Sheringham Football Club is a football club based in

Sheringham Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Distr ...

, England and was established in 1897. They are currently members of the and play at Weybourne Road. Nicknamed "The Shannocks", the club are affiliated to the Norfolk County FA.

History

The club was established in 1897. They played in the

Norfolk & Suffolk League The Norfolk & Suffolk League was a football league covering the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk in England. History The league was established in 1897, starting with six clubs, Beccles Caxton, Great Yarmouth Town, Kirkley, Lowestoft Town, Lynn ...

, finishing bottom of the league in 1949–50. In 1957–58 they were league champions. In 1964 the league merged with the

East Anglian League The East Anglian League was a football league in the East Anglia region of England. History The league was established in 1903 as the South East Anglian League. The founder member clubs were Chelmsford City, Colchester Crown, Colchester Town, ...

to form the

Anglian Combination The Anglian Combination (known as the Hadley & Ottaway Anglian Combination under the terms of a sponsorship deal) is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk ...

, with Sheringham placed in the Premier Division. The club were Premier Division runners-up in 1968–69 and champions the following season, before winning the league's Senior Knock-Out Cup in 1970–71. Having sunk into the lower divisions by the early 2000s, Sheringham were Division Three champions in 2002–03. They went on to win the Division Two and Division One titles in successive seasons, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2008–09 the club won the Premier Division title for the first time since 1970.Anglian Combination 2003–2012
Non-League Matters Although they were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2014–15 season, the club were Division One runners-up in 2017–18, resulting in promotion back to the Premier Division. After winning the Anglian Combination Premier Division title for a third time in 2018–19, Sheringham were promoted to Division One North of the

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suff ...

Honours

*Anglian Combination **Premier Division champions 1969–70, 2008–09, 2018–19 **Division One champions 2004–05 **Division Two champions 2003–04 **Division Three champions 2002–03 **Senior KO Cup winners 1970–71 *Norfolk & Suffolk League **Champions 1957–58 *Cromer Lifeboat Cup **Winners 1956, 1966, 1968, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: Second qualifying round, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 2022-23

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