Sidley United F.C.

Sidley United

Full name	Sidley United Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Blues"
Founded	1906
Ground	Gullivers Sports Ground Bexhill-on-Sea
Chairman	Dickie Day
Manager	Adam Day/Owen Ball
League	East Sussex League Premier Division
2015–16	East Sussex League Division One, 1st (promoted)

Sidley United Football Club is a football club based in Sidley, near Bexhill, England. The club is affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association They currently play in the East Sussex League Premier Division.

Sidley United were founded in 1906 and were founder members of Division Two of the Sussex County League in 1952. Which they managed to win in the 1958–59 season. By 1965 the club found themselves back in Division Two, however they won the Division straight away to win promotion back into Division One.

The club alternated between Division One and Two for the next 21 seasons, which saw them twice finish runners up in Division Two in 1971 and 1978. During this period the club also made their debut in the FA Cup in the 1973-74 season. At the end of the 1987–88 season Sidley were relegated into Division Three. It then took the club three seasons to get back up to Division Two when they won promotion into Division Two as runners-up in 1988–89.

In 1996–97 Sidley won the Division Two cup and won the league in 1998–99, winning promotion back into Division One. The 2000–01 season saw Sidley win Division One for the first time in their history, finishing five points ahead of Burgess Hill Town, they also won the John O'Hara League Challenge Cup completing the league and cup double. Seven seasons later at the end of the 2007-08 campaign the club were relegated back to Division Two, when they finished bottom of Division One. Under the management of John Lambert the club gained promotion back to Division One at the end of the 2009-10 season, and completed a double by winning the Hastings Senior Cup as well. They remained playing in the league until 2013, achieving mid-table finishes.

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