fisher Athletic Football Club was wound up in the High Court due to financial problems and closed down.[2] The name AFC Fisher was set up as a working name for the new club.[3] They were accepted into the Kent League for the 2009–10 season,[3] and were unanimously elected into the Premier Division of the Kent League at the league's AGM in June 2009.[4] Gary Lisney was appointed manager on 26 June, having been assistant manager to Wayne Burnett at Fisher Athletic as well as a brief spell as manager.[5] Donna Powell, the woman who made history in February by becoming the first female to manage a men's football side in England when she took over for one game of the former Fisher Athletic's doomed campaign, was handed a permanent position on Lisney's coaching staff prior to the new season.[6] In the 2011–12 season the reformed club entered the FA cup for the first time making it to the preliminary round before being knocked out by Lingfield.[7]

Ground

Fisher play their home games at Champion Hill Stadium, Edgar Kail Way, East Dulwich, SE22 8BD. This is also the home of Dulwich Hamlet.

Records

  • Highest League Position:[8] 10th in Kent Football League premier Division 2011–12
  • FA Cup best performance:[7] Preliminary qualifying round 2011–12
  • FA Vase best performance:[7] First round 2010–11
  • Highest Attendance:[9] 222 vs Beckenham Town 10 August 2009

References

  1. ↑ "Kent League Official Website". Kentleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14. 
  2. ↑ "End of line for non-league Fisher". BBC Sport. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Supporters' trust set up AFC Fisher". Non-League Daily. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  4. ↑ "Croydon switch – Fisher In". Non-League Daily. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 
  5. ↑ "'New' Fish announce new boss". Non-League Daily. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
  6. ↑ "Fisher appoint Powell as coach". Kentishfootball.co.uk. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2012-11-14. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 FISHER at the Football Club History Database
  8. ↑ "Kent League Final tables". Kentleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14. 
  9. ↑ "Result Finder". Kentleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14. 

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