Whitehawk F.C.
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| Full name | Whitehawk Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Hawks |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Ground | The Enclosed Ground, Brighton |
| Capacity | 2,175 |
| Chairman | Nigel Thornton |
| Manager | Andy Woodman |
| League | National League South |
| 2015–16 | National League South, 5th |
| Website | www |
Whitehawk Football Club is a semi-professional English football club based in Whitehawk, a suburb of Brighton in the city of Brighton and Hove. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The team play their home matches at the Enclosed Ground, situated in East Brighton Park, just north of Brighton Marina. Prior to 2010 the club had never played above County League level, but after three promotions in four seasons, the Hawks reached Conference South in 2013 as well as the second round of the FA Cup in 2015.
Founded in 1945 as Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys and playing in the Brighton & Hove District League, they quickly moved through the divisions, winning Division 4 in 1947/48, the Intermediate in 1949/50 and then the Senior in 1951/52 season, going the whole season unbeaten. During this time the club also won its first major honour, the Sussex Senior Cup in 1950–51, beating Eastbourne 1–0 at Woodside Road, Worthing in the final. The club was promoted to the Sussex County League in 1952–53 and after finishing third in their inaugural season, were runners-up for three successive seasons from 1954–55, and never out of the top five, before changing their name to Whitehawk FC in 1960.
In 1961–62 Whitehawk won the first of four Division One titles, as well as the Sussex Senior Cup, beating Eastbourne United 4–0 at the Goldstone Ground. The following season the competition was abandoned due to bad weather, but 1963–64 the Hawks retained the championship, finishing three points clear of second-placed Lewes. The next three seasons were not as successful and the club found itself relegated at the end of the 1966–67 season, only to make an immediate return as Division Two champions in 1968.
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