Club History

Crawley Down FC History

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The Haven Centre, Hophurst lane, Crawley Down, West Sussex

Founded 1993 ( Merger of three clubs)

2007- 2008

2005 - 2007
In 2005/06 the team had its best season since the year 2000 finishing in 5th place in the league with an excellent finish losing only one game in the last 9 League matches. In the Div 2 cup they reached the semi-final stage for the 2nd year running losing out to Sidlesham 1 3 at Wick FC. Last season the team struggled after having a bad start but turned in an outstanding finish to the season losing only 2 of the last 14 matches to stay out of the two relegation places. In the Cups the team did much better and reached the quarter-final stage of both the SCFA RUR Charity Cup and the SCFL Division Two Cup. The Reserves did very well improving on their 3rd place last season and winning the Reserve Section East to gain promotion to the Premier Division.
2000 - 2005
The next three seasons saw the team languishing in the lower half of the table with a change of Management in the latter half pulling them clear of the relegation Zone. Further changes of Management brought better results in 2003/04 finishing in 11th position in Div 2. In 2004/05 an early run of 5 straight wins in the league and a good run in the cups got them off to a good start, but the middle of the season was poor and losses mainly by the odd goal put the team in the lower half of the table. A further five straight wins in March gave them a respectable 10th finish by the end of the season.
1995 - 2000
In 1995 the Club took the progressive step of joining the Sussex County League Division 3 and again the improvement in standard did not deter them. In the first season they took second place in the League and found themselves making an even swifter move into Senior football. They also reached the Final of the Intermediate Cup in that same season losing out to Shinewater in the final. That defeat was immediately overturned in a thrilling last game edging out Shinewater on their own ground to achieve promotion just ten days later. The first two seasons in Division two passed unspectacularly, yet provided much sought after consolidation. In the 98/99 season they were ready for the final push to the Countys summit. After leading the pack early on, they fell away during the winter months, but the run-in was particularly strong and they rallied to finish in third place and a promotion spot in Division One. Unfortunately whilst being in constant negotiations with MSDC the Club were unable to persuade them to allow the installation of floodlights in time and they had to settle back in Division two and try to do it all over again. The following season 1999/00 after starting of in fine style they were clearly in a promotion spot at the turn of the year. However another bad mid season spell caused them to fall out of the promotion places. The usual late rally brought the team back into contention and after thinking that they had got that final promotion place they were thwarted by a late decision to award Lancing three extra points after Mile Oak had fielded an illegible player.
1983 - 1995