F.C. Elmstead is a semi-professional football club based in Elmstead, London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and groundshare at Sutton Athletic's Lower Road ground in Hextable.
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| Full name | FC Elmstead | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Cocks[1] | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Ground | Lower Road, Hextable | ||
| Chairman | Paul Brook | ||
| Manager | Fabio Rossi | ||
| League | Southern Counties East League Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Southern Counties East League Division One, 6th of 16 | ||
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History
editThe club was founded as Elmstead Rovers on 13 October 1958 at a meeting at 74 The Avenue in Chislehurst,[2] and were initially a Sunday league club. In 1964 the club adopted its current name, with the mid-1960s also seeing the club change its colours of claret and blue to scarlet and blue after the kit was accidentally boil-washed, changing the colour.[2]
In 2013 the club switched from the Metropolitan Sunday League to playing Saturday football and joined Division Three West of the Kent County League.[3][4][5] After finishing as runners-up in their first season in the division, they were promoted to Division Two West. The following season saw them finish as Division Two West runners-up, earning promotion to the Kent Invicta League. In 2016 the Kent Invicta League merged into the Southern Counties East League, becoming its Division One.[5]
Ground
editThe club played at the Chislehurst Recreation Ground from their establishment in 1958 until joining the Kent County League in 2013,[3] when they started groundsharing at Tiepigs Lane in Coney Hall.[6][7] After moving up to the Kent Invicta League, they moved to Holmesdale's Oakley Road ground in Bromley.[8] Since the summer of 2018, they have been playing at Sutton Athletic's Lower Road ground in Hextable.[9]
Records
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p515 ISBN 978-1869833695
- ^ a b Club history F.C. Elmstead
- ^ a b Elmstead are embarking on a five-year ambitious development plan, says Fabio Rossi Kentish Football, 6 June 2013
- ^ We have done remarkably well in our first season, says FC Elmstead boss Fabio Rossi Kentish Football, 4 May 2014
- ^ a b c FC Elmstead at the Football Club History Database
- ^ FC Elmstead announces improvements to home ground, Chislehurst Recreation Ground News Shopper, 19 June 2013
- ^ It will be a long, hard journey ahead, says FC Elmstead boss Fabio Rossi Kentish Football, 14 June 2013
- ^ Friday night football is something I have been mentioning for some quite some time now, says FC Elmstead general manager Fabio Rossi Kentish Football, 23 July 2015
- ^ Sutton Athletic agree two-year groundshare deal with league rivals FC Elmstead Kentish Football, 11 May 2018
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