Beckenham Town F.C.

Beckenham Town
Full name	Beckenham Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds, The Becks
Founded	1971
Ground	Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham
Capacity	4,000 (120 seated)
Chairman	Paul Fairs
Manager	Jason Huntley
League	Combined Counties League Premier Division South
2020–21	Southern Counties East League Premier Division (transferred)
Home colours	Away colours

Beckenham Town Football Club is a football club based in Beckenham, London, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at Eden Park Avenue.

History[]

The original Beckenham Town were established in the late 19th century, affiliating to the Kent County Football Association in 1887.^[2]

In 1923 the club joined Division One of the London League.^[3] They won Division One in 1927–28,^[3] and were promoted to the Premier Division. However, after finishing second-from-bottom in their first season in the Premier Division, they ended the 1929–30 season in last place, and were relegated back to Division One.^[4]

The following season saw them finish second in Division One, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1931–32 they remained in the division, but after repeating the feat in 1932–33, they were relegated back to Division One.^[4] After finishing bottom of Division One in 1934–35 the club left the league.^[4] They had also entered a team into the Kent County Amateur League a few seasons before, and continued playing in the Premier Division of the Western Section until rejoining the London League in 1951,^[5] where they were placed in the Premier Division.

They remained in the London League's Premier Division until joining the Aetolian League in 1961.^[6]^[7] This merged with the London League in 1964 to form the Greater London League, with Beckenham placed in Section B.^[8] A fifth-place finish in the league's inaugural season saw them win a place in the Premier Division for the 1965–66 season. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the division that season, they were relegated to Division One.^[8] They folded in 1969.^[2]

In 1971 the club was reformed based on the Stanhope Rovers junior team.^[9] After playing in the South East London Amateur League,^[1] they joined Division Two of the new London Spartan League in 1975.^[10] After being runners-up in 1977–78, they were promoted to the Premier Division.^[10] In 1982 they transferred to Division One of the Kent League, which became the Premier Division in 1998.^[7] They finished as runners–up in 2005–06. The league was subsequently renamed the Southern Counties East League in 2013.^[7] The club won both the Kent Senior Trophy and the League Cup in 2013–14, and went on to win the Roy Vinter Shield at the start of the 2014–15 season.^[11] In 2019–20 the club and were top of the league when the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic; this would have been the club's highest finish since reforming in 1971. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to the Premier Division South of the Combined Counties League.

Seasons-by-season[]

