Billingshurst
Full nameBillingshurst Football Club
Nickname(s)Hurst
Founded1891
GroundJubilee Fields, Billingshurst
ChairmanKevin Tilley
ManagerLee Spickett
LeagueSouthern Combination Division One
2022–23Southern Combination Division One, 8th of 17

Billingshurst Football Club is a football club based in Billingshurst, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Jubilee Fields.

History

The club was established in 1891,[1] and later joined the West Sussex League. They won the Division Two title in 1972–73 and went on to win Division One the following season.[2] Following relegation the club won the Tony Kopp Cup and the Division Three North in 1979–80 and then Division Two North in 1982–83.[2] They were Division Two North champions again in 1992–93, before winning Division Three Central in 1998–99 and Division Two North in 2006–07.[2]

In 2010–11 Billingshurst won the Centenary Cup with a 2–1 victory over Newtown Villa in the final.[3] After winning the Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup and the Premier Division title in 2011–12,[2][4] the club moved up to Division Three of the Sussex County League,[5] which was renamed Division Two when the league became the Southern Combination in 2015.[5] In 2015–16 they finished fifth,[5] earning promotion to Division One.

Ground

The club moved to Jubilee Fields in 2006.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 12 June 2013 Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Billingshurst Parish Council
  2. ^ a b c d e f 2013–14 Handbook West Sussex League
  3. ^ Football: West Sussex League results The Argus, 1 May 2011
  4. ^ West Sussex League - West Sussex League Premier Division Non-League Matters
  5. ^ a b c Billingshurst at the Football Club History Database
  6. ^ Exciting News - We are going up! Billingshurst F.C.

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