Balham F.C.

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Balham
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Full nameBalham Football Club
Founded2011
GroundMayfield Stadium, Thornton Heath
ChairmanJennie Molyneux
ManagerEbrahim Seedat
League Combined Counties League Premier Division South
2022–23 Combined Counties League Premier Division South, 9th of 20
Website Club website

Balham Football Club is a football club based in Balham, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at AFC Croydon Athletic's Mayfield Stadium in Croydon.

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History

Balham Football Club was established in 2011 by Greg Cruttwell as an adult team for the Balham Blazers youth football club. [1] They joined Junior Division One of the Surrey South Eastern Combination, and after finishing fourth in their first season, [2] were promoted to Intermediate Division Two. In 2012–13 they finished third in Intermediate Division Two, [3] earning promotion to Intermediate Division One, which they won the following season. [4]

The club subsequently moved up to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League for the 2014–15 season, finishing third in their first season. [5] Although this was a high-enough position for promotion to the Combined Counties League, the club's ground was not deemed up to standard for promotion. [1] The following season the club moved to Cobham's Leg O'Mutton field in order to meet the ground grading criteria, [1] and after finishing as runners-up, were promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League. [6] Prior to the 2016–17 season they moved to Colliers Wood United's Wibbandune Sports Ground. [6]

In 2016–17 Balham finished third in Division One of the Combined Counties League, earning promotion to the Premier Division, as well as we winning the London Senior Trophy with a 3–2 win over Glebe in the final. [7] The following season saw them win the London Senior Cup, defeating Cray Valley PM 4–1 in the final. At the end of the 2019–20 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League due to their new groundshare with AFC Croydon Athletic at The Mayfield Stadium. However, after the following season they were transferred back to the Premier Division South of the Combined Counties League.

At the end of the 2021–22 season Cruttwell stood down as chairman and manager, becoming club president. [8]

Notable former players

Honours

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References

  1. 1 2 3 1st Team Balham F.C.
  2. ↑ Junior Division 1: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  3. ↑ Intermediate Division 2: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  4. ↑ Intermediate Division 1: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  5. ↑ Balham at the Football Club History Database
  6. 1 2 Constitution Confirmed Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Combined Counties League
  7. ↑ Balham 3–2 Glebe Combined Counties League
  8. ↑ Club update – Message from Greg Balham F.C., 5 April 2022
  9. ↑ Fabio Carvalho: How Liverpool's new boy reached stardom in Balham BBC Sport, 22 June 2022
  10. ↑ Cheicking in for the Grecians Balham F.C., 19 November 2020

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