Cuckfield Town F.C.
| Full name | Cuckfield Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The White Bellies | ||
| Founded | 1872 | ||
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Cuckfield Recreation Ground Cuckfield England | ||
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Cuckfield Town is a football club based in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England that currently plays in the Mid-Sussex Football League in the Premier Division.
History
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1872 – Formed by Mr. Wyndham Burrell & Mr. G.T. Bunting. Home ground was Cuckfield Park. Played in red & black hooped shirts & cricket trousers. Opposition were usually the colleges of Sussex.
1880 – First reported match. Cuckfield 0 Brighton Rangers 4.
1889 – 2nd XI formed
1900 – Founder members of Mid Sussex League along with Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead & Hurstpierpoint. Playing kit was changed to white shirts & blue shorts.
1905 – Club moves to Ockenden Park.
1911 – Make first appearance in Montgomery Cup Final.
1914 – During the First World War Cuckfield lose 16 past and present players.
1922 – Almost 2000 spectators witness Cuckfield’s second Montgomery Cup Final.
1925 – Club moves to Cuckfield Recreation Ground.
1928 – The Club fold for one season due to "lack of interest".
1932 – Diamond Jubilee is celebrated with capture of the Div II title & Mowattt Cup.
1946 – First League Championship is secured.
1947 – Cuckfield won Montgomery Cup at the seventh attempt.
1950 – League & Montgomery Cup double winners.
1952 – Cuckfield join Sussex County League Div. II. Third XI formed.
1954 – Cuckfield break association with Mid Sussex League by entering Reserve side in Brighton & District League.
1959 – For financial reasons Cuckfield re-enter Mid Sussex League.
1964 – League & Montgomery Cup double winners.
1973 – League & Montgomery Cup double winners.
1974 – League & Montgomery Cup double winners.
1976 – Reserves finish second in Division 1 but cannot be promoted because First XI are in Premier Division.
1978 – Intermediate level football since 1945 ends with relegation to Division 1.
1984 – First XI promoted back to the Premier Division as Champions of Division 1.
1987 – First XI win an epic Montgomery Cup clash with St. Francis Hospital. Following both 1-1 and 0-0 draws, Cuckfield win the cup with a single goal.
1990 – Cuckfield equalled the records of Ardingly & West Hoathly with their sixth championship.
1991 – Cuckfield win a record eighth Montgomery Cup. Third XI revived.
1999 – Cuckfield win a record ninth Montgomery Cup.
2007 – First XI opt for relegation to Division 2. The lowest position the club have competed at since the 1930s.
2010 – After three seasons spent restructuring the club from top to bottom, the First XI completed their climb back into the Premier Division and picked up a Mowatt Cup win.
Honours
Mid Sussex Football League
- Premier Division Winners 1973–74, 1989–90, Runners Up 1987–88
- Division One Winners 1945–46, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1983–84, Runners Up 1920–21, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1962–63, 1970–71, 2009–10
- Division Two Winners 1907–08, 1932–33, 1939–40, Runners Up 1906–07, 1919–20, 2008–09
- Division Three Winners '1930–31, 2011-2012
- Division Seven Runners Up 2004–05
- Division Eight Winners 2010–11
Mowatt Cup
- Winners 1932, 2009–10
Stubbins Cup
- Runners Up 2006–07
Montgomery Cup
- Winners 1947, 1950, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1987, 1998, 1999, Runners Up 1912, 1922, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1979
References
External links
- Official website
- Cuckfield Town at the Football Club History Database