Lingfield F.C.
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| Full name | Lingfield Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lingers |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Ground | The Sports Pavilion, Lingfield |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Bill Blenklin |
| Manager | Rob O'Shaughnessy |
| League | Southern Combination Division One |
| 2015–16 | Southern Combination Division One, 8th |
Lingfield Football Club are a football club based in the village of Lingfield, near East Grinstead, Surrey, England. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Sports Pavilion.
They were established in 1893 and originally played in the Edenbridge & District League and the Surrey Junior league, at the same time. Before the First World War the club managed to Win the Edenbridge league six times and the Surrey Junior league once. After the War the club just competed in the Edenbridge league, as it had expanded and they could not play all of the fixtures for both leagues now. The club found more success in the Edenbridge league in the 1922–23 season, when they completed a double of League Champions and Edenbridge Hospital Cup. The next season saw the club join the Redhill and District League, but just two seasons later saw them again simultaneously compete in the Edenbridge League again, and winning it again in the 1929–30 campaign.
At the end of the 1930–31 season the club left both leagues to join the East Grinstead league, which they won at the first attempt. However, after one more season the club left the league and joined the newly formed Edenbridge and Caterham League. They then went on to win the league in the 1934–35 campaign, and successfully defended this title for the next two seasons. In 1938 the club had to move from their ground at High Street to a new ground at Talbot Road, as the local council wanted the land to build a school.
After the Second World War the club rejoined the Edenbridge and Caterham League, and winning another title in the 1952–53 season. Three seasons later the club was back in the Redhill and District league, and gaining promotion to the Premier Division of that league in the 1958–59 season, the first season at their new home of Godstone Road. The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 1969–70 campaign, when they were relegated back to Division one. It took the club just two seasons to become champions of Division one, but instead of being promoted to the Premier Division the club decided to join the Surrey Intermediate League.
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