Leatherhead F.C.
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| Full name | Leatherhead Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Tanners |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Ground | Fetcham Grove near Leatherhead Leisure Centre |
| Capacity | 3,400 (125 seated) |
| Chairman | Richard Brady |
| Manager | Jimmy Bullard |
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 11th |
Leatherhead Football Club is a football club based in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. The club is nicknamed The Tanners and plays home at Fetcham Grove. They play in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association and is a FA Charter Standard club
The club was founded in 1907 as Leatherhead Rose and originally played friendlies. In 1909 they joined the Dorking and district league and won league at the first attempt. After the First World War the team joined the Dorking and district league and again won the league The following season they joined the Kingston and District League and went on to win three league titles until the Second World War started.
Leatherhead also had another local club Leatherhead United who were formed in 1924, and went on to win the Division One of the Sutton and District League in the 1925–26 season. United also finished third Premier League in the 1928–29 season, behind Leatherhead Rose who were runners-up. In the early 1930s Fetcham Grove based United joined the Surrey Junior League and became Champions at the end of the 1933–34 season. This enabled United to join the Surrey Intermediate League but were relegated after a few season at the end of the 1936–37 campaign.
After the Second World War officials of the two Clubs met and on May 27, 1946 Leatherhead Football Club was officially formed at a public meeting. The two clubs pooled their financial resources and selected United’s Fetcham Grove ground to be used as their home pitch. The club then joined the Surrey Senior League for the start of the 1946–47 season.
They won the Surrey Senior League four times in a row and left the league to join the Metropolitan & District League for the 1950–51 season. The next season they became founding members of the Delphian League. The team played in the Delphian league for seven seasons before joining the Corinthian League. In the 1962–63 season they became the last ever Corinthian League champions, as the league was disbanded and along with most of the other sides, joined the enlarged Athenian League in the new Division One. At the end of their first season in Division one they were promoted to the Premier Division as Champions.
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