Haywards Heath Town Football Club is a football club based in

Haywards Heath Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawl ...

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 ...

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. They are currently members of the and play at Hanbury Park.

History

The club was formed in 1888 as Haywards Heath Juniors.History
Haywards Heath Town F.C. They were renamed Haywards Heath Excelsior in 1894, before becoming simply Haywards Heath in 1895.
Nomad Online They were founder members of the

Mid-Sussex League The Mid Sussex Football League is an association football league formed in 1900. The league is headed by the Premier Division which is at level eleven of the English football league system and member clubs are based in East Sussex, West Sussex ...

in 1900, and were runners-up in the Senior Division in 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04 and 1905–06.Part one - pre war
Crawley Town History The club dropped out of the Senior Division in 1908, but won Division Two in 1911–12.League Honours
Mid-Sussex League In 1919–20 Haywards Heath were Mid-Sussex League champions without losing a game. They won the title again in 1922–23 and went on to retain it for the next two season, losing only one match in each season. In 1926 the club transferred to Division One of the Brighton, Hove & District League and were champions at the first attempt. After winning the Brighton, Hove & District League, Haywards Heath moved up to 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 ...

. After top four finishes in four of their first five seasons in league, they finished bottom of the league in 1932–33. In 1941–42 the club won the

Sussex Senior Cup The Sussex Senior Cup is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex and is the county senior cup of the Sussex FA. Its official name is the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup. ...

.Sussex Senior Cup
Sussex County League After

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they were placed in the Eastern Division of the league for the 1945–46 season, going on to win the division. The following season saw the league revert to a single division, with the club winning back-to-back titles in 1949–50 and 1950–51. A move to Hanbury Park in 1952 allowed Haywards Heath to join the

Metropolitan League The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England between 1949 and 1971.Wigmore Athletic Worthing United Football Club is a football club based in Worthing, England. Established in 1988 by a merger of Wigmore Athletic and Southdown, they are currently members of the and play at the Robert Albon Memorial Ground. History Wigmore At ...

4–2 in a replay.Division Two Cup
Sussex County League The club were Division Two runners-up in 1985–86, earning promotion back to Division One. In 1989 the club adopted its current name. They finished bottom of Division One in 1991–92 and were relegated to Division Two. A second successive relegation followed as they finished bottom of Division Two in 1992–93. They won the Division Three Cup in 2000–01 with a 1–0 win over Steyning Town in the final.Division Three Cup
Sussex County League The following season saw them finish as Division Three runners-up, earning promotion to Division Two. However, they finished bottom of Division Two in 2003–04 and were relegated back to Division Three after only one season. They won the Division Three Cup again in 2008–09, beating Dorking Wanderers 2–0 in the final. In 2012–13 Haywards Heath were Division Three runners-up, resulting in promotion to Division Two. The division was renamed Division One in 2015 when the league was rebranded as the Southern Combination and the club went on to win the Division One title in 2015–16, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They finished top of the Premier Division the following season and were due to be promoted to Division One South 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 ...

. However, after being penalised with a nine-point deduction for fielding in several matches a player who was serving a ban, the championship was awarded to Shoreham. The club went on to win the Premier Division in 2017–18, earning promotion to the newly formed South East Division of the Isthmian League.

Ground

The club moved to Hanbury Park in 1952 and the ground was opened by

Stanley Rous Sir Stanley Ford Rous (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was an English football referee and the List of Presidents of FIFA, 6th President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974. He also served as secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 196 ...

for its inaugural match against

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 ...

. Covered terracing was installed along one side of the pitch, but later removed. However, the large main stand remains in place.

Honours

*Sussex County League/Southern Combination **Champions 1949–50, 1950–51, 1969–70, 2017–18 **Eastern Division champions 1945–46 **Division One champions 2015–16 **League Cup winners 1972–73 **Division Two Cup winners 1983–84 **Division Three Cup winners 2000–01, 2008–09, 2012–13 *Brighton, Hove & District League **Division One champions 1926–27 *Mid-Sussex League **Division One champions 1919–20, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25 **Division Two champions 1911–12 **Montgomery Cup winners 1919–20, 1922–23, 1924–25 *Sussex Senior Cup **Winners 1941–42, 1957–58 *

Sussex RUR Cup The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup is the original Cup which was presented to the Sussex County FA in 1897 by the Officers and men of the Royal Irish Rifles (subsequently Royal Ulster Rifles). The 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles won th ...

**Winners 1943–44, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1975–76 *Sussex Intermediate Cup **Winners 2012–13Heath claim Robins unbeaten run to lift cup
Hassocks F.C.

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: Fourth qualifying round, 1945–46 *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: Third round, 1990–91

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