Epsom Athletic Football Club was a football club based in

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, England. They were affiliated to the

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History

The club was established in 1997 by

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and joined the Sutton & District League.Our History
Epsom Athletic F.C. In 1999–2000 they were Division Two runners-up and were promoted to Division One.Trophy Cabinet
Epsom Athletic F.C. The following season saw them finish second in Division One, earning a second straight promotion. The club then won the Premier Division at the first attempt. After switching to the

Surrey South Eastern Combination The Surrey South Eastern Combination is one of the three intermediate association football leagues based in the English county of Surrey (the others are the Surrey Elite Intermediate League and the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)). ...

, they finished as runners-up in Division Two in 2003–04 season and were promoted to Division One. In 2005–06 they won the League Cup, and the following season saw them end the season as Division One runners-up. In 2008 Epsom were founder members of the

Surrey Elite Intermediate League The Surrey Premier County Football League is a regional English football league for teams in South-West London, Surrey and neighbouring areas. It was founded in 2008. The league is at the 11th level of the English football league system and wa ...

. They finished as league runners-up in 2010–11 but were refused promotion to the Combined Counties League. However, after winning the league the following season,Epsom Athletic achieve their 10-year plan
This is Local London, 20 April 2012 and agreeing a groundshare with Chessington & Hook United, the club were promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League. In their first season in the Combined Counties League the club made their debut in the

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, losing 4–3 at home to

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. The following season saw them make their FA Cup debut, losing 3–1 at home to

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. After finishing bottom of Division One in 2016–17, the club were relegated back to Division One of the Surrey South Eastern Combination. They subsequently folded during the 2017–18 season

Honours

*Surrey Elite Intermediate League **Champions 2011–12 *Surrey South Eastern Combination **League Cup winners: 2005–06 *Sutton & District League **Premier Division champions 2001–02

Records

*Best

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performance: Extra preliminary round, 2013–14, 2014–15 *Best

performance: First round, 2013–14

References

External links

Official website
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