Sawbridgeworth Town Football Club is an

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football club based in

Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area. History Prior to the Norman ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

. The club are currently members of the and play at Crofters End.

History

The club was founded in 1897 as Sawbridgeworth. In 1924, Sawbridgeworth won the East Herts League, winning the Herts Junior Cup three years later. In 1936, Sawbridgeworth joined 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 ...

. The club entered the

Herts County League The Hertfordshire Senior County League is a football competition based in Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1898, there are currently two divisions at senior level and two divisions at reserve and development level. Sitting at step 7 of the Nati ...

Division One in the 1953–54 season, but left after only one season, joining the Bishop's Stortford, Stansted & District League and the Hertford & District League. Sawbridgeworth joined the

Essex Olympian League The Essex Olympian Football League is a football competition based in England, founded in the 1966-67 in English football, 1966–67 season. It has a total of six senior divisions and one under 21 division. The Premier Division sits at step 7 ( ...

, becoming founder members, in 1966 and were crowned champions in 1971–72. They joined the

Essex Senior League The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthm ...

in 1976 and changed their name to Sawbridgeworth Town. They achieved their best

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performance in 1980–81 when they reached a third round replay. Sawbridgeworth finished runners-up in the league in 1992–93 and 1994–95. They achieved their best performance in the

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, the first qualifying round, in 2016–17. In 2023, they transferred to the Spartan South Midland League.

Ground

Upon formation, the club played at Pishiobury Park in the south of the town. Following

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, moved to Cambridge Road in the north of the town, later being named Crofters End.

Honours

*East Herts League **Champions 1923–24 *

**Champions 1971–72 *Herts Junior Cup **Champions 1926–27

Records

*Best

performance: First qualifying round, 2016–17 *Best

performance: Third round replay, 1980–81 *Attendance: 610 vs

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...

References

External links

Official website
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