Shoreham F.C.
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| Full name | Shoreham Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Musselmen |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Ground | The Taxi-Link Community Sports Ground, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Stuart Slaney & Ralph Prodger |
| Manager | Bryan O'Toole |
| League | Southern Combination Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Southern Combination Premier Division, 17th |
Shoreham Football Club is a football club based in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England. The club is affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at The Taxi-Link Community Sports Ground, Middle Road.
The club was established in 1892 and were one of the founding members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896. After their first season in the league they were relegated to the Junior Division, but bounce back up as champions, the following season. The 1901–02 season saw the club achieve their first senior honours when they beat Hailsham Town 3–0 in the final to lift the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup. More success followed the season later when the club won the West Sussex Football League and the Sussex RUR Cup. They repeated the league success two seasons later, but had to settle as runners up in the Sussex RUR and challenge cups. The 1905–06 campaign saw the club achieve a treble of competitiotion wins when they took the league title, and both the Sussex RUR and challenge cups.
After the first World War the club played in the Brighton, Hove & District Football League, until the end of the 1919–20 season when they became one of the founder members of Sussex County Football League. After seven seasons the club left the sussex league after finishing bottom with just five points at the end of the 1926–27 campaign, however the club rejoined the league again for the start of the 1932–33 competition, from the Brighton league. The club then remained in the league up until the Second World War, where play was suspended, during which time they finished as runners-up in the 1934–35 season.
After hostilities had ceased the club rejoined the Sussex County League, when it resumed for normal competition in the 1946–47 season. That season also saw the club make their debut in the FA Cup, where they met East Grinstead in the Preliminary qualifying round, but were soundly beat 11–0.
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