A.F.C. Uckfield Town is a community
football
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club based in
Uckfield
Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District, Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald.
Etymology
"Uck ...
,
East Sussex
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,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at The Oaks.
History
The club was formed in July 2014 by a merger of
Uckfield Town and
AFC Uckfield; it adopted Uckfield Town's black and red colours for their home kit and AFC Uckfield's sky blue and navy blue as the away kit. At the time of the merger Uckfield Town were in Division Three of the Sussex County League, while AFC Uckfield were in Division Two;
the new club took AFC Uckfield's place in Division Two and continued to play at their Oaks ground.
In their
first season the club were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the renamed Southern Combination League.
They finished bottom of the Premier Division in
2023–24 and were relegated back to Division One.
Ground
The club play their home games at the Oaks on Eastbourne Road. The club's reserve team plays at the Victoria Pleasure Ground.
Other teams
The club's U23 and U18 team play in the Southern Combination and the women's team in the Sussex Women and Girls League. The women's team won the league in 2022–23.
Non-playing staff
*First Team Manager: Alex Harris
*First Team Assistant Manager:
*First Team Coaches: Luke Carter, Nick Bignell, Rob Barden
*U23s Manager: Luke Carter
*U18s Manager: Malcolm Jones
*Ladies Manager: Jon Wood
*Chairman: Rob Barden
*Treasurer: Natasha Leppard
*Secretary: Malcolm Jones
*Welfare Officer(s): Nick Bignell
Records
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: Second qualifying round,
2018–19[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Fourth round, 2018–19[
]
References
External links
Official website
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Southern Combination Football League
Football clubs in East Sussex
Association football clubs established in 2014
Wealden District
2014 establishments in England
Football clubs in England