Newhaven F.C.
association football club in England
Newhaven Football Club is a football club based in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at Fort Road.
History
The club was established at a meeting at the Bridge Hotel in December 1889. They joined the Senior Division of the East Sussex League in 1899 under the name "Newhaven & Cement Works". The club were runners-up in 1900–01 and again in 1903–04, before winning the Senior Division title and the Sussex RUR Cup in 1904–05. They then adopted their current name and went on to retain the league title in 1905–06.
The 1908–09 season saw Newhaven win the title for a third time, but the league was then disbanded. The club joined the Mid-Sussex League and were champions in 1909–10 and 1911–12, by which time they had also rejoined the East Sussex League when it reformed in 1911. Following World War I, the club became members of Division One of the Brighton, Hove & District League in 1919–20, before becoming founder members of the Sussex County League in 1920. They won the Invitation Cup in 1948–49, and were Sussex County League champions in 1953–54.
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