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Nickname(s)
  
The Anvils

Chairman
  
Donal Barrett

Founded
  
1993

Ground Capacity
  
2,900

Manager
  
Paul Cooper

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Full name
  
Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club

Ground
  
The Haven Sportsfield, Crawley Down

League
  
Isthmian League Division One South

Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club are a football club based in Crawley Down, near East Grinstead, England. They play in the Southern Combination Premier Division.

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History

They were established in 1993, when Crawley Down United merged with two other sides to form Crawley Down Village F.C.. and continued to play in the Mid Sussex league. Two seasons later the club joined the Sussex County League Division Three for the 1995–96 season. The club earned promotion to Division Two at their first attempt, and remained at that level until promotion to Division One in the 2008–09 season. During their time in Division two the club finished in a promotion spot during the 1998–99 campaign but were denied promotion due to their ground having no floodlights, which were installed in May 2007. The club changed its name to Crawley Down F.C. in 1999.

They first entered the FA Cup in the 2008–09 season. They won the Sussex County League Division One in 2010–11 and earned promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South for the first time in their history. For the 2012–13 season they changed their name to their current incarnation of Crawley Down Gatwick, the reasons being was to distinguish themselves from Crawley Town and to widen their fanbase.

Ground

Crawley Down Gatwick play their games at The Havens Sportsfield, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down, West Sussex, RH10 4LJ.

The ground had floodlights and hard standing installed in 2007, to meet the requirements for entry into Sussex County League Division One. In 2012 railings were added to the pitch so the club could continue to play in the Isthmian league.

League honours

  • ′′′Sussex County League Division 1′′′

    • Runners Up 2015-16

  • Sussex County League Division One
  • Champions 2010–11
  • Sussex County League Division Three
  • Runners-up 1995–96

    • Cup honours

  • Surrey Senior Cup:
  • Runners-Up: 2011–12
  • Surrey Intermediate Cup:
  • Runners-Up: 1995–96
  • Sussex County League John O'Hara Challenge Cup:
  • Runners-Up: 2009–10
  • The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup:
  • Winners: 2010–11

    • Records

  • Highest League Position: 16th in Isthmian League Division One South 2011–12
  • FA Cup best performance: First qualifying round 2009–10, 2011–12
  • FA Trophy best performance: First qualifying round 2012–13
  • FA Vase best performance: Second Round 2007–08

    • Former coaches

    1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
    2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.
  • John Crumplin

    • References

    Crawley Down Gatwick F.C. Wikipedia
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