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club based in Egham, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Runnymede Stadium.
History
The club was originally formed as Runnymede Rovers in 1877, before reforming as Egham in 1905.Club history Egham Town F.C. They won the
West Surrey League
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in 1921–22, before becoming founder members of the Surrey Senior League in 1922 and going on to win the league in its first season.Surrey Senior League 1922–1978 Non-League Matters In 1927–28 the club finished as league runners-up, and subsequently joined Division One West of 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 ...
.Spartan League 1907–1934 Non-League Matters A sixth-placed finish in 1928–29 saw them placed in the Premier Division for the 1929–30 season. After finishing bottom of the division in 1931–32, they were relegated to Division One.
Egham left the Spartan League at the end of the 1932–33 season and returned to the Surrey Senior League. The club closed down during
World War II
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, but was not restored when the war ended. A public meeting on 9 December 1963 led to the club being reformed as Egham Town. They joined the
Parthenon League
The Parthenon League was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
History
The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.Athenian League in 1974. They won Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw them finish as Division One runners-up.
In 1977 Egham joined Division Two of the
Isthmian League
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Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
. Restructuring saw them moved to Division One South in 1984, before Division Two was restored in 1991. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1997–98 season and remained there until restructuring saw them placed in Division One South in 2002. The club were transferred to Division One West of the Southern League for the 2004–05 season, but were moved back to Division Two of the Isthmian League the following season. In 2006 the club left the Isthmian League and joined the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League. They were Premier Division champions in
2012–13
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, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League. A third-place finish in 2015–16 saw them qualify for the promotion play-offs, in which they were beaten 4–2 on penalties in the semi-finals by St Ives Town after a 2–2 draw. The following season saw the club finish fifth, qualifying for the play-offs again and they went on to lose 4–0 to
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in the semi-finals.
At the end of the 2017–18 season, Egham were transferred to the South Central Division of the Isthmian League. They finished bottom of the division in 2018–19 and were relegated to Premier Division of the Combined Counties League.
*Combined Counties League
**Premier Division champions 2012–13
*Athenian League
**Division Two champions 1974–75
*Spartan League
**Champions 1971–72
*Surrey Senior League
**Champions 1922–23
*West Surrey League
**Champions 1921–22
Records
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1990–91, 2016–17
*Best
FA Vase
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performance: Fourth round, 1984–85, 2021-22
*Record attendance: 1,400 vs
Wycombe Wanderers
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, FA Cup second qualifying round, 1972–73
*Most appearances: Dave Jones, over 850
*Most goals: Mark Butler, 153
See also
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Egham Town F.C. players
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Egham Town F.C. managers
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...