Stansfeld F.C.

Stansfeld

Full name	Stansfeld Football Club
Founded	1897
Ground	Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst
Chairman	Brian Almond
Manager	Billy Shinners
League	Southern Counties East League Premier Division
2023–24	Southern Counties East League Premier Division, 18th of 21
Home colours Away colours

Stansfeld Oxford & Bermondsey Club Football Club is a football club based in Chislehurst, Greater London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division, playing as Stansfeld at Foxbury Avenue. The club operates further teams, Stansfeld O&B and Stansfeld O&B Reserves, both playing in the Kent County League. ^[1]

History

The club was established by John Stansfeld in 1897. ^[2] In 1958 they joined Division Two of the Western Section of the Kent County League and went on to win the division at the first attempt, as well as the Division Two Challenge Cup. ^{[3] [4]} The club were promoted into the Premier Division, skipping Division One. ^[3] They were Premier Division runners-up and won the Premier Division Cup in 1961–62. ^{[4] [5]} They went on to win back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1962–63 and 1963–64 before being promoted to the Senior Division, in which they were runners-up in 1964–65. ^[5]

Stansfeld finished as Senior Division runners-up again in 1969–70, but were later relegated to the Premier Division, which they won for a third time in 1977–78. ^[5] They were Senior Division runners-up in 1980–81 before winning the division in 1984–85. ^{[4] [6]} They were league champions again in 1986–87 and then won back-to-back titles in 1988–89 and 1989–90, before finishing as runners-up in 1990–91. ^[6] When the league was reorganised in 1992 the club were placed in the Premier Division. ^[7]

Stansfeld were Premier Division champions in 1994–95 and runners-up in 2002–03. Despite finishing fourth in 2006–07 the club were relegated to Division One West. However, they were runners-up in the division in 2007–08, earning an immediate promotion back to the Premier Division. ^[8] The club won the Premier Division for a second time in 2009–10 and subsequently finished as runners-up in 2011–12 and 2014–15. ^[4] In July 2016 Stansfeld took over Southern Counties East League Division One club Eltham Palace. ^[9] The team continued playing under the Eltham Palace name until the end of the 2016–17 season, when they adopted the present name of Stansfeld.

The 2021–22 season saw Stansfeld win the Division One title, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

Ground

In April 2024 Stansfeld announced that they would be groundsharing with Cray Valley Paper Mills at the Badgers Sports Ground in Eltham from the start of the following season. ^[10]

Honours

• Southern Counties East League
  • Division One champions 2021–22
• Kent County League
  • Premier Division champions 1994–95, 2009–10
  • Western Section Senior Division champions 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
  • Western Section Premier Division champions 1962–63, 1963–64, 1977–78
  • Western Section Division Two champions 1958–59
  • Inter Regional Challenge Cup winners 1989–90, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2014–15 ^[11]
  • Champions Trophy winners 2002–03 ^[12]
  • Senior Section Cup winners 1969–70 ^[13]
  • Senior Challenge Cup winners 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
  • West Kent Challenge Shield winners 1985–86, 1989–90 ^[13]
  • Western Section Premier Division Cup winners 1961–62 ^[13]
  • Western Section Division Two Challenge Cup winners 1958–59 ^[13]

Records

• Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2020–21 ^[14]
• Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2021–22 ^[14]

References

1. "Teams' names". Stansfeld O&B F.C. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
2. A Brief History of the Club Stansfeld O&BC F.C.
3. Kent County Amateur League 1951–1960 Non-League Matters
4. Club Honours & Achievement Board Stansfeld O&BC F.C.
5. Western Section Division Champions 1924-1992 Kent County League
6. Kent County League 1984–1991 Non-League Matters
7. Kent County league 1991–1998 Non-League Matters
8. The Kent County League 2004–2011 Non-League Matters
9. Stansfeld complete Eltham Palace takeover bid Kentish Football, 14 July 2016
10. @StansfeldFC (28 April 2024). "From next season we will be making the small move to Eltham, where we will be ground sharing with @CrayValleyPM. We look forward to this new partnership, where we will continue to look to progress as a club! #FRATRES" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 April 2024– via Twitter.
11. League Cups Kent County League
12. Combined League Cups Kent County League
13. Western Section Cups Kent County League
14. Stansfeld at the Football Club History Database

External links

• Official website

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