Knaphill Football Club is a
football club based in
Knaphill
Knaphill is a village in Surrey, England, between Woking to the east and Aldershot to the west; to the south and north on the A322 – its western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley. Some of the village is on a hill, hence its name.
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Surrey,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at Redding Way.
History
The club was established in 1924.
Knaphill
Combined Counties League They became members of the Surrey Intermediate League, winning the league title in 1935–36. However, by the 1970s the club were playing in the Woking & District League. They won the league's Charity Cup in 1972–73 and went on to win the Premier Division, League Cup and Charity Cup treble in 1978–79.[Honours]
Knaphill F.C. The club were Premier Division runners-up the following season, but retained the League Cup and Charity Cup, as well as winning the Challenge Cup.[
Knaphill then returned to the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western), joining Division Three. They were Division Three champions their first season back in the league,][ earning promotion to Premier Division Two. In 1981–82 the club were runners-up in Premier Division Two, securing a third successive promotion. The following season saw them finish as runners-up in Premier Division One.][ In the 1990s the club absorbed Heathlands from the Guildford and Woking Alliance League.][History]
Knaphill F.C.
In 2005–06 Knaphill won Division One of the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) and were promoted to the Premier Division.
Non-League Matters[ earning promotion to Division One of the ]Combined Counties League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...
.[ In 2017–18 they won the Premier Challenge Cup, beating ]Worcester Park
Worcester Park is a suburban town in South West London, England. It lies in the London boroughs of Sutton and Kingston, and partly in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell. The area is southwest of Charing Cross. The suburb's population was ...
3–2 in the final.
Ground
The club initially played at Waterer's Park, a site which had been given to Woking Urban District Council by Anthony Waterer in 1924.[ They played there until moving to Redding Way ground during the 2004–05 season, although reserve teams continued to play at Waterer's Park.][ Floodlights were erected in 2011 together with a 50-seat stand. Another 50-seat stand was added in March 2015 alongside a covered terrace with a capacity of 50.][
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Management team
Honours
*Combined Counties League
**Premier Challenge Cup winners 2017–18
*Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)
**Champions 1935–36, 2007–08
**Division One champions 2006–07
**Division Three champions 1980–81
*Woking & District League
**Premier Division champions 1978–79
**League Cup winners 1978–79, 1979–80
**Challenge Cup winners 1979–80
**Charity Cup winners 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979–80
Records
*Best FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
performance: Second qualifying round, 2017–18[
*Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2015–16][
*Record attendance: 323 vs Guernsey, Combined Counties League Division One, 9 December 2011][Club Records]
Knaphill F.C.
*Biggest win: 15–1 vs Hale[
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References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Surrey
1924 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1924
Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)
Combined Counties Football League