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Horsham F.C. are a non league football club based in Horsham, West Sussex, England, currently playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
[edit] History
The club was established in 1871, although the club's website mentiones that it was "firmly re-established" in 1881. Horsham were founding members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896 ands won the championship of that league on four occasions. In 1920 they joined the Sussex County League where, between 1930 and 1947 they won the championship seven times in ten seasons (the league having been suspended during World War II) including four wins in successive seasons.
The club had applied to join the Athenian League on a number of occasions but been turned away, so in 1951 they opted to join the Metropolitan League, where they were champions at the first attempt. In 1957, however, after finishing bottom of the table, they stepped down to the Corinthian League. In 1963 this league was disbanded, and Horsham were finally able to join the Athenian League. Then in 1973, they joined the Isthmian League when it expanded to two divisions, and remain in this league to this day. They enjoyed little success during the 1980s and early 1990s, finishing bottom of the entire league in 1993-94, but began to turn their fortunes around with a Division Three championship win in 1995-96. In 2001-02 they finished second in Division Two and were promoted to Division One South, and in 2005-06 a second-place finish in that division, finishing 2nd behind champions Ramsgate on goal difference, saw them promoted to the Premier Division for the first time.
[edit] Club records
- Best league performance: 2nd in Isthmian League Division One, 2005-06
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round proper, 1947-48 and 1966-67
- Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd round, 2002-03
- Best FA Vase performance: 4th round, 1986-87
[edit] Sources
- Horsham at the Football Club History Database
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