Billingshurst F.C.

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Full nameBillingshurst Football Club
Nickname(s)Hurst
Founded1891
GroundJubilee Fields, Billingshurst
ChairmanKevin Tilley
ManagerLee Spickett
League Southern Combination Division One
2020–21 Southern Combination Division One (season curtailed)

Billingshurst Football Club is a football club based in Billingshurst, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Jubilee Fields.

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History

The club was established in 1891, [1] and later joined the West Sussex League. They won the Division Two title in 1972–73 and went on to win Division One the following season. [2] Following relegation the club won the Tony Kopp Cup and the Division Three North in 1979–80 and then Division Two North in 1982–83. [2] They were Division Two North champions again in 1992–93, before winning Division Three Central in 1998–99 and Division Two North in 2006–07. [2]

In 2010–11 Billingshurst won the Centenary Cup with a 2–1 victory over Newtown Villa in the final. [3] After winning the Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup and the Premier Division title in 2011–12, [2] [4] the club moved up to Division Three of the Sussex County League, [5] which was renamed Division Two when the league became the Southern Combination in 2015. [5] In 2015–16 they finished fifth, [5] earning promotion to Division One.

Ground

The club moved to Jubilee Fields in 2006. [6]

Honours

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