Forest Row F.C.

Forest Row
Full name	Forest Row Football Club
Nickname(s)	Frow
Founded	1892
Ground	Tinsley Lane, Crawley
Manager	Ron Holah
League	Southern Combination Division One
2020–21	Mid-Sussex League Premier Division (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Forest Row Football Club is a football club based in Forest Row in East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Tinsley Lane in Crawley.

History[]

The club was established in 1892.^[1] Becoming members of the Mid-Sussex League, they were joint Division Two champions in 1951–52.^[2] After winning Division Four in 1959–60, the club were champions of an emergency Division Three competition in the weather-interrupted 1962–63 season.^[2] They were Division Three champions again in 1971–72 and won the Mowatt Cup the following season. In 1975–76 the club won the Division One and Mowatt Cup double.^[2] They won the Mowatt Cup for a third time in 1983–84 and the League Trophy in 1987–88.^[2]

After winning the Sommerville Cup in 1999–2000, another rise up the divisions began in 2000–01 when the club were Division Four champions.^[2] They finished third in Division Three in 2002–03, earning promotion to Division Two.^[3] The following season they were Division Two runners-up and were promoted to Division One.^[3] After a third-place finish in Division One in 2005–06, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.^[3] In 2010–11 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to the renamed Championship division.^[3] They went on to finish bottom of the Championship the following season,^[3] and were relegated to Division One.

The club were promoted back to the Championship in 2013–14 and were Championship runners-up in 2014–15, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. After a fourth-place finish in the curtailed 2020–21 season, the club were promoted to Division One of the Southern Combination League.^[4]

Ground[]

Forest Row play their home games at Oakwood's Tinsley Lane ground in Crawley, West Sussex.^[5]

Honours[]

Mid-Sussex League
- Division One champions 1975–76
- Division Two champions 1951–52 (joint), 1971–72
- Division Three champions 1962–63, 1971–72
- Division Four champions 1959–60, 2000–01
- League Trophy 1987–88
- Mowatt Cup winners 1972–73, 1975–76, 1983–84
- Sommerville Cup winners 1999–2000

References[]

^ Continuing to Support Local Football Clubs Elliot Scott Group
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters
^ 'Steve Bone' (21 May 2021). "Non-league shake-up: Lancing, Littlehampton, Bexhill among Sussex teams promoted". Worthing Herald.
^ "Where we play". Forest Row FC. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 51°07′45.59″N 0°09′46.98″W / 51.1293306°N 0.1630500°W / 51.1293306; -0.1630500

[1] Continuing to Support Local Football Clubs Elliot Scott Group

[HB-2] League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League

[NLM-3] Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters

[4] 'Steve Bone' (21 May 2021). "Non-league shake-up: Lancing, Littlehampton, Bexhill among Sussex teams promoted". Worthing Herald.

[Where_we_play-5] "Where we play". Forest Row FC. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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