Roffey F.C.

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Roffey
Roffey F.C. logo.png
Full nameRoffey Football Club
NicknameThe Boars
Founded1901
GroundBartholomew Way, Roffey
Capacity1000
ChairmanPhil Gibbs
ManagerJack Munday
League Southern Combination Premier Division
2024–25 Southern Combination Premier Division, 9th of 20
Website https://roffeyfc.com/

Roffey F.C. is an English football club located in Roffey, Horsham in West Sussex. The club are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at the Bartholomew Way Ground.

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They have a local rivalry with another Horsham based side Horsham YM.

History

Roffey was formed in 1901 and had been playing in the Mid-Sussex Football Leagues, in recent times they had three consecutive league wins between 2008 and 2010 by going from Division Three to Division One. In 2011 the club applied and were accepted to play in the Sussex County Football League [1] for the 2011–12 season.

in the 2018–19 season the club came third in the table and secured promotion into Division One of the Southern Combination Football League, for the first time in their history they entered senior level football from the intermediate level. [2] Roffey became Division One league champions in the 2021–22 season securing promotion into the Southern Combination League Premier Division for the first time. Following relegation in their first season at the level, the club were immediately promoted back to the Premier Division as champions in the 2023–24 season. [3]

The club have made a couple of good runs in different cup competitions in recent season's including their best FA Vase run in the 2023/24 season making the Third Round. In the 2022/23 season the made the semi final of the Sussex RUR Cup for the first time before losing 3-0 to Horsham YM.

Stadium

Roffey play their home games at Bartholomew Way, Roffey, Horsham, West Sussex. The ground is affectionately labelled the ‘Theatre of Trees’.

Honours

League honors

Division One Winners (2): 2021–22, 2023–24
Division Two Runners Up (1): 2015–16
Division One Winners (1): 2009–10
Division Two Winners (1): 2008–09
Division Three Winners (1): 2007–08

Cup honors

Winners (1): 2013–14 [4]
Runners up (1): 2016–17 [5]
Winners (1): 2014–15

Records

Best FA Cup Performance: Extra Preliminary Round 2022-23, 2024-25, 2025-26

Best FA Vase Performance: 3rd Round Proper 2023-24

Best Sussex Senior Cup Performance: 3rd Round 2024-25, 2025-26

Best Sussex RUR Cup Performance: Semi Final 2022-23, 2025-26 (Ongoing)

Highest League Finish: 9th Southern Combination Football League Premier Division 2024-25

Highest Attendance: 507 Vs Pagham F.C., Southern Combination Football League Premier Division 08/03/2025

FA Cup History

2022-23:

Extra Preliminary Round (A) Vs Lancing F.C. 4-0 (Loss)

2024-25:

Extra Preliminary Round (A) Vs Deal Town F.C. 4-0 (Loss)

2025-26:

Extra Preliminary Round (A) Vs AFC Croydon Athletic 3-0 (Loss)

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Monty Watson-Price
2 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jake Le Grange
3 DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Daniel Mobsby
4 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Daniel Pearse(Captain)
5 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Pat Gibbs(Vice Captain)
6 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Daniel Pappoe
7 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG James Pearse
8 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Josh Neathey
9 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Lui Edwards
10 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Alessandro Colombini
11 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Terrell Joseph
12 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Fin Bishop
14 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Mitch Clark
15 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Karim Elemllas
16 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Dylan Pauw
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Bailey Moyo
18 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Ricardo Fernandes
19 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Billbruck
20 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ash Mutongerwa
21 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Max Mesquita
22 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Freddie Brown
23 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Luke Harrison
24 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Stan Berry
25 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Bailey Shorey
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Munday
— FW Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Sami Zagdouni
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Fletcher Russell

Club management

PositionName
First Team ManagerJack Munday
First Team Assistant ManagerDean Potter
First Team Goalkeeping CoachScott Percy
First Team Head CoachMark Wright
First Team Support StaffDaniel Edwards, John Richards & Matt Munday
First team AnalystMark Wright
PhysioAmelia Montague
Strength & Conditioning CoachDaniel Pearse
First Team Kit ManagersSam Chapman, Monty Watson-Price &Gillian Hultquidt
U23 ManagerDean Potter
U23 Assistant ManagerScott Shorey
U23 CoachMonty Watson-Price
U18 (SCFL) ManagersMonty Watson-Price & Dean Potter
U18 (SCFL) Assistant ManagerAndy Harris
U18 (SSYFL) ManagerRicardo Moratalla
U18 (SSYFL) Assistant ManagerPaul Woodhams
U18 (SSYFL) CoachPaul Anderson
U23 & U18 CoordinatorMonty Watson-Price
PresidentKeith Edwards
ChairmanPhillip Gibbs
Vice ChairmanMark Powling
General ManagerJulian Miller
Club SecretaryHelen Gibbs
TreasurerTony Limmer
Club Welfare OfficerJade Merries
First Team Fixtures SecretaryJaymie Wicker
Social Media ManagersBeth Chapman & Jaymie Wicker
PhotographersBeth Chapman & Mishka Watson-Price
Programme Design & EditSam Chapman
Pitch Maintenance TeamSam Chapman, Julian Miller & Richard Harris

References

  1. ↑ 'unknown' (16 June 2011). "Roffey FC set to join Sussex County League". West Sussex County Times.
  2. ↑ 'Ollie Berry' (28 March 2019). "Special moment as Roffey secure historic promotion in final game of the season". West Sussex County Times.
  3. ↑ @RoffeyFC (6 April 2024). "FULLTIME THE BOARS ARE CHAMPIONS #uptheboars 🐗" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ 'Ollie Berry' (7 May 2014). "Aston motors Roffey FC to cup glory". West Sussex County Times.
  5. ↑ COWFOLD LEAVE IT LATE TO SEAL CUP GLORY Sussex FA

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