Banstead Athletic Football Club is a

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club based in Tadworth, near Epsom in

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. The club are currently members of the and play at Merland Rise. They are affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.

History

The club was established in 1944 as Banstead Juniors, before adopting their current name during the 1946–47 season.A Brief History of Banstead Football Club
Banstead Athletic F.C. After winning the Surrey Intermediate Cup that season, the club won back-to-back league titles before moving up to the Surrey Senior League in 1949. They finished as runners-up in their first season, and went on to win the league four times in a row between 1950–51 and 1953–54, with Harry Clark scoring 81 goals in 26 games in 1950–51. The next two seasons saw them finish as runners-up to

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, before they won their fifth title in 1956–57.Surrey Senior League 1922-1978
Non-League Matters Although they finished as runners-up again for the next two seasons, the club went into decline at the start of the 1960s, and finished second-from-bottom in 1961–62. The 1964–65 season saw Banstead win their sixth Surrey Senior League title, claiming the championship on goal average from

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, and they moved up to the

Spartan League The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League. History The Spartan League was establish ...

. When the league merged with the

Metropolitan–London League The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of the Greater London League and the Metropolitan League (which had lost several clubs to the Southern League). I ...

in 1975, forming the London Spartan League, Banstead were placed in Division One. In 1979 the club switched to the Athenian League, where they remained until it disbanded in 1984, winning the League Cup in 1980–81. When the league folded most clubs (including Banstead) joining 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 ...

, with Banstead placed in Division Two South. The league was reorganised in 1991, with the club placed in Division Two. They remained in the division until 2002 when further league reorganisation saw them moved to Division One South. Two years later another reorganisation saw them placed in Division One. At the end of the 2005–06 season Banstead resigned from the Isthmian League and dropped into the Combined Counties League Premier Division. After finishing bottom of the division in 2011–12 they were relegated to Division One. They were Division One champions in 2016–17, earning promotion back to the Premier Division.

Honours

*Spartan League **League Cup winners 1965–66 *Athenian League **League Cup winners 1980–81 *Combined Counties League **Division One champions 2016–17 *Surrey Senior League **Champions 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1964–65 *Surrey Intermediate Cup **Winners 1946–47

Records

*Highest league position: 4th in Isthmian League Division Two, 1995–96 *Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: Third qualifying round, 1981–82, 2000–01 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: First round, 2003–04, 2004–05 *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: Semi-finals, 1996–97 *Record attendance: 1,400 vs Leytonstone, FA Amateur Cup, 1953 *Most appearances: Dennis WallMike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p631 *Most goals: Harry Clark

References

External links

Official website
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