Crockenhill F.C.
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| Full name | Crockenhill Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Crocks | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Wested Meadow, Crockenhill (Capacity: 2054 (150 seated)) |
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| Chairman | Steve Cullen | ||
| Managers | John Adams and Matt Wyatt | ||
| League | Kent Invicta Football League | ||
| 2010–11 | Kent County League Division One West, 12th (promoted) |
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Crockenhill F.C. is an English football club based in the village of Crockenhill near Swanley in Kent. Previously they were members of the Kent County League Division One West after being relegated from the Premier Division in the 2007–08 season, a poor season in which the club was plagued by players leaving to sign for other teams. In 2011 they joined the new Kent Invicta Football League.
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[edit] History
The club was established in 1946 following a friendly between two local pub sides, and immediately joined the Kent Amateur League. The team played in the Aetolian League from 1959 to 1964 and later the Greater London League, before joining the Kent League upon its formation in 1968.[1]
The team were Kent League champions in 1983 but were forced to leave the Kent League in 1999 when new rules were introduced requiring all clubs to have floodlights. Since returning to the Kent County League the Crocks have won the Division One (West) championship (2000–01) and the Premier Division title (2003-04).[1]
[edit] Club records
- Best league performance: Kent League champions, 1982–83
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st qualifying round, 1987-88
- Best FA Vase performance: 4th round, 1974–75 and 1983–84[2]
[edit] Former players
The club's most famous former player is Tony Cascarino, whom they sold to Gillingham, reportedly in exchange for a new set of tracksuits.[3]
[edit] Ground
The club's home ground, Wested Meadow, is something of a throw-back to older times, with a Victorian turnstile, a clubhouse constructed from a former Nissen hut, and seating constructed from oil drums and planks.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b History Crockenhill FC
- ^ Crockenhill at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "Past Players: Tony Cascarino". Gillingham F.C.. http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/PastPlayersDetail/0,,10416~63320,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ Pyramid Passion feature on Wested Meadow
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