Southwick F.C.
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| Full name | Southwick Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Wickers |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Ground | Old Barn Way, Southwick |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Alan Petken |
| Manager | John kilgarriff |
| League | Southern Combination Division One |
| 2015–16 | Southern Combination Division One, 5th |
Southwick Football Club is a football club based in Southwick, West Sussex, England. They club was founded in 1882 and was among the founding members of the Sussex County League, which they have won six times. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Old Barn Way.
Southwick play in red and black stripes with black shorts and socks. They enjoy a fierce, if good natured, rivalry with near neighbours Mile Oak.
Founded in 1882, the club became founding members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896. They became the first winners of the league, and successfully defended the title the following season. In 1920 they joined the Sussex County League as one of its founder members. They went on to win the championship four times between 1923 and 1948, and finished runners-up on a further four occasions.
In 1952 the club left the league for two seasons to compete in the Metropolitan & District League but, after finishing bottom in 1954, rejoined the County League. The following season saw Southwick relegated to Division Two. John Shepherd took over as player manager in 1964–65 and the club were promoted to Division One after finishing as runners-up (on goal average) to Sidley United. In 1968, Shepherd led the club to victory in the Sussex Senior Cup, beating Athenian League Horsham 5–3 in front of a crowd of 4,261 at the Goldstone Ground, and the following season they finished as Division One Champions.
In the 1974–75 season, they reached the FA Cup first round for the first and only time in its history. Under Ray McCarthy in 1982–83 it was Division One runners-up and runners-up in the County Challenge Cup.
In 1984 Southwick left the County League to join the Combined Counties League. The following year the Wickers were promoted to Division Two (South) of the Isthmian League after finishing as runners-up. At the end of the 1985–86 season, Southwick were promoted to Isthmian League Division One as champions. Two successive relegations from 1990–91 and they opted to rejoin the County League for a third time in 1992–93, taking their place in Division Two.
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