Fulbourn Institute Football Club is a football club based in

Fulbourn Fulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with evidence of settlement dating back to Neolithic times. The village was probably established under its current name by 1200. The waterfowl-frequented stream after which it was named lies i ...

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.

History

The club were established in 1902.Blakeman, M (2010) ''The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935-2010, Volume II'' The joined the

Cambridgeshire League The Cambridgeshire County Football League, currently styled as the Cambridgeshire Fire Places Cambridgeshire County League for sponsorship purposes, is a football competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk, Norfolk and nort ...

in the 1920s and were Division 3B champions in 1925–26. They were promoted to Division Two, and were known as Fulbourne Athletic for a while, before reverting to their current name at the start of the 1930s. They won the Cambridgeshire Junior Cup in 1931–32 and by 1933 had reached Division 1A. In 1970–71 they were promoted to the Premier Division as Division 1A champions. In 2002–03 they won Senior Division A and were again promoted to the Premier Division, which they went on to win in 2003–04 and 2004–05. Following their second title they were promoted to the

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...

Division One. Despite finishing in third position, which would have earned them promotion to the Premier Division, the club were forced into resigning from the league at the end of their first season in the ECL as their ground did not meet the league's requirements and planning permission for improvements had not been approved. As a result they dropped into the Senior A Division of the Cambridgeshire League. At the end of the 2007–08 season they were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing as runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The following season they won the Premier Division, as well as the Premier Cup and Cambridgeshire Challenge Cup. In 2009–10 they won the Premier Division for the second consecutive season.

Honours

*Cambridgeshire League **Premier Division champions 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10 **Premier League cup winners 1984–85, 1989–90, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09 **Senior Division A champions 2002–03 **Division 1A champions 1970–71 **Division 3B champions 1926–26 *Cambridgeshire Challenge Cup **Winners 2008–09 *Cambridgeshire Junior Cup **Winners 1931–32

References

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External links

Club website
Football clubs in Cambridgeshire Association football clubs established in 1902 1902 establishments in England Football clubs in England Cambridgeshire County Football League Eastern Counties Football League

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