Copthorne Football Club is a football club based in Copthorne in West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Camping World Community Stadium in Horsham.
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| Full name | Copthorne Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Ground | The Camping World Community Stadium, Hop Oast, Horsham | ||
| Capacity | 1,300 | ||
| Chairman | Andrew Beadle | ||
| Manager | Mark Pullers | ||
| League | Southern Combination Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Southern Combination Division One, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://copthornefc.co.uk/ | ||
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History
editThe club was established in 2004. Becoming members of the Mid-Sussex League, they were Division Six champions in 2007–08.[1] The won a treble in the 2009–10 season, winning Division Five, the Sommerville Challenge Cup and the Stratford Cup.[1] Also winning Division Three the following season.[1] And finishing second in Division Two in the 2011–12 season.[2] They were promoted into the Premier Division at the end of the 2014–15 season after finishing third.[3]
The club joined the Southern Combination Football League Division Two for the 2018–19 season, finishing 2nd but did not apply to enter step 6 in the English football league system pyramid. Applying for promotion into Division One in the 2021–22 season, the league declined due to the ground-grading, the club moved from King George's Field in Copthorne, and entered a groundshare agreement with Horsham for the 2022–23 in which they finished 2nd but gained promotion into Division One for the 2023–24 season. [4]
Ground
editCopthorne play their home games at Horsham's Camping World Community Stadium, Hop Oast in Horsham, West Sussex.
Originally playing on King Georges playing fields in Copthorne, the club had a one-year groundshare agreement for the 2022–23 season whilst they were looking to find land for their own stadium.[4]
Honours
editLeague
edit- Division One runners-up (1): 2012–13
- Division Two runners-up (1): 2011–12
- Division Three champions (1): 2010–11
- Division Five champions (1): 2009–10
- Division Six champions (1): 2007–08
Cups
edit- Division One Cup: 2023–24
- Sommerville Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2009–10
- Stratford Cup
- Winners (1): 2009–10
- Mid-Sussex Senior Charity Cup
- Winners (1): 2015–16
References
edit- ^ a b c League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League
- ^ Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters
- ^ Gray Hooper Holt LLP Mid Sussex Football League FA Full Time
- ^ a b 'Matt Pole' (3 May 2022). "Copthorne confirm groundshare agreement with Horsham FC". Sussex Express.
External links
edit- Official website
- Copthorne at the Football Club History Database