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Steyning Town Community Football Club is a
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club based in
Steyning Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, north of the coastal town of Shoreha ...
,
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,
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. The club is an FA Charter Standard community club, 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 Coun ...
. The club are currently members of the and play at the Shooting Field.


History

The club was established in 1892, and were originally called Steyning. The club became founding members of the
West Sussex Football League The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England, formed in 1896. It comprises 78 teams across eight divisions, of which the highest - the Premier Division - sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a fee ...
in 1896, joining the junior Division. The club joined Division Two of the Brighton, Hove & District Football League for the 1919–20 season. The club remained in division two until the end of the 1933–34 season, when they finished as champions and gained promotion to Division one. The club spent three seasons in the top division of the league before being relegated, but they finished as champions two seasons later in the 1938–39 campaign, but were not promoted. After the second World War, the club was still playing in Division Two of the Brighton & Hove league. The club remained in this division until the end of the 1951–52 campaign when they gained promotion to Division one. The 1963–64 campaign saw the club leave division one, when after finishing as runners-up, they gained promotion to Division two of the
Sussex County League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
. For the next 17 seasons Steyning stayed in Division Two of the Sussex County league, until they gained promotion as champions, to Division One at the end of the 1977–78 campaign. After their first season in Division one the club in 1979, they changed their name to their present one. The next season then saw the club make their debut in the
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, where they met
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, in the first qualifying round, but lost 3–1. In the 1984–85 season, they reached the Quarter Finals of the
FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...
, but managed to claim silverware when they won the Division One title for the first time. In the following seasons the club retained the league title and completed a treble by winning the
Sussex Senior Challenge Cup The Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the Sussex Senior Cup, is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex. The cup is the c ...
and league cup. After winning the Sussex league the club left the league, to become one of the founder members of the
Wessex Football League The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's Association football, football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but c ...
in 1986. After just two seasons the club left the Wessex league and joined the
Combined Counties Football League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's Association football, football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the wester ...
. At the end of their fifth season in the Combined counties league the club returned to the Sussex county league, but were placed in Division two. The next four seasons saw the club remain in Division Two of the Sussex county league, until they finished bottom of the division and were relegated to Division three at the end of the 1996–97 campaign. At the fifth attempt the club managed to escape from Division three and return to Division two when they finished as runners up behind Pease Pottage Village at the end of the 2001–02 season. The club has since remained in Division Two of the Sussex county league. In 2013, Steyning Town FC merged with the Steyning Strikers (Juniors) to become Steyning Town Community FC with 18 teams from men down to U7s and two girls teams. In September 2016 the club was awarded Sussex FA's Community Club of the Year at a gala dinner at Brighton's Falmer stadium. The club has been pleased to have recently heard that it has also now won Sussex FA's Community Club of the Year again in 2017 and once again will be at a gala dinner at Brighton's Falmerstadium in September 2017. The club were promoted to the Southern Combination Premier Division as Division One runners-up in the 2018–19 season. In their fifth season at the level, the club were crowned champions of the Premier Division, winning promotion to the
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South East Division. The following season, the club were immediately relegated back to step five.


Ground

Steyning Town play their home games at the Shooting Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RQ. In October 2016, the club unveiled a new 3G pitch and refurbished clubhouse. The £450,000 development was funded by a local charitable trust, HSBC bank and other private investments.


Honours


League honours

*
Southern Combination Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a association football, football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London, South West London, Engl ...
Premier Division: ** Winners (1): 2023–24 *
Southern Combination Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a association football, football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London, South West London, Engl ...
Division One: ** Runners-up (1): 2018–19 *
Sussex County League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
Division One: ** Winners (2): 1984–85, 1985–86 *
Sussex County League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
Division Two: ** Winners (1): 1977–78 *
Sussex County League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
Division Three: ** Runners-up (1): 2001–02 *
West Sussex Football League The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England, formed in 1896. It comprises 78 teams across eight divisions, of which the highest - the Premier Division - sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a fee ...
Junior Division : ** Runners-up (1): 1897–98 * Brighton, Hove & District Football League Division One: ** Runners-up (1): 1963–64 * Brighton, Hove & District Football League Division Two: ** Winners (2): 1933–34, 1938–39 ** Runners-up (1): 1924–25


Cup honours

*
Sussex Senior Challenge Cup The Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the Sussex Senior Cup, is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex. The cup is the c ...
: ** Winners (2): 1985–86, 1988–89 * The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup ** Winners (2): 1980–81, 1984–85 *
Sussex County Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
John O'Hara League Cup: ** Winners (3): 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86 ** Runners up (2): 1977–78, 1979–80, 1984–85 *
Southern Combination Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a association football, football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London, South West London, Engl ...
Division One Cup ** Winners (1): 2018–19 *
Sussex County Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
Division Two Cup: ** Winners (1): 1965–66 ** Runners up (2): 1966–67, 2005–06 *
Sussex County Football League The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of e ...
Division Three Cup: ** Runners up (1): 2000–01 *Sussex Junior Cup: ** Winners (1): 1901–02 *Vernon Wentworth Cup: ** Winners (1): 1933–34


Records

*Highest League Position: 1st in Sussex County Football League Division One 1984–85, 1985–86 *
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
best performance: Second qualifying round, 1988–89, 2023–24 *
FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...
best performance: First qualifying round, 2024–25 *
FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...
best performance: Quarter-finals, 1984–85


External links


Official club website


References

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