Epsom & Ewell F.C.
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| Full name | Epsom & Ewell Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Salts |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Ground | High Road, Chipstead |
| Capacity | 2,000 (150 seated) |
| Chairman | Peter Beddoe |
| Manager | Glynn Mandeville |
| League | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Combined Counties League Premier Division, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
Epsom & Ewell Football Club is a football club based in Epsom, Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, the club are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division and groundshare at Chipstead's High Road ground.
The club was established in March 1918 as a cricket club under the name Epsom Juniors Cricket Club and played during the summer of that year. At the end of the summer a football team was formed under the name Epsom Juniors, joining the Surrey Junior League in 1919. Although they finished bottom of the table in their first season, they became founders of the Sutton & District League in 1920. Renamed Epsom Town in 1922, they were Premier Division champions in 1922–23. The club subsequently transferred to the Southern Suburban League, which they won at the first attempt without losing a game. They then moved up to the Surrey Senior League. After finishing third in their first season in the league, the club won back-to-back league titles in 1925–26 and 1926–27, as well as winning the league's Charity Cup in 1926–27 with a 1–0 win over Egham.
After their success in the Surrey Senior League, Epsom moved up to the Premier Division of the London League in 1927, going on to win the division in 1927–28. They finished as runners-up in 1931–32 and 1932–33, also winning the Surrey Senior Shield in 1932–33 with a 5–0 win against Woking in the final held at Woking's Kingfield Stadium. They reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history in 1933–34, losing 4–2 at Leyton Orient. In 1934 the club was renamed Epsom, and they went on to finish as Premier Division runners-up again in 1934–35, 1936–37 and 1937–38. In 1949 the club joined the Corinthian League. They won the Surrey Senior Shield in 1954–55, beating Carshalton Athletic 1–0 in the final. The 1959–60 season saw the club win the league's Memorial Shield with a 2–0 win against Maidenhead United. In 1960 the club adopted its current name.
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