showSeason	League										FA Cup	FA Vase	League Cup	Notes
showSeason	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	FA Vase	League Cup	Notes
1978–79	London Spartan League Premier Division	34	14	9	11	56	46	+10	37	6th	–	–	–
1979–80	London Spartan League Premier Division	30	6	6	18	21	44	–23	18	14th	–	PRE	–
1980–81	London Spartan League Premier Division	30	8	6	16	32	48	–16	22	14th	–	R4	–
1981–82	London Spartan League Premier Division	26	8	8	10	28	24	+4	24	8th	–	PRE	–	Transferred to the Kent League
1982–83	Kent League Division One	32	12	9	11	46	46	0	33	9th	–	R1	–
1983–84	Kent League Division One	30	12	6	12	56	54	+2	42	8th	PRE	R1	–
1984–85	Kent League Division One	32	17	8	7	67	46	+21	59	4th	1QR	PRE	–
1985–86	Kent League Division One	34	10	7	17	43	64	–21	37	15th	1QR	PRE	–
1986–87	Kent League Division One	34	7	10	17	37	61	–24	31	15th	–	–	–
1987–88	Kent League Division One	36	16	5	15	61	55	+6	53	8th	1QR	EPR	–
1988–89	Kent League Division One	38	8	10	20	41	68	–27	34	17th	1QR	R2	–
1989–90	Kent League Division One	38	12	10	16	52	59	–7	46	12th	PRE	R2	–
1990–91	Kent League Division One	40	12	7	21	37	54	–17	43	14th	1QR	R1	–
1991–92	Kent League Division One	40	13	10	17	52	67	–15	49	14th	1QR	PRE	–
1992–93	Kent League Division One	40	17	8	15	64	60	+4	59	9th	2QR	R1	–
1993–94	Kent League Division One	40	22	4	14	85	59	+26	70	7th	PRE	EPR	–
1994–95	Kent League Division One	40	15	11	14	61	61	0	56	10th	–	R1	–
1995–96	Kent League Division One	38	9	9	20	45	60	–15	36	16th	–	1QR	–
1996–97	Kent League Division One	40	15	10	15	49	47	+2	55	11th	–	R2	–
1997–98	Kent League Division One	42	21	7	14	67	54	+13	70	7th	–	2QR	–	Division renamed
1998–99	Kent League Premier Division	36	13	11	12	52	48	+4	50	9th	–	2QR	–
1999–2000	Kent League Premier Division	34	12	8	14	48	54	–6	44	10th	PRE	1QR	–
2000–01	Kent League Premier Division	32	13	9	10	48	58	–10	48	7th	PRE	2QR	–
2001–02	Kent League Premier Division	30	11	7	12	43	45	–2	40	9th	PRE	2QR	–
2002–03	Kent League Premier Division	29	9	6	14	41	53	–12	33	10th	PRE	2QR	–
2003–04	Kent League Premier Division	32	9	8	15	39	53	–14	35	12th	PRE	2QR	–
2004–05	Kent League Premier Division	30	11	7	12	57	54	–3	39	10th	–	–	–	1 point deducted
2005–06	Kent League Premier Division	30	22	4	4	96	24	+72	70	2nd	–	–	–
2006–07	Kent League Premier Division	32	12	4	16	64	52	+12	40	11th	–	–	–
2007–08	Kent League Premier Division	32	21	7	4	80	41	+39	70	3rd	–	–	–
2008–09	Kent League Premier Division	32	8	4	20	54	76	–22	28	14th	–	–	–
2009–10	Kent League Premier Division	30	16	5	9	56	39	+17	53	4th	–	R3	SF
2010–11	Kent League Premier Division	30	12	3	15	56	55	+1	39	10th	2QR	R3	R2
2011–12	Kent League Premier Division	30	14	11	5	72	36	+36	53	6th	2QR	R1	R2
2012–13	Kent League Premier Division	32	11	7	14	63	73	–10	40	11th	1QR	R1	PRE
2013–14	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	32	15	4	13	76	58	+18	49	8th	EPR	R3	W
2014–15	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	38	16	5	17	77	63	+14	53	9th	EPR	2QR	SF
2015–16	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	36	11	11	14	68	93	–25	44	12th	PRE	R2	R2
2016–17	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	38	8	5	25	38	76	–38	29	18th	PRE	R1	R2
2017–18	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	38	22	3	13	84	61	+23	69	4th	EPR	R3	R1
2018–19	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	38	19	9	10	71	56	+15	66	5th	1QR	R1	R3
2019–20	Southern Counties East League Premier Division	27	19	3	5	61	30	+31	60	1st	PRE	R1	R2	Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic

Ground[]

The club played at Stanhope Grove until July 1980 when they moved to Eden Park Avenue.^[2] The ground has a capacity of 4,000, of which 120 is seated and covered.^[1]

Honours[]

London League
- Division One champions 1927–28
Southern Counties East League
- League Cup winners 2013–14
- Roy Vinter Shield winners 2014–15
Kent Senior Trophy
- Winners 2013–14

Records[]

Highest league position: 2nd in the Kent League Premier Division, 2005–06
Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2011–12
Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 1980–81
Record attendance: 1,562 vs Celebrity XI, friendly match, June 2009^[9]
Most appearances: Lee Fabian, 985^[1]
Most goals: Rickey Bennett^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p687 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c History 1887-2016 Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Beckenham Town
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b London League 1910-1928 Non-League Matters
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c London League 1928-1950 Non-League Matters
^ Kent County Amateur League Non-League Matters
^ London League 1950-1964 Non-League Matters
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Beckenham Town at the Football Club History Database
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Greater London League 1964-1971 Non-League Matters
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Beckenham Town – History Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Beckenham Town F.C.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b London Spartan League 1975-1987 Non-League Matters
^ Whyteleafe 0-3 Beckenham Town - We've deserved all three trophies, says Jason Huntley Kentish Football, 2 August 2014

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 51°23′33.655″N 0°1′43.550″W / 51.39268194°N 0.02876389°W / 51.39268194; -0.02876389

[NLCD-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p687 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

[H-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c History 1887-2016 Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Beckenham Town

[NLM1-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b London League 1910-1928 Non-League Matters

[NLM2-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c London League 1928-1950 Non-League Matters

[NLM6-5] Kent County Amateur League Non-League Matters

[NLM3-6] London League 1950-1964 Non-League Matters

[FCHD-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Beckenham Town at the Football Club History Database

[NLM4-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Greater London League 1964-1971 Non-League Matters

[H2-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Beckenham Town – History Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Beckenham Town F.C.

[NLM5-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b London Spartan League 1975-1987 Non-League Matters

[11] Whyteleafe 0-3 Beckenham Town - We've deserved all three trophies, says Jason Huntley Kentish Football, 2 August 2014

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