Balham F.C.

Balham
Full name Balham Football Club
Founded 2011
Ground Wibbandune Sports Ground, Wimbledon
Capacity 2,000 (102 seated)[1]
Manager Greg Cruttwell
League Combined Counties League Premier Division
2017–18 Combined Counties League Premier Division, 5th of 22

Balham Football Club is a football club based in Balham, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division and play at Colliers Wood United's Wibbandune Sports Ground in Wimbledon.

History

Balham Football Club was established in 2011 as an adult team for the Balham Blazers youth football club.[2] They joined Junior Division One of the Surrey South Eastern Combination, and after finishing fourth in their first season,[3] were promoted to Intermediate Division Two. In 2012–13 they finished third in Intermediate Division Two,[4] earning promotion to Intermediate Division One, which they won the following season.[5]

The club subsequently moved up to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League for the 2014–15 season, finishing third in their first season.[6] Although this was a high-enough position for promotion to the Combined Counties League, the club's ground was not deemed up to standard for promotion.[2] The following season the club moved to Cobham's Leg O'Mutton field in order to meet the ground grading criteria,[2] and after finishing as runners-up, were promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League.[7] Prior to the 2016–17 season they moved to Colliers Wood United's Wibbandune Sports Ground.[7]

In 2016–17 Balham finished third in Division One of the Combined Counties League, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

Honours

  • Surrey South Eastern Combination
    • Intermediate Division One champions 2013–14

References

  1. ↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p626 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
  2. 1 2 3 Welcome to Balham Football Club Balham F.C.
  3. ↑ Junior Division 1: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  4. ↑ Intermediate Division 2: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  5. ↑ Intermediate Division 1: League Table Surrey South Eastern Combination
  6. ↑ Balham at the Football Club History Database
  7. 1 2 Constitution Confirmed Combined Counties League

Coordinates: 51°25′18″N 0°15′07″W / 51.421687°N 0.25198683°W / 51.421687; -0.25198683

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.