Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club is a

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club based in

Crawley Down Crawley Down is a small village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There is one church, one school, and a number of social groups. It lies seven miles from Gatwick Airport. The next nearest railway stations are Three Bridges and ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...

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. They are currently members of the and play at the Haven Sportsfield.

History

The club was established in 1993 as a merger of Crawley Down United and two other clubs, and was initially named Crawley Down Village.History
Crawley Down Gatwick They took the place of Crawley Down United in the Premier Division of the Mid-Sussex League, and after a third-place finish in their first season, they were champions of the league in 1994–95. The club were promoted to Division Three of 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 ...

. They were Division Three runners-up in their first season in the division, earning promotion to Division Two. In 1999 the club were renamed Crawley Down. Although they finished third in 1998–99, they were unable to be promoted to Division One due to a lack of floodlights at their ground. In 2010–11 Crawley Down finished third in Division Two, earning promotion to Division One after floodlights were installed. After finishing eighth in their first season in the division, they were Division One champions in 2010–11 and were promoted to Division One South 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 ...

; the season also saw them win the

Sussex RUR Cup The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup is the original Cup which was presented to the Sussex County FA in 1897 by the Officers and men of the Royal Irish Rifles (subsequently Royal Ulster Rifles). The 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles won the ...

, beating AFC Uckfield Town 2–0 in the final.Sussex Principal RUR Charity Cup
Sussex FA In 2012 the club were renamed again, becoming Crawley Down Gatwick. The 2013–14 season saw them finish second-from-bottom of Division One South, resulting in relegation back to the Sussex County League. The following season saw a second successive relegation as they finished second-from-bottom of Division One of the Sussex County League. At the end of the season, the league and divisions were renamed, resulting in the club playing in Division One of the Southern Combination for the 2015–16.

Ground

The club plays at the Haven Sportsfield on Hophurst Lane. The ground has a bar, which provides a small area of cover for spectators. A temporary perimeter fence is removed during the summer.Crawley Down
Nomad Online Floodlights and a new stand were installed in 2007.

Honours

*Southern Combination **Division One champions 2010–11 *Mid-Sussex League **Premier Division champions 1994–95 *Sussex RUR Cup **Winners: 2010–11

Records

*Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2020–21 *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 qualifying round, 2012–13, 2013–14 *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 ...

best performance: Second round, 2007–08, 2014–15 *Record attendance: 404 vs

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, 1996Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p499

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