Coulsdon Town F.C.

Coulsdon Town
Full name Coulsdon Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The C's
Founded 1968
Ground Netherne C.A.S.C.,
Coulsdon Woodplace lane
Ground Capacity 1500
Chairman Robert Eason
Manager Kevin Ward
League Surrey Elite Intermediate League
2012–13 Surrey Elite Intermediate League, 3rd

Coulsdon Town Football Club is a football club based in Coulsdon, Greater London, England. The club plays its football in the Surrey Elite Intermediate League. The club is sponsored by Sainsbury's and Walter & Mair Estate Agents.

History

The club was established in 1968 as Reedham Park F.C. and played in the Croydon Saturday League. The club's name then came from the former Reedham Orphanage, which was in the same area as their first pitch at Higher Drive Recreation Ground.[1] In 1975, the club moved to the Surrey Eastern Intermediate League, which became the Surrey South Eastern Combination following a merger. The club in the 1988–89 season, under the management of John Comerford, won the Premier Division championship and gained promotion to the Surrey County Premier League.[1] In 1992 the club changed its name to Netherne F.C., to identify the club more closely with their present ground of Netherne C.A.S.C. and the local area, with the name of Netherne being associated with the former Netherne Hospital.[1][2]

In 1994, they were promoted into the Combined Counties League, after winning the Surrey County Premier League, during the 1993–94 season, where they played for a few seasons before once again changing names to Netherne Village F.C. in 1998.[3] During this period the club reached the 1st round of the FA Vase, in their debut campaign, in the 1995–96 season.

The club dropped out of the Combined Counties League following the 1998–99 season, as their Ground did not have floodlights, and dropped back into the Surrey Premier League. However they became founder members of the Combined Counties league's new Division One in 2003, when this new division did not require Floodlights.[1] In 2005, the club's name reverted to Netherne F.C.. Only a year later, they once again changed names to Coulsdon Town F.C.[4] In 2007 the club merged with Salfords and changed the name of the club to Coulsdon United Football Club.[5]

In 2010 the club was demoted from the Combined Counties Football League again into the Surrey Elite Intermediate Football League, as a result of more problems with their ground.[1] For the 2011–12 season, the club reverted their name back to Coulsdon Town.[6]

Stadium

Coulsdon United Football Club play their home matches at Netherne Community Amateur Sports Club, Woodplace Lane, Coulsdon, CR5 1NE.

The ground has a capacity of 1,500 people. The Clubhouse was erected by the Hospital staff, from the former Netherne Hospital, as their social club in 1950 and originally there used to be running track surrounding the pitch.[1]

Current squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Current staff

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Club records

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Coulsdon Town FC History". Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  2. ↑ REEDHAM PARK at the Football Club History Database
  3. 1 2 3 4 NETHERNE at the Football Club History Database
  4. ↑ Pieman, Simple (2009-08-22). "Pie and Mushy Peas: Coulsdon United FC". Pieandmushypeas.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  5. ↑ COULSDON UNITED at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ COULSDON TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  7. ↑ "Hubert strike lands the title | This is Croydon". Thisiscroydontoday.co.uk. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  8. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

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Coordinates: 51°17′50.14″N 0°08′39.91″W / 51.2972611°N 0.1444194°W / 51.2972611; -0.1444194

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