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Whyteleafe F.C.

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Full nameWhyteleafe Football Club
Nickname(s)The Leafe
Founded1946
GroundChurch Road, Whyteleafe
Capacity2,000
ChairmanMark Coote
ManagerLeigh Dynan
LeagueIsthmian League
Division One South
2015–16Isthmian League
Division One South, 15th

Whyteleafe Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in Whyteleafe, Surrey. The club was established in 1946 and joined the Athenian League in 1981. The club is an FA Chartered Standard club affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.[1] They are currently members of the Isthmian League.

History

Whyteleafe F.C. was formed in 1946, replacing another club, Whyteleafe Albion, which had existed before World War II. The new club initially played junior football in such local leagues as the Thornton Heath & District League, before gaining senior status and joining the Surrey Senior League in 1958, at which time they moved to the Church Road ground where they play to this day.

Whyteleafe were Surrey Senior League champions on at least one occasion in the 1960s [2] before switching to the London Spartan League in 1975. In 1981 they switched to the Athenian League and then in 1984 to the Isthmian League. In 1989 they were promoted to Division One, a level at which they played for 23 years (albeit with league reorganisations placing the team in Division One South from 2002 to 2004 and again in 2006). In 1999, they reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time in their history and held Chester City to a 0–0 draw before losing the replay. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club were relegated from the Isthmian League to the Kent League. After one season of consolidation the club was promoted from the renamed Southern Counties East League back to the Isthmian League at the end of the 2013–14 season.[3]

Ground

Whyteleafe play their home games at Church Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 0AR.

The site of Church Road was formerly farmland, and the farm's existing buildings were converted into the clubhouse and dressing rooms. The club originally planned to add a running track and cricket pitch to the complex, but these plans were abandoned. Floodlights were added in the early 1980s and a new main stand added in 1999 for the club's first round FA Cup match against Chester City, which saw a record attendance of 2,164. Some of the turnstiles added at the ground were purchased from Stoke City's Victoria Ground after they moved to the Britannia Stadium in 1997.[2]

Records

  • Best league performance: Fifth in Isthmian League Division One South, 2002–03[4]
  • Best FA Cup performance: First round proper, 1999-00[4]
  • Best FA Trophy performance: Fourth round, 1998–99[4]
  • Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 1980–81, 1985–86[4]

Honours

Notable former players

Former players that played professionally include:

References

  1. ^ "Tandridge". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  2. ^ a b History page of the club's official website
  3. ^ http://www.theleafe.co.uk/?content=story&page=3311844953697996798
  4. ^ a b c d Whyteleafe at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ "SCEFL 2013/14". The FA. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. ^ "Surrey Senior League Tables 1922-1978". Non-League Football Matters. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ^ "Isthmian League 1980-1990". Non-League Football Matters. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  8. ^ "Saturday Senior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  9. ^ "History | Lingfield Youth Football Club". Lingfieldyouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  10. ^ "Saturday Junior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

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