Horsham YM Football Club is a

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club based in

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 to ...

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Gorings Mead.

History

The club was established in 1898. They played in Horsham & District League before joining the Crawley and District Football League. They subsequently moved up to the Mid-Sussex League, where they played until joining Division Two of the

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in 1959. The club won the Division Two Cup in 1959–60 and 1961–62 before winning the Division Two title in 1965–66,Honours
Horsham YMCA F.C. earning promotion to Division One. They went on to win the league's John O'Hara Cup in 1966–67, 1967–68 and 1981–82. Horsham were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1981–82 season. However, they won the Division Two title at the first attempt, earning an immediate promotion back to Division One. They were relegated again after finishing bottom of Division One in 1987–88. They won the Division Two Cup in 1994–95, also finishing third in the division to earn promotion back to Division One. The club won

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in 2000–01 and the John O'Hara Cup the following season. They won the Division One title in 2004–05, but were denied promotion due to ground grading regulations.History
Horsham YMCA F.C. However, after winning Division One again the following season and making improvements to their Gorings Mead ground, the club were promoted to Division One South of the

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. The 2007–08 season saw Horsham finish in the relegation zone, resulting in relegation back to Division One of the Sussex County League. However, after finishing third in division the following season, they were promoted back to Division One South of the Isthmian League. In

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the club finished bottom of Division One South and were relegated to the Sussex County League again. They won the Sussex RUR Cup in 2013–14, beating East Preston on penalties in the final. In 2015 the league was renamed the Southern Combination, with Division One becoming the Premier Division. In 2023–24 Horsham won the Sussex RUR Cup for a third time, defeating Haywards Heath Town on penalties in the final. In 2025 the club was renamed Horsham YM.

Ground

The club initially played at Lyons Field, named after the Lyons family who owned much land around the town. In 1929 they moved to Gorings Mead, which backed onto

's Queen Street ground.Horsham YMCA
Nomad Online YMCA later purchased the freehold to the site. The ground has a brick-built seated stand with a cantilever roof on one side of the pitch, with its seats taken from the

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, with a covered standing area on the other.

Honours

*Southern Combination **Division One champions 2004–05, 2005–06 **Division Two champions 1965–66, 1982–83 **John O'Hara Cup winners 1966–67, 1967–68, 1981–82, 2001–02 **Division Two Cup winners 1959–60, 1961–62, 1994–95 *Sussex RUR Cup **Winners 2000–01, 2013–14, 2023–24

Records

*Best FA Cup performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1999–2000 *Best FA Trophy performance: First qualifying round, 2006–07, 2007–08 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 1999–2000 *Record attendance: 950 vs Chelmsford City, FA Cup, 2000

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