Farnham Town Football Club is a semi-professional
football club based in
Farnham, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Memorial Ground.
History
The club was established in 1906 as a merger of Farnham Bungs and Farnham Star.
[History]
Farnham Town F.C. They became members of the
Surrey Intermediate League, and were champions in 1929–30 and 1930–31. In 1947 they joined the
Surrey Senior League.
[Surrey Senior League 1922–1978]
Non-League Matters In 1962 they left the league, but they returned in 1963.
[ They went on to win three successive league titles in 1965–66, 1966–67 and 1967–68 and were runners-up in 1969–70 and 1970–71,][ before joining the ]Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establi ...
in 1971.[
After finishing bottom of the London Spartan Premier Division in 1979–80, Farnham transferred to the Combined Counties League. The 1981–82 season saw them play in the Western Division as the league was temporarily split into two divisions, before reverting to a single division the following season.][ They were runners-up in 1986–87 and went on to win the league in 1990–91. The following season saw them retain the league title, as well as winning the Premier Challenge Cup and the Elite Cup.][Honours]
Combined Counties League They were subsequently promoted to Division Three of the Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
but resigned from the league prior to the start of the 1992–93 season as they were unable to raise the money needed to upgrade the Memorial Ground and were too late to rejoin the Combined Counties League until the following season.[
Farnham won the Premier Challenge Cup for a second time in 1995–96.][ When the Combined Counties League gained a second division in 2003, they became members of the Premier Division. However, they were relegated to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2005–06. They won Division One at the first attempt, but were not promoted due to ground grading issues,][Football club eyes new home]
Farnham Herald, 1 March 2016 and remained in the division until they finished as runners-up in 2010–11
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, after which they were promoted back to the Premier Division.[ The club won the Challenge Cup again in 2015–16.][ In 2017–18 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One. In 2021 the club were promoted to the Premier Division South based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. In 2022–23 they won the Southern Combination Challenge Cup, beating Balham 3–2 after extra time in the final.
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Ground
The club plays at the Memorial Ground, which was originally home to Farnham United Breweries before being gifted to the town in 1947; it was named in memory of five Farnham United Breweries workers who were killed during World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
. A new 170-seat stand was opened in 2023.[
]
Honours
*Combined Counties League
**Premier Division champions 1990–91, 1991–92
**Division One champions 2006–07
**Challenge Cup winners 1991–92, 1995–96, 2015–16
**Elite Cup winners 1991–92
*Surrey Senior League
**Champions 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68
*Surrey Intermediate League
**Champions 1929–30, 1930–31
*Surrey Junior Cup
**Winners 1945–46Saturday Junior Cup Previous Winners
Surrey FA
*Southern Combination Challenge Cup
**Winners 2022–23
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: Second qualifying round 1999–2000, 2023–24[
*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: Fourth round, 1976–77[
]
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Surrey
1906 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1906
Farnham
Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)
Surrey Senior League
Spartan League
Combined Counties Football League
Isthmian League clubs