Tongham Football Club is a

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club based in

Tongham Tongham is a village northeast of the town of Farnham in Surrey, England. The village's buildings occupy most of the west of the civil parish, adjoining the A31 and the A331. The boundaries take in Poyle Park in the east and the replacement to ...

, near

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, England. They play at the Recreation Ground, Poyle Road. Team Age Groups from U10 - Men's 1st, Reserves & Vets teams.

History

Established in 1922 and played in the

Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) The Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) is one of the three intermediate football leagues which has most of its teams in the English county of Surrey and is the smaller of the two feeder leagues to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League. ...

. During their early days the club played Hawley Youth Club on 3 November 1969 and this game entered the 2003 Guinness Book of Records, for the most number of booked players, as all 22 players and a linesman were booked. The club joined the Combined Counties Football League Division One for the start of the 2005–06 campaign. At the end of the 2007–08 season the club resigned from the Combined Counties League to join the newly formed

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 was ...

. In 2011 they took voluntary relegation to the

Premier Division. Their first season back in the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) saw them finish bottom of the division and relegated to Division One. The 2012–13 season saw the club finish as champions of Division one, and return to the Premier Division.

Ground

Tongham play their home games at Poyle Road, Tongham, Surrey, GU10 1DU. In 2007 Tongham Parish Council opened a new community centre, built on the site of the old pavilion in the recreation ground. This modern building with improved changing room facilities and club room bar became the new home for Tongham Football Club which they also share with the village cricket team.

Honours

League honours

Premier Division : ** Winners (1): 2004–05 *

Division One: ** Winners (1): 2012–13

Cup honours

*Surrey Lower Junior Cup: ** Runners up (2): 1905–06, 1912–13 Surrey Intermediate Cup Winners 04/05 season

Records

*Highest League Position: 6th, Combined Counties League Division One 2005–06

References

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