Loxwood Football Club is a football club based in

Loxwood Loxwood is a small village and civil parish with several outlying settlements, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, within the Low Weald. The Wey and Arun Canal passes to the East and South of the village. This Civil Parish is at th ...

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 ...

, England. Nicknamed "The Magpies" and affiliated to the

Surrey County FA The Surrey County Football Association was founded in 1877 and affiliated to The Football Association in 1882, at the same time as a County Senior Cup competition, the Surrey Senior Cup, was established. The organisation administers all levels o ...

, they are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.

History

The club was originally established in 1920.History
Loxwood F.C. As Loxwood United they won the West Sussex League's Tony Kopp Cup in 1976–77.2013–14 Handbook
West Sussex League As Loxwood, they won the cup again in 1987–88 and were Division Two North champions the following season. Although the club subsequently folded, they reformed in 1997 and rejoined the West Sussex League, entering Division Five West. The club won the division in 1998–99 and were promoted to Division Four Central, which they won the following season. After being promoted from Division Three in 2000–01, the club were Division Two North champions in 2001–02. Loxwood won the league's Centenary Cup in 2003–04 and retained it the following season, also winning the Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup. In 2006 they moved up to Division Three of 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 ...

. They won Division Three in 2007–08, earning promotion to Division Two. In 2011–12 the club finished fifth and were set to be promoted due to third-place

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failing ground grading requirements; however, the decision was overturned by

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and Dorking were promoted. A third-place finish in Division Two in 2013–14 saw Loxwood promoted to Division One. In 2015 the league was renamed the Southern Combination, with Division One becoming the Premier Division.

Ground

The club play at the Recreation Ground on Plaistow Road. A new stand was built in 2008 and opened by

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prior to a friendly match against

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on 2 August. Floodlights were erected in 2010 and inaugurated with a friendly match against

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on 23 November.Loxwood Football Club
Philips Lighting A 100-seat stand was also installed.

Honours

*Southern Combination **Division Three champions 2007–08 *West Sussex League **Division Two North champions 1988–89, 2001–02 **Division Four Central champions 1994–95, 1999–2000 **Division Five West champions 1998–99 **Centenary Cup winners 2003–04, 2004–05 **Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup winners 2004–05 **Tony Kopp Cup winners 1976–77, 1987–88

Records

*Best

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performance: Preliminary round, 2016–17, 2017–18 *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: Second round, 2014–15, 2015–16

References

External links

Official website
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