Haverhill Borough F.C.

Haverhill Borough
Full name Haverhill Borough Football Club
Founded 2011
Ground New Croft, Haverhill
Capacity 3,000 (200 seated)[1]
Chairman Barry Geoghegan
Manager Ben Cowling
League Eastern Counties League
Division One
2013-14 Eastern Counties League
Division One, 4th
Website Club home page

Haverhill Borough Football Club is a football club based in Haverhill in England. The club are currently members of Division One of the Eastern Counties League and play at the New Croft.

History

The club was established in 2011, and were originally named Haverhill Sports Association.[2] The new club joined Division One of the Essex & Suffolk Border Football League and won it at the first attempt,[3] and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following season the club entered the FA Vase for the first time, knocking out three clubs from higher divisions, before losing in the third round.[2] They finished second in the Premier Division,[4] earning promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League.[5] In the summer of 2013 the club adopted its current name.[2]

In the 2013–14 season the club missed out on a third straight promotion by one point, finishing fourth in Division One.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p646 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Haverhill has a new team, with a new name, in the Thurlow Nunn League Haverhill Echo, 30 June 2013
  3. ↑ Essex & Suffolk Border League - Essex & Suffolk Border League Division One Non League Matters
  4. ↑ Essex & Suffolk Border League - Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division Non League Matters
  5. ↑ Haverhill Sports Association accepted into Thurlow Nunn League Cambridge News, 31 May 2013
  6. ↑ Haverhill Borough miss out on promotion by one point Cambridge News, 28 April 2014

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Coordinates: 52°05′11″N 0°26′57″E / 52.086402°N 0.449141°E