Brook House Football Club is a

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club based in Hayes,

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. Founded in 1974, they are currently members of the and play at Farm Park.

History

Brook House Football Club was formed as a Sunday league club in 1974 by Saturday clubs Charville and Hayes North and joined Division Seven of the Hayes and District Sunday League. After a successful period that involved several cup and league titles, the club switched to Saturday football in 1982, joining the South-West Middlesex League.History
A.F.C. Hayes In 1984 they were founder members of the

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, where they remained until joining Division One of the

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in 1988. Despite only finishing sixth in 1988–89, they were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1992 floodlights were erected at Park Farm for the first time and officially opened with a friendly against

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, for whom former Brook House player

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scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win; Shipperley's father

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managed the club during the 1990s. In 1992–93 they entered the

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for the first time, losing to

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in the preliminary round. When the Spartan and

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merged in 1997 to form the

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, Brook House were placed in the Premier Division South, going on to win the league that season. They were subsequently placed in the Premier Division the following season, where they remained until the end of the 2003–04 season, when they were transferred to Division Two of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

after finishing as runners-up. After two third-placed finishes, the club were promoted to Division One South & West of the Southern League for the 2006–07 season. After finishing 18th in their first season in the Southern League, the club were renamed A.F.C. Hayes in 2007. They moved divisions again in 2010 when they were placed in Division One Central of the Southern League. AFC Hayes finished bottom of the division in 2014–15 and were relegated to the Premier Division of the

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. In 2018–19 they finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One. In May 2022 the club announced they were reverting to the name Brook House.Club announcement
Brook Hayes F.C.

Season-by-season record

Stadium

The club play their home games at Farm Park on Kingshill Avenue in Hayes. The ground has a capacity of 2,000, of which 200 is covered and 150 is seated.

Honours

*Isthmian League **Associates Member Trophy winners 2005–06 *Spartan South Midlands League: **Premier Division champions 1997–98 **Premier Cup winners 1999–2000 **Challenge Trophy winners 2003–04 *

Middlesex Senior Cup The Middlesex Senior Cup is the most prestigious football cup competition in the historic county of Middlesex, England. The competition is run mainly for non-League clubs in the region, although league clubs have been known to enter the compe ...

**Winners: 2008–09

Records

*Best league performance: 3rd in

Division Two, 2004–05, 2005–06 *Best

performance: Second qualifying round, 2005–06 *Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Fifth round, 2004–05

References

External links

Official website
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