AFC Hornchurch
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| Full name | Association Football Club Hornchurch |
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| Nickname(s) | The Urchins |
| Founded | May 2005 |
| Ground | Hornchurch Stadium, Upminster |
| Capacity | 3,500 (800 seated) |
| Chairman | Colin McBride |
| Manager | Jimmy McFarlane |
| League | Isthmian League North Division |
| 2016–17 | Isthmian League North Division, 4th of 24 |
A.F.C. Hornchurch are a football club based in Hornchurch, Greater London, England. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at the Hornchurch Stadium. The club was formed in 2005 as a successor to Hornchurch Football Club.
The club was established shortly after Hornchurch were liquidated on 11 May 2005, and were placed in the Essex Senior League (three levels below the Conference South where Hornchurch had been playing) by the Football Association on 19 May. In their first season the club won the league, as well as the League Cup and the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy. Promoted to Division One North of the Isthmian League, the club won that division in 2006–07 to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
In 2007–08 AFC Hornchurch finished fourth in the Premier Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they were beaten 3–1 by AFC Wimbledon in the semi-finals. The 2008–09 saw the club finish sixth, missing out on the play-offs. They also reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 1–0 at home to Peterborough United. Although they entered administration in May 2009, the club managed to survive. After a ninth-placed finish in 2009–10 and coming tenth in 2010–11, the club were runners-up in 2011–12, qualifying for the play-offs. Following a 3–1 win over Bury Town in the semi-finals, they defeated Lowestoft Town 2–1 in the final, earning promotion to the Conference South.
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