Nickname(s) The Baggies Chairman Mark Broad Founded 1904 | Ground Capacity 2,500 (230 seated) Ground Ash | |
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Full name Badshot Lea Football Club 2015–16 Combined Counties League Premier Division, 17th League Combined Counties Football League Premier Division | ||
Badshot Lea Football Club is a football club based in Badshot Lea, near Farnham, Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division and play at Ash United's Shawfield Stadium.
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History
The club was established in 1904, although they only played friendly matches until affiliating with the Surrey County Football Association in 1907. They subsequently played in local leagues before joining the Surrey Intermediate League, winning Division One in 1936–37 and again in 1937–38. They won the division again in 1985–86, earning promotion to the Surrey Premier League. However, they were relegated back to the Surrey Intermediate League the following season after finishing second bottom of the division.
Badshot Lea won the league's Challenge Cup in 1987–88 and the Invitation Cup in 1989–90. They were relegated to Division Two, but won the division in 1992–93. They won the Challenge Cup for a second time in 2000–01. In 2003 they moved up to Division One East of the Hellenic League. They won the Supplementary Cup in 2005–06, and after finishing third in 2006–07 they were promoted to the Premier Division. However, after one season in the Hellenic League's top division, they were transferred to the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League, swapping leagues with AFC Wallingford. Their first season in the Combined Counties League also saw them enter the FA Vase for the first time. In the following season they made their debut in the FA Cup, eventually losing 10–0 by Ashford Town (Middlesex).