Farleigh Rovers F.C.

Farleigh Rovers
Full name Farleigh Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Foxes
Founded 1922
Ground Parsonage Field, Farleigh
Ground Capacity 500
Chairman Mark Whittaker
Manager Alex Peters
League Combined Counties League Division One
2015–16 Combined Counties League Division One, 16th

Farleigh Rovers F.C. is an English football club based in Warlingham, Surrey. The club are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Parsonage Field.

History

The club were established in 1922. In 1931–32 they won Division Two of the Edenbridge & Caterham League. In 1956–57 they won Division One and the Edenbridge & Caterham Cup. They then joined the Croydon League, winning the Premier Division in 1959–60 and 1969–70. They later joined the Surrey Intermediate South East League, winning Division Three in 1978–79 and the Premier Division in 1981–82.[1]

The club were founder members of the Surrey Premier League in 1982 and won it in its first season.[2] In 1984 they moved up to the Combined Counties League, but left in 1994. They returned to the Surrey Premier League, which was later renamed the Surrey County Senior League. In 2003, the league became the new Division One of the Combined Counties League, and the club have remained in Division One since.

The club also run a reserve team, who have played in the Surrey Elite League since 2013. For the start of the 2014 season the club also introduced a third team who compete in the Redhill and District Saturday League.

Ground

Farleigh Rovers play their home games at Parsonage Field, Harrow Road, Warlingham, Surrey, CR6 9EX.

Honours

Club records

References

  1. Honours Farleigh Rovers FC
  2. Farleigh Rovers at the Football Club History Database
  3. 1 2 "History | Lingfield Youth Football Club". Lingfieldyouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  4. "Saturday Premier Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  5. 1 2 "Football Club History Database – Farleigh Rovers". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

External links

Coordinates: 51°19′01.67″N 0°02′27.02″W / 51.3171306°N 0.0408389°W / 51.3171306; -0.0408389

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