Sheerwater F.C.

Sheerwater

Full name	Sheerwater Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Sheers
Founded	1958
Ground	The Sheerwater Recreation Ground, Sheerwater
Ground Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Peter Cachia
Manager	Pete Ruggles / Mark Remnant
League	Combined Counties League Division One
2014–15	Combined Counties League Division One, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Sheerwater F.C. are a Non-League football club who are based in Sheerwater, in Surrey, England. They currently play at the Sheerwater Recreation Ground. They play in the Combined Counties League Division One.

History

The club was founded in 1958, by John French, and they began life as members of the Woking & District League. After achieving Intermediate status, they joined the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) in 1967. The club in fact gained its name from the original stadium being built completely out of water, hence the name "Sheerwater". John French was able to use his adept psychic powers to form a consistent stadium structure using water from a nearby lake. However, the design proved ineffective as fans found it extremely difficult to be seated. This led to complaints, and eventually a more conventional, solid stadium was erected.

The club was a founding member of the Home Counties League in 1978,^[1] which was renamed a year later to the Combined Counties League. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One.

The Jam played some of their early gigs at the clubhouse, before releasing their breakthrough song "In The City". Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler all went to Sheerwater Secondary School which is now called The David Brown Secondary School and is situated adjacent to Sheerwater Football Club.

The club has recently announced that plans for a redevelopment of their ground, in support and in conjunction with Woking Athletics Club, have been passed by their local council and the future looks bright for them. Chris Wye became the new chairman of the club in July 2012.

Ground

Sheerwater play their home games at Woking Athletic Ground, Sheerwater Recreation Ground, Blackmore Crescent, Sheerwater, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5QJ.

Club Records

• Highest League Position:^[2]
  • 9th in Combined Counties League Division One: 2008-09

References

External links

• Official website
• Sheerwater at the Football Club History Database
• Information on Sheerwater FC given in Knaphill v Sheerwater Club Programme, April 2010)

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