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Nickname(s)
  
The Bears

Manager
  
Steve Painter

Chairman
  
Keith Soane

Founded
  
1919

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Full name
  
Broadbridge Heath Football Club

2015–16
  
Southern Combination Premier Division, 9th

League
  
Sussex County Football League Division 2

Ground
  
Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre

Broadbridge Heath Football Club is a football club based in Broadbridge Heath, near Horsham, in West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre on Wickhurst Lane.

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History

The club was established in 1919 by demobilised soldiers. Despite having only twelve players, they won the Horsham & District League and the Challenge Cup in their first season. When the league merged into the West Sussex League in 1970, Broadbridge Heath were placed in Division Three, earning promotion to Division Two in their second season in the league. They were later promoted to the Premier Division, but left to join the Southern Counties Combination League in 1978. When this league merged into the Sussex County League in 1983, the club were placed in the new Division Three.

After finishing third in 1987–88, the club were promoted to Division Two. They remained in Division Two until a third-place finish in 1997–98 saw them promoted to Division One. However, the club finishing bottom of Division One the following season and were relegated back to Division Two. In 2007–08 they finished second-from-bottom of Division Two and were relegated to Division Three. Despite only finishing fifth in 2011–12, they were promoted back to Division Two, and after finishing as runners-up in Division Two in 2013–14, the club were promoted to Division One. In 2015 the league was renamed the Southern Combination, with Division One becoming the Premier Division.

Honours

  • West Sussex League
  • Division One champions 1975–76
  • Records

  • Best FA Cup performance: Extra-preliminary round, 2004–05
  • Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2002–03
  • References

    Broadbridge Heath F.C. Wikipedia


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