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Three Bridges Football Club is a football club based in Three Bridges in Crawley,
West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
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. The club is affiliated to the
Sussex County Football Association The Sussex County Football Association, also simply known as ''Sussex County FA'' or ''Sussex FA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Sussex, England. The Sussex County FA was founded on 23 September 1882 and run a number of Count ...
. They were established in 1901 and were founding members of the Sussex County League Division Two in 1952. In the 1981–82 season, they reached the Third Round of the FA Vase. Currently they are members of the .


History

Three Bridges Football Club was founded in 1901. They were founder members of the Sussex County League Division Two in 1952–53, but changed their name to Three Bridges United the following season. In 1953–54, the club were champions of Division Two and gained promotion to Division One. However, they only lasted one season at that level before returning to Division Two. The club's name reverted to Three Bridges in 1964, and in 1968–69, the club was promoted to Division One again, after finishing runners-up. Three Bridges were relegated again in 1973, but spent only one season in Division Two before returning after another runners-up spot. In 1977, the club was relegated again, this time for three seasons before returning after finishing runners-up for a third time. In the 1981–82 season, they reached the Third Round of the FA Vase. In 1985–86, Three Bridges were runners-up in Division One, and again in 1987–88 and 1988–89. In 1997, the club was relegated again to Division One, but returned two seasons later after a fourth Division Two runners-up place. The club finally secured its first Sussex County League Division One championship in 2011–12 and gained promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South.


Ground

Three Bridges play their home games at Jubilee Walk, Three Bridges Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1LQ.


Honours

* Sussex County League Division One **Champions 2011–12 **Runners-up 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89 * Sussex County League Division Two **Champions 1953–54 **Runners-up 1968–69, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1998–99


Cup honours

* The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup ** Winners (3): 1982–83, 1987–88, 2007–08 ** Runners Up (1): 2003–04


Records

*
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 ...
: Third Qualifying Round, 2022-23 * FA Vase: Fifth Round, 1981–82 *Record attendance: 2,000 vs Horsham, 1948Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2020) ''Non-League Club Directory 2021'', p574 *Most appearances: John Malthouse


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