|
Hassocks F.C. is a football club based in Hassocks, near Brighton, West Sussex, England. The club is affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. The club joined the Sussex County League Division Two in 1981 and has reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase three times in its history, and the 3rd qualifying round of the FA Cup in 2001–02. For the 2014–15 season, the club is a member of the Sussex County League Division One. Hassocks currently run a first team, a reserve team, a youth team and a veterans' team. There is also a Junior section, with teams running from Under 9 up to Under 16, which is chaired by Commentator Jonathan Pearce. The third section of the club is Hassocks Ladies, where the chairman is Mike Reynolds, manager is Tom Reynolds and assistant manager is Chris Reed. Hassocks Ladies are members of the South East Counties Women's Football League, Premier Division. The three sections together are a FA Charter Standard Community Club. ==History== Hassocks FC were founded in 1902, spending the first 80 years competing in the Mid-Sussex Football League and the Brighton, Hove & District Football League, mainly at Adastra Park. Ambitions for senior football were realised for the 1981–82 season when the club become members of Division 2 of the Sussex County League, finishing in 12th in their first season. Consolidation followed with regular placings in the top half of the division until the end of the 1986–87 season, when a change in the County League rules regarding ground grading saw the club demoted to Division 3 and a return to intermediate football.〔 1991 saw a change in chairman and management with Jim Goodrum elected Chairman, Dave John coming in as General Manager and the introduction of a new management team of Nick Grenwood and Pete Liddell in charge of First Team affairs. Results were immediate, the Division 3 title being won by 10 points in 1991–92.〔 Critically, the return to senior football was matched by the progress off the pitch, with the club realising its ambitions to move to its own ground, The Beacon.〔 In 1994–95, the club won promotion to Division One of the County League but quality floodlights had to be provided. This was achieved through fund raising and a donation from Matthew Harding, who lived locally and whose sons Pat and Joel went onto become first team regulars.〔 A game against Chelsea Youth in 1995 supported by Graham Rix and Liam Brady marked the official opening of the floodlights. After their first season in Division One the club made its debut in the FA Vase, making it to the first round before being knocked out by Horsham. The following season the club then entered the FA Cup in the preliminary round, but losing to Egham Town at their first attempt.〔 The club in the 2001–02 season achieved its best ever FA Cup run when they reached the Third Qualifying round when they were knocked out by Lewes 3–1 at The Dripping Pan. In October 2002, an ex-Arsenal and Celebrity Team visited to help celebrate the centenary with Steve Williams, Peter Marinello, Terry Marsh, Martin Offiah and Ralf Little all gracing The Beacon. Long-serving manager Dave John retired in 2008 to be replaced by former Horsham YMCA manager John Suter. Despite bringing in a number of the players with whom he had won promotion to the Isthmian League at Gorings Mead, the change did not work and Suter was dismissed after just 15 games in charge with the Robins floating around the relegation zone. John returned to first team management and kept the side afloat for another two seasons, handing over the reigns to Mickey Jewell and his assistant former Steyning Town manager Mark Dalgleish for 2010–11, and in 2011–12 they led the Robins to a highest ever finish of 4th as well as the semi-finals of the Sussex RUR Cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hassocks F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|