Crescent Rovers Football Club was a

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club based in Wallington,

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. The club played at Wallington Sports & Social Club.

History

The club was formed in 1947 by a group of ex-servicemen in the Whitehorse Manor area of Croydon. The club originally started playing friendlies and were then elected to join the Thornton Heath & District League. The club then made progress through the leagues, eventually joining the

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for the 1998–99 season. They stayed in the Surrey County Premier league until the end of the 2002–03 season, when the Combined Counties League created a new Division One formed by clubs from the Surrey Premier League. During their time in Division one the club went on to win the Division one cup beating Bookham in the Final 2–1. The club remained in the Combined Counties division one until the end of the 2009–10 season when they elected to drop down to the

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Ground

Crescent Rovers play their home games at Wallington Sports & Social Club, Mollison Drive, SM6 9BY. The ground has neither permanent spectator facilities or floodlights, which makes them ineligible to take part in the

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Honours

League honours

* Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One: ** Winners (1): 1997–98

Cup honours

* Combined Counties League Division One Cup: ** Winners (1): 2004–05

Records

*Highest League Position: 7th in Combined Counties Division One 2004–05 *Highest Attendance: 55 in the 2009–10 season.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/crescentroversfc/9063/Home Football clubs in England Football clubs in London 1947 establishments in England Association football clubs established in 1947 Sport in the London Borough of Sutton Surrey County Senior League Combined Counties Football League Surrey Premier County Football League Surrey South Eastern Combination