Steyning Town F.C.

Steyning Town
Full name Steyning Town Community Football Club
Nickname(s) The Reds / Town / the Barrowmen
Founded 1892
Ground The Shooting Field
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Richard Woodbridge
Manager Alan Skipper
League Sussex County League
Division Two
2014–15 Sussex County League
Division Two, 10th

Steyning Town Community F.C. is a football club based in Steyning, England. The club is an FA chartered community club, affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association.[1] The club are currently playing in Division Two of the Sussex County League.

History

The club was established in 1892, and were originally called Steyning.[2] The club became founding members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896, joining the junior Division.[3]


After the First world war the club joined division two of the Brighton, Hove & District Football League for the 1919–20 season.[4] The club remained in division two until the end of the 1933–34 season, when they finished as champions and gained promotion to Division one.[5] The club spent three seasons in the top division of the league before being relegated, but they finished as champions two seasons later in the 1938–39 campaign,but were not promoted.[6][7][8]

After the Second world war the club was still playing in Division two of the Brighton & Hove league.[9] The club remained in this division until the end of the 1951–52 campaign when they gained promotion to Division one.[10][11] The 1963–64 camapign saw the club leave division one, when after finishing as runners-up, they gained promotion to Division two of the Sussex County League.[12][13]

For the next 17 seasons Steyning stayed in Division two of the Sussex county league, until they gained promotion as champions, to division one at the end of the 1977–78 campaign.[14] After their first season in Division one the club in 1979, they changed their name to their present one.[15] The next season then saw the club make their debut in the FA Cup, where they met Sutton United, in the first qualifying round, but lost 3–1.[16] In the 1984–85 season, they reached the Quarter Finals of the FA Vase, but managed to claim silverware when they won the Division one title for the first time.[16] In the following seasons the club retained the league title and completed a treble by winning the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup and league cup.[15]

After winning the Sussex league the club left the league, to become one of the founder members of the Wessex Football League in 1986.[17] After just two seasons the club left the Wessex league and joined the Combined Counties Football League.[18] At the end of their fifth season in the Combined counties league the club returned to the Sussex county league, but were placed in Division two.[19]

The next four seasons saw the club remain in Division two of the Sussex county league, until they finished bottom of the division and were relegated to Division three at the end of the 1996–97 campaign.[20] At the fifth attempt the club managed to escape from Division three and return to Division two when they finished as runners up behind Pease Pottage Village at the end of the 2001–02 season. The club has since remained in Division two of the Sussex county league.[16]

In 2013 Steyning Town FC merged with the Steyning Strikers (Juniors) to become Steyning Town Community FC with 18 teams from men down to U7s and two girls teams. The club was awarded FA Charter Standard Community Club in Oct 2013, one of just 12 in the whole of Sussex. The kitemark is awarded to clubs that are well run, sustainable, which place child protection, quality coaching and safety paramount. In Jan 2014 Steyning Town Community FC became one of the first clubs in the country to become a Nike Partner Club one of an elite group of just 125 clubs allowed to join the programme which will see all the club's team wearing Nike kit.

Ground

Steyning Town play their home games at the Shooting Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RP.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

External links

References

  1. ↑ "News". SussexFA. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  2. ↑ "Breakfast and after school club". The Club in Steyning. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  3. 1 2 "Shoreham F.C. – Early football in Shoreham and the 'Glory Years". Shoreham History Portal. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  5. 1 2 "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  6. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  7. 1 2 "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  8. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  9. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  10. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  11. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  12. 1 2 "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  13. ↑ "Steyning Town FC | Home Page". Webteams.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  14. ↑ "Sussex County League 1960–1980". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  15. 1 2 "Steyning Town FC – Club History". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 STEYNING TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  17. ↑ "Wessex League 1986–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  18. ↑ "Combined Counties League 1978–2002". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  19. ↑ "Sussex County League 1980–1993". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  20. ↑ "Sussex County League 1993–2003". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  21. ↑ STEYNING at the Football Club History Database
  22. ↑ "Brighton, Hove & District Football League". Bhdfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  23. ↑ "The Sussex Senior Cup". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  24. ↑ "R.U.R. Cup Final Results – Sussex County Football Association". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  25. ↑ "The John O'Hara League Challenge Cup Final Results - Sussex County Football League". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  26. ↑ "SCFL Division 2 Cup - Sussex County Football League". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  27. ↑ "Division 3 Cup – Sussex County Football League". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  28. 1 2 "SHOREHAM FOOTBALL CLUB – Latest news". Shorehamfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

Coordinates: 50°53′31.80″N 0°19′40.84″W / 50.8921667°N 0.3280111°W / 50.8921667; -0.3280111

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