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Association Football Club Uckfield was a
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club based in Uckfield,
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History

The club was formed in 1988 as Wealden Football Club. They joined the
Sussex County League The Macron Southern Combination Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of eight divisions – three for first teams (Premier Div ...
Division Three in 1998 and finished runners-up in 1999–2000, gaining promotion to Division Two. The club entered the
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for the first time in 2006–07 and reached the first round. In 2010, they were renamed A.F.C. Uckfield and went on to win Division Two in 2010–11, earning promotion to Division One. In July 2014, they merged with Uckfield Town to form
A.F.C. Uckfield Town A.F.C. Uckfield Town is a football club based in Uckfield, East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at The Oaks. History The club was formed in July 2014 by a merger of Uckfield Town and A.F.C. Uckfield Associatio ...
; the new club adopted Uckfield Town's black and red colours for their home kit and A.F.C. Uckfield's sky blue and navy blue as the away kit,Uckfield’s top football clubs merge
Uckfield News, 31 July 2014 and played at the Oaks.


Honours

*Sussex County League **Division Two champions 2010–11


Records

*Best
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performance: Extra preliminary round, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *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: First round, 2006–07


References

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