Banstead Athletic F.C.

Banstead Athletic

Full name

Banstead Athletic Football Club

Nickname(s)

The A's

Founded

1944

Ground

Merland Rise, Tadworth

Capacity

1,500^[1]

Chairman

Terry Molloy

Manager

James Cameron

League

Combined Counties League Division One

2015–16

Combined Counties League Division One, 6th

Home colours

Away colours

Banstead Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Tadworth, near Epsom in Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Merland Rise. They are affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.

History

The club was established in 1944 as Banstead Juniors, before adopting their current name during the 1946–47 season.^[2] After winning the Surrey Intermediate Cup that season, the club won back-to-back league titles before moving up to the Surrey Senior League in 1949.^[2] They finished as runners-up in their first season, and went on to win the league four times in a row between 1950–51 and 1953–54, with Harry Clark scoring 81 goals in 26 games in 1950–51.^[2] The next two seasons saw them finish as runners-up to Dorking, before they won their fifth title in 1956–57.^[3] Although they finished as runners-up again for the next two seasons, the club went into decline at the start of the 1960s, and finished second-from-bottom in 1961–62.^[3]

The 1964–65 season saw Banstead win their sixth Surrey Senior League title, claiming the championship on goal average from Chobham, and they moved up to the Spartan League.^[3]^[4] When the league merged with the Metropolitan–London League in 1975, forming the London Spartan League, Banstead were placed in Division One.^[4]

In 1979 the club switched to the Athenian League, where they remained until it disbanded in 1984, winning the League Cup in 1980–81. When the league folded most clubs (including Banstead) joining the Isthmian League, with Banstead placed in Division Two South.^[4] The league was reorganised in 1991, with the club placed in Division Two.^[4] They remained in the division until 2002 when further league reorganisation saw them moved to Division One South. Two years later another reorganisation saw them placed in Division One.^[4]

At the end of the 2005–06 season Banstead resigned from the Isthmian League and dropped into the Combined Counties League Premier Division. After finishing bottom of the division in 2011–12 they were relegated to Division One.^[4]

Honours

Spartan League
- League Cup winners 1965–66
Athenian League
- League Cup winners: 1980–81
Surrey Senior League
- Champions 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1964–65
Surrey Intermediate Cup
- Winners 1946–47

Records

Highest league position: 4th in Isthmian League Division Two, 1995–96
Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 1981–82, 2000–01^[4]
Best FA Trophy performance: First round, 2003–04, 2004–05^[4]
Best FA Vase performance: Semi-finals, 1996–97^[4]
Record attendance: 1,400 vs Leytonstone, FA Amateur Cup, 1953^[1]
Most appearances: Dennis Wall^[5]
Most goals: Harry Clark^[5]

References

1 2 Banstead Athletic Non-League Club Directory
1 2 3 A Brief History of Banstead Football Club Banstead Athletic F.C.
1 2 3 Surrey Senior League 1922-1978 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Banstead Athletic at the Football Club History Database
1 2 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p631 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

External links

Combined Counties League

Premier Division	AFC Hayes Abbey Rangers Badshot Lea Bedfont & Feltham Bedfont Sports Camberley Town CB Hounslow United Chertsey Town Colliers Wood United Epsom & Ewell Farnham Town Guildford City Hanworth Villa Hartley Wintney Horley Town Knaphill North Greenford United Raynes Park Vale Spelthorne Sports Sutton Common Rovers Walton & Hersham Westfield Windsor

Division One	AC London Ash United Bagshot Balham Banstead Athletic Chessington & Hook United Cobham Cove Dorking Epsom Athletic Eversley & California Farleigh Rovers Frimley Green Redhill Sheerwater South Park Reserves Staines Lammas Worcester Park

Seasons	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Borough of Reigate and Banstead

Towns, villages,
neighbourhoods
and hamlets

Banstead	Banstead Nork Woodmansterne

Coulsdon	Chipstead Hooley Netherne-on-the-Hill

Epsom	Tattenham Corner

Horley	Horley

Redhill	Earlswood Meadvale Merstham New Merstham St John's Salfords Redhill Whitebushes

Reigate	Flanchford Reigate Skimmington Sidlow South Park Woodhatch

Tadworth	Burgh Heath Kingswood Margery Mogador Mugswell Tadworth Walton-on-the-Hill

Most notable parks

Places of worship

Education

Transport

Railway stations	Banstead Chipstead Earlswood Horley Kingswood Merstham Redhill Reigate Salfords Tattenham Corner Woodmansterne

Roads	M25 M23 A23 A25 A217 A240

Buildings and structures

Sport

Politics and Administration

Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town
The two principal towns are emboldened
The M23 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is chiefly included for its regional importance.

Coordinates: 51°18′13″N 0°13′59″W / 51.303487°N 0.23294717°W / 51.303487; -0.23294717

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