Broadbridge Heath Football Club is a
football club based in
Broadbridge Heath
Broadbridge Heath is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is about two miles (3 km) west from the historic centre of Horsham. The population of Broadbridge Heath has increased considerably in the fir ...
, near
Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby ...
, in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an a ...
,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at the High Wood Hill Sports Ground.
History
The club was established in 1919 by demobilised soldiers. Despite having only twelve players, they won the Horsham & District League and the Challenge Cup in their first season.
[Club History]
Broadbridge Heath F.C. When the league merged into the
West Sussex League
The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England. It was formed in 1896. The League has eight divisions of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the ...
in 1970, Broadbridge Heath were placed in Division Three, winning the Division Three Charity Cup in the first season in the league and earning promotion to Division Two in their second.
[ They promoted to the Premier Division after winning the Division One title in 1975–76,][2013–14 Handbook]
West Sussex League but left to join the Southern Counties Combination League in 1978.[ When this league merged into the ]Sussex County League
The Macron Southern Combination Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of eight divisions – three for first teams (Premier D ...
in 1983, the club were placed in the new Division Three.[
After finishing third in 1987–88, the club were promoted to Division Two.][
]
Ground
Between 1979 and 1987 the club played at Wickhurst Lane, a former Army camp.[Broadbridge Heath]
Nomad Online The land was bought by Tesco
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for redevelopment, with a supermarket and leisure centre built on the site.[ The leisure centre featured a multi-purpose arena including an athletics track with a large seated stand on one side of the track. The football club became tenants at the new ground.][
In the summer of 2019, Broadbridge Heath moved to a new ground built next to the leisure centre, called High Wood Hill Sports Ground.Broadbridge Heath anticipating 'really big season' next campaign after last game at Leisure Centre]
West Sussex County Times, 25 April 2019
Honours
*West Sussex League
**Division One champions 1975–76
**Division Three Charity Cup winners 1970–71
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 competit ...
performance: Preliminary round, 2019–20, 2020–21[
*Best ]FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: Second round, 2017–18[
]
See also
* Broadbridge Heath F.C. players
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in West Sussex
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in England
Horsham District
West Sussex Football League
Southern Combination Football League