Eastbourne Borough F.C.
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| Full name | Eastbourne Borough Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Sports |
| Founded | 1964 (as Langney F.C.) |
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Priory Lane Eastbourne |
| Capacity | 4,151 (600 seated) |
| Chairman | John Bonar |
| Manager | Tommy Widdrington |
| League | National League South |
| 2015–16 | National League South, 17th |
Eastbourne Borough Football Club is an English football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The club is a FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association and is a registered Community Interest Company.
The club joined the Sussex County League in 1983 as a founding member of the new Division Three. Following two successive promotions in 1986/87 and 1987/88 under their then manager, Pete Cherry, they played in Division One until the end of the 20th century. The club then experienced a rise through the divisions under Garry Wilson, gaining promotion to the Conference Premier in 2007-08.
The club currently participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. They are known as The Sports after their previous name as Langney Sports. Eastbourne Borough play their home matches at Priory Lane in Langney. Their manager is Tommy Widdrington.
They were formed in 1964 as Langney F.C., naming themselves after the Langney district of Eastbourne in which the club continues to play its home games. It all started when a group of friends had played for the Langney and Friday Street youth team were too old to carry on playing and decided to form their own team so they could continue to play football. On forming in 1964, Langney FC entered the Eastbourne & District Football League, competing in Division 2. (Clearly, the team was happy to just have 11 men on the pitch, sans fans.) Despite forming in 1964, Langney only affiliated with the Sussex FA in the Summer 1965, which marks its first official season. Prior to the 1968/69 season there was a change of name to Langney Sports F.C. when the club affiliated to the Langney Community Association. At this time the club was playing on local recreation grounds before moving to Princes Park near the seafront, next door to Eastbourne United's ground at The Oval. At the end of the season 1973/74, the club won promotion to the Premier Division of the Eastbourne & Hastings League.
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