Forest Row Football Club is a
football
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club based in
Forest Row
Forest Row is a village and a large civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles (5 km) south-east of East Grinstead. In January 2023, it ranked as Britain’s 3rd poshest village.
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in
East Sussex
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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Jubilee Field in
Three Bridges.
History
The club was established in 1892. Becoming members of the
Mid-Sussex League, they were joint Division Two champions in 1951–52.
[ After winning Division Four in 1959–60, the club were champions of an emergency Division Three competition in the weather-interrupted 1962–63 season.][ They were Division Three champions again in 1971–72 and won the Mowatt Cup the following season. In 1975–76 the club won the Division One and Mowatt Cup double.][League Honours]
Mid-Sussex Football League They won the Mowatt Cup for a third time in 1983–84 and the League Trophy in 1987–88.[
After winning the Sommerville Cup in 1999–2000, another rise up the divisions began in 2000–01 when the club were Division Four champions.][ They finished third in Division Three in 2002–03, earning promotion to Division Two.]
Non-League Matters[ After a third-place finish in Division One in 2005–06, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.][ In 2010–11 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to the renamed Championship division.][ They went on to finish bottom of the Championship the following season,][ and were relegated to Division One.
The club were promoted back to the Championship in 2013–14 and were Championship runners-up in 2014–15, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. After a fourth-place finish in the curtailed 2020–21 season, the club were promoted to Division One of the Southern Combination League.]Arundel
Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much la ...
on penalties in the semi-finals, the club defeated Infinity
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From the time of the Ancient Greek mathematics, ancient Greeks, the Infinity (philosophy), philosophic ...
in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
Ground
Following promotion to the Southern Combination in 2021 the club played home games at Oakwood's Tinsley Lane ground in Crawley
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,East Grinstead
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in 2024.
Honours
*Mid-Sussex League
**Division One champions 1975–76
**Division Two champions 1951–52 (joint), 1971–72
**Division Three champions 1962–63, 1971–72
**Division Four champions 1959–60, 2000–01
**League Trophy 1987–88
**Mowatt Cup winners 1972–73, 1975–76, 1983–84
**Sommerville Cup winners 1999–2000
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Extra preliminary round, 2025–26 (ongoing)
*Best FA Vase
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performance: Second qualifying round, 2023–24
References
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Football clubs in East Sussex
Football clubs in England
1892 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1892
Mid-Sussex Football League
Southern Combination Football League