Sheerwater F.C. are a

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club who are based in

Sheerwater __NOTOC__ Sheerwater is a residential neighbourhood or small suburb of Woking, in the Woking district in Surrey, England, occasionally described as a village, between West Byfleet and Horsell. Its border is defined to the north by a gently windin ...

, in

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

, Surrey,

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. They play their home fixtures at the Eastwood Centre and are members of the .

History

The club was founded in 1958, by John French, and they began life as members of the Woking & District League. After achieving Intermediate status, they joined the

Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) The Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) is one of the three intermediate football leagues which has most of its teams in the English county of Surrey and is the smaller of the two feeder leagues to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League. ...

in 1967. The club was a founding member of the Home Counties League in 1978, which was renamed a year later to the

Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and ...

. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One.

The Jam The Jam were an English mod revival/ punk rock band formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, Surrey. They released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December ...

played some of their early gigs at the clubhouse, before releasing their breakthrough song " In The City".

Paul Weller Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/ mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul m ...

Bruce Foxton Bruce Douglas Foxton (born 1 September 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Foxton's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as bassist and backing vocalist of mod revival band the Jam. ...

and

Rick Buckler Paul Richard Buckler (born 6 December 1955) is an English musician who is the former drummer of The Jam. Early years Buckler was born in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England. He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary Sc ...

all went to

Sheerwater Secondary School The Bishop David Brown School is a mixed academy status secondary school located in Sheerwater, (Woking), Surrey, England. History Formerly the Sheerwater Secondary School, in 1982 Sheerwater merged with the Queen Elizabeth II School and ...

which is now called The David Brown Secondary School and is situated adjacent to Sheerwater Football Club. The club has played in the Combined Counties League since the 2000s, although they did enjoy a brief spell in the Combined Counties in the early 1980s. For most of their time in the Combined Counties First Division, they have finished either mid-table or bottom of the league yet survived in this league due to a lack of suitable replacements from Step 7. The club were the victim of a hoax in 2007 when investment into the club was promised but not delivered. The event could have spelt the end of the club, but they survived into the current decade. Club Stalwart Trevor Wenden has been at the club in a number of different capacities since the 1970s.

Ground

Sheerwater played their home games at Woking Athletic Ground, Sheerwater Recreation Ground, Blackmore Crescent, Sheerwater, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5QJ until the end of the 2017/18 season. From August 2018 until the end of the 2020/21, The Sheers played their home games at the

Kingfield Stadium Kingfield Stadium, currently known as The Laithwaite Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Woking F.C. in the Kingfield area of Woking, Surrey which has a capacity of approximately 6,000, of which, 2,500 are seated on grands ...

, home to

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club

while their new Eastwood Centre ground, which houses a third generation artificial pitch and forms part of a multi-leisure facility, was being built in the grounds of Bishop David Brown School in Sheerwater. The Sheers commemorated the official opening of Eastwood with a fixture against

on 24 July 2021, which resulted in a 3–0 home defeat. The ground has a capacity of 600 spectators.

Club Records

* Highest League Position: ** 9th in Combined Counties League Division One: 2008-09 ** 9th in Combined Counties League Division One: 2016-17 ** 4th in Combined Counties League Division One: 2017-18 ** 1st in Combined Counties League Division One: 2018-19 ** 16th in Combined Counties League Premier Division: 2019-20 ** 10th in Combined Counties League Premier Division: 2020-21 ** 9th in Combined Counties League Premier Division: 2021-22 * FA VASE ** 1st Round Proper: 2018-19 lost 6–0 away to Southall * FA CUP ** Extra Preliminary: 2019-20 lost 2–1 away to CB Hounslow

References

External links

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Information on Sheerwater FC given in Knaphill v Sheerwater Club Programme, April 2010)
{{Woking Football clubs in England Football clubs in Surrey Association football clubs established in 1958 1958 establishments in England Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Combined Counties Football League