Forest Row F.C.
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| Full name | Forest Row Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Frow | ||
| Founded | 1892 | ||
| Ground | East Court, East Grinstead | ||
| Manager | Grant Hearn and Andy Willis | ||
| League | Southern Combination Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Southern Combination Division One, 14th of 18 | ||
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Forest Row Football Club is a football club based in Forest Row in East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at East Court in East Grinstead.
History
[edit]The club was established in 1892.[1] Becoming members of the Mid-Sussex League, they were joint Division Two champions in 1951–52.[2] After winning Division Four in 1959–60, the club were champions of an emergency Division Three competition in the weather-interrupted 1962–63 season.[2] They were Division Three champions again in 1971–72 and won the Mowatt Cup the following season. In 1975–76 the club won the Division One and Mowatt Cup double.[2] They won the Mowatt Cup for a third time in 1983–84 and the League Trophy in 1987–88.[2]
After winning the Sommerville Cup in 1999–2000, another rise up the divisions began in 2000–01 when the club were Division Four champions.[2] They finished third in Division Three in 2002–03, earning promotion to Division Two.[3] The following season they were Division Two runners-up and were promoted to Division One.[3] After a third-place finish in Division One in 2005–06, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.[3] In 2010–11 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to the renamed Championship division.[3] They went on to finish bottom of the Championship the following season,[3] and were relegated to Division One.
The club were promoted back to the Championship in 2013–14 and were Championship runners-up in 2014–15, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. After a fourth-place finish in the curtailed 2020–21 season, the club were promoted to Division One of the Southern Combination League.[4]
Ground
[edit]They club played home games at Oakwood's Tinsley Lane ground in Crawley,[5] until relocating to East Grinstead Town's East Court ground in East Grinstead in 2024.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Mid-Sussex League
- Division One champions 1975–76
- Division Two champions 1951–52 (joint), 1971–72
- Division Three champions 1962–63, 1971–72
- Division Four champions 1959–60, 2000–01
- League Trophy 1987–88
- Mowatt Cup winners 1972–73, 1975–76, 1983–84
- Sommerville Cup winners 1999–2000
References
[edit]- ^ Continuing to Support Local Football Clubs Elliot Scott Group
- ^ a b c d e League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League
- ^ a b c d e Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters
- ^ 'Steve Bone' (21 May 2021). "Non-league shake-up: Lancing, Littlehampton, Bexhill among Sussex teams promoted". Worthing Herald.
- ^ "Where we play". Forest Row FC. Retrieved 21 May 2021.