Bearsted Football Club is a
football club
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...
located in
Bearsted
Bearsted ( , ) is a village and civil parish with railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre.
Geography
The village was historically concentrated around Church Lane and The Green which includes ...
, near
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
, in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Honey Lane in
Otham
Otham is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 523, with 204 dwellings.
Buildings
The village itself has been in existence since before the time of the D ...
.
History
Bearsted Football Club was formed in 1895, and later became members of the Maidstone & District League.
[About Bearsted Football Club]
Bearstead F.C. They won Division Six in 1961–62, before starting a successful spell in the mid-1970s that saw them win Division Three in 1973–74, Division Two the following season and Division One in 1977–78, before claiming consecutive Premier Division titles in 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1980–82.
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After their third title, Bearsted moved up to the ]Kent County League
The Kent County League is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has seven senior divisions – a Premier Division, Division One East and West, Division Two East and West and Division Three East and West. It sits below the Sou ...
, entering Division Two of the Western Section.[Kent County Amateur League 1979-1984]
Non-League Matters They won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One, which they also won in their first season in the division.[ The next two seasons saw them finish as runners-up, before they won the Premier Division in 1986–87, earning promotion to the Senior Division.]
Non-League Matters[
Following league restructuring in 1992, Bearsted were placed in Division One (West).]
Non-League Matters[ They finished as runners-up in 1999–2000, before winning back-to-back league titles in 2000–01 and 2001–02.]
Non-League MattersKent Invicta League
The Kent Invicta Football League was a football league in England, formed in 2011 to commence operations for the 2011–12 season. It covered the traditional English county of Kent, some of which is now in Greater London. It merged with the Sou ...
in 2011.[ earning promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League, which the Kent Invicta League had merged into.
]
Ground
The club played at the Green in Bearsted from its establishment until 1998, when they moved to Otham Sports Club on Honey Lane in Otham
Otham is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 523, with 204 dwellings.
Buildings
The village itself has been in existence since before the time of the D ...
in order to meet ground grading requirements to play at a higher level.[
]
Honours
*Kent Invicta League
**Champions 2015–16
**Challenge Shield winners 2015–16
*Kent County League
**Premier Division champions 2000–01, 2001–02
**Division One (West) champions 1996–97
**Division One (West) Challenge Cup winners 1992–93
**West Section Senior Division champions 1987–88
**West Section Premier Division champions 1986–87
**West Section Division One champions 1983–84
**West Section Division Two champions 1982–83
**West Section Senior Division Challenge Cup winners 1987–88
*Maidstone & District League
**Premier Division champions 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82
**Division One champions 1977–78
**Division Two champions 1974–75
**Division Three champions 1973–74
**Division Six champions 1961–62
*Inter Regional Challenge Cup
**Winners 1990–91, 1993–94, 1996–97
References
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Kent
Association football clubs established in 1895
1895 establishments in England
Kent County League
Kent Invicta Football League
Southern Counties East Football League