Norwich CBS F.C.

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Norwich CBS
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Full nameNorwich CBS Football Club
Founded1888
Dissolved2024
GroundFootball Development Centre, Bowthorpe
ChairmanMark Collison
ManagerDanny White
League Eastern Counties League Division One North
2023–24 Eastern Counties League Division One North, 15th of 21

Norwich CBS Football Club was a football club based in Norwich, England. They were members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and played at the Football Development Centre in Bowthorpe until April 2024. On 12 May 2024, the club announced that they would be folding due to issues with finding a new ground. [1]

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History

The club was formed in 1888 as the works team of Norwich Union. They became members of the Norwich & District Business House League and were Division One champions in 1926–27, 1946–47 and 1947–48. [2] The club then moved up to the East Anglian League, entering Division One in 1955. [3] When the league merged with the Norfolk & Suffolk League to form the Anglian Combination in 1964, the club became members of Section A of the new league. [4]

Norwich Union were Premier Division runners-up in 1987–88, before winning the division the following season. [4] After winning the Norfolk Junior Cup in 1998–99, [5] they were Division Two champions in 1999–2000. [4] In 2002–03 the club were promoted back to the Premier Division. After becoming AFC Norwich in 2008, [6] in 2009 they were renamed Spixworth after relocating to the village. They won the league's Mummery Cup in 2010–11 and 2014–15, [5] and were runners-up in the Premier Division in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2015–16. In 2016–17 the club won the Premier Division title, earning promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League. They were then renamed Norwich CBS after relocating to Bowthorpe. [7]

Ground

The club played at Pinebanks in Thorpe St Andrew until 2008. [6] After a year at Dussindale, [8] the club moved to Crotstwick Lane in Spixworth in 2009. In 2017 Spixworth Parish Council informed the club that it was no longer able to use the ground, resulting in them relocating to the Football Development Centre in Bowthorpe. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Norwich CBS FC folding as Norfolk FDC contract ends". Norwich Evening News. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ↑ History Norwich & District Business House League
  3. ↑ East Anglian League 1908–1964 Non-League Matters
  4. 1 2 3 Anglian Combination 1964–2003 Non-League Matters
  5. 1 2 Visiting Club History – Norwich CBS Cornard United F.C.
  6. 1 2 Future looking bright for title victors Eastern Daily Press, 15 May 2017
  7. ↑ Spixworth change their name to Norwich CBS after relocating ahead of Thurlow Nunn League campaign Eastern Daily Press, 11 June 2017
  8. ↑ Spixworth savouring cup final boost The Pink 'Un, 11 March 2011
  9. ↑ Spixworth FC claims it was “forced out” of village by parish council Eastern Daily Press, 1 May 2017
  10. 1 2 Norwich CBS at the Football Club History Database

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