Balham Football Club is a

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club based in

Balham Balham () is an area in south London, England, mostly within the London Borough of Wandsworth with small parts within the neighbouring London Borough of Lambeth. The area has been settled since Saxon times and appears in the Domesday Book as B ...

, in the

London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth () is a London boroughs, London borough in southwest London; it forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main named areas are Battersea, Balham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth, Wandsworth ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at AFC Croydon Athletic's Mayfield Stadium in

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History

Balham Football Club was established in 2011 by

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as an adult team for the Balham Blazers youth football club.1st Team
Balham F.C. They joined Junior Division One of the Surrey South Eastern Combination, and after finishing fourth in their first season, were promoted to Intermediate Division Two. In 2012–13 they finished third in Intermediate Division Two, earning promotion to Intermediate Division One, which they won the following season. The club subsequently moved up to the

Surrey Elite Intermediate League The Surrey Premier County Football League is a regional English football league for teams in South-West London, Surrey and neighbouring areas. It was founded in 2008. The league is at the 11th level of the English football league system and was ...

for the 2014–15 season, finishing third in their first season. Although this was a high-enough position for promotion to the Combined Counties League, the club's ground was not deemed up to standard for promotion. The following season the club moved to Cobham's Leg O'Mutton field in order to meet the ground grading criteria, and after finishing as runners-up, were promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League.Constitution Confirmed
Combined Counties League Prior to the 2016–17 season they moved to Colliers Wood United's Wibbandune Sports Ground. In 2016–17 Balham finished third in Division One of the Combined Counties League, earning promotion to the Premier Division, as well as we winning the London Senior Trophy with a 3–2 win over Glebe in the final. The following season saw them win the

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, defeating Cray Valley PM 4–1 in the final. At the end of the 2019–20 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the

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due to their new groundshare with

AFC Croydon Athletic AFC Croydon Athletic is a football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Mayfield Stadium. They are affiliated to the London Football Association. History ...

at The Mayfield Stadium. However, after the following season they were transferred back to the Premier Division South of the Combined Counties League. At the end of the 2021–22 season Cruttwell stood down as chairman and manager, becoming club president.

Notable former players

* Fabio Carvalho * Cheick DiabateCheicking in for the Grecians
Balham F.C., 19 November 2020

Honours

*Surrey South Eastern Combination **Intermediate Division One champions 2013–14 *

**Winners 2017–18 *London Senior Trophy **Winners 2016–17

References

External links

Official website
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