F.C. Elmstead is a semi-professional
football
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club based in
Elmstead,
London
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,
England
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. They are currently members of the and groundshare at
Sutton Athletic's Lower Road ground in
Hextable.
History
The club was founded as Elmstead Rovers on 13 October 1958 at a meeting at 74 The Avenue in
Chislehurst
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,
[Club history]
F.C. Elmstead and were initially a
Sunday league club. In 1964 the club adopted its current name, with the mid-1960s also seeing the club change its colours of claret and blue to scarlet and blue after the kit was accidentally boil-washed, changing the colour.
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In 2013 the club switched from the Metropolitan Sunday League to playing Saturday football and joined Division Three West of the ]Kent County League
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.[
]
Ground
The club played at the Chislehurst Recreation Ground from their establishment in 1958 until joining the Kent County League in 2013,[Elmstead are embarking on a five-year ambitious development plan, says Fabio Rossi]
Kentish Football, 6 June 2013 when they started groundsharing at Tiepigs Lane in Coney Hall
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. After moving up to the Kent Invicta League, they moved to Holmesdale's Oakley Road ground in Bromley. Since the summer of 2018, they have been playing at Sutton Athletic's Lower Road ground in Hextable.Sutton Athletic agree two-year groundshare deal with league rivals FC Elmstead
Kentish Football, 11 May 2018
Records
*Best FA Vase
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performance: First round, 2016–17[
]
See also
*F.C. Elmstead players
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References
External links
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in London
Association football clubs established in 1958
1958 establishments in England
Kent County League
Kent Invicta Football League
Southern Counties East Football League
Sport in the London Borough of Bromley