Crescent_Rovers_F.C.

Crescent Rovers F.C.

Crescent Rovers F.C.

Association football club in England

Crescent Rovers Football Club was a football club based in Wallington, Greater London, England. The club played at Wallington Sports & Social Club.

Quick Facts Full name, Nickname(s) ...

History

The club was formed in 1947 by a group of ex-servicemen in the Whitehorse Manor area of Croydon.[1] The club originally started playing friendlies and were then elected to join the Thornton Heath & District League.[1] The club then made progress through the leagues, eventually joining the Surrey County Premier League for the 1998–99 season.[2] They stayed in the Surrey County Premier league until the end of the 2002–03 season, when the Combined Counties League created a new Division One formed by clubs from the Surrey Premier League.[3] During their time in Division one the club went on to win the Division one cup beating Bookham in the Final 2–1.[4] The club remained in the Combined Counties division one until the end of the 2009–10 season when they elected to drop down to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League.[5]

Ground

Crescent Rovers play their home games at Wallington Sports & Social Club, Mollison Drive, SM6 9BY.[6]

The ground has neither permanent spectator facilities or floodlights, which makes them ineligible to take part in the FA Vase.[7]

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

  • Highest League Position:[2] 7th in Combined Counties Division One 2004–05
  • Highest Attendance:[8] 55 in the 2009–10 season.

References

  1. [1]
    Pieman, Simple (30 April 2009). "Pie and Mushy Peas: Crescent Rovers FC". Pieandmushypeas.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    CRESCENT ROVERS at the Football Club History Database
  3. [3]
    "Combined Counties League 2002–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    "CCL Cup Draw Page". Ccleague.co.uk. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. [5]
    Webmaster, Knaphill FC (28 June 2010). "Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League AGM News – Knaphill Football Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. [6]
    Peter Joicey. "Crescent Rovers F.C". Oldboysclaphamfc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Crescent Rovers F.C. Video | Football (Soccer) Game Highlights". Ovguide.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    "CCFL Official Website". Combinedcountiesleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Crescent_Rovers_F.C., and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.