Eversley & California F.C.
Eversley & California Football Club is a football club based in Eversley, Hampshire, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at the Eversley Sports Association ground and complex.
Full name | Eversley & California Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Boars | ||
Founded | 1910 | ||
Ground | Fox Lane, Eversley | ||
Chairman | Martin Elcox | ||
Manager | Mathew Angell | ||
League | Combined Counties League Division One | ||
2019–20 | Combined Counties League Division One (season abandoned) | ||
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History
Eversley Football Club was established in 1910.[1] The club played in the Aldershot Senior League and Surrey County Intermediate League (Western), before becoming founder members of the Surrey Elite Intermediate Football League in 2008.[2] They won the league in its first season, also winning the league's Challenge Cup.[3] They were subsequently promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League.
In 2012 the club merged with California, a youth football club established in 1975 in California in Berkshire,[1] changing its name to Eversley & California.[2] In 2013–14 they were Division One runners-up,[4] but were unable to take promotion due to restrictions on use of the floodlights at the ground.[5]
Ground
The club play at the Eversley Sports Association on Fox Lane. The ground was originally the home of California, who developed the site, which was reclaimed land, after receiving a Football Foundation grant of £666,556 in 2007.[1][6] The ground opened in 2009, featuring a railed pitch and a 57-seat stand.[6] The entire complex cost £2.1m.[6] When floodlights were installed, their use was restricted to 15 October–1 April.[7] However, this was later extended from 1 August–30 April.[8]
Honours
- Surrey Elite Intermediate League
- Champions 2008–09
- Challenge Cup winners 2008–09
Records
- Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round, 2014–15, 2016–17
See also
- Eversley & California F.C. managers
References
- Club History Eversley & California F.C.
- Eversley at the Football Club History Database
- League Handbook Surrey Elite Intermediate Football League
- Eversley & California at the Football Club History Database
- Blow for Eversley and California as promotion to the Combined Counties Premier Division is denied Get Reading, 17 July 2014
- Ambitious Eversley FC put faith in experience Get Bracknell, 20 April 2011
- Lights go out for Eversley and boss Thomas Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Get Hampshire, 17 July 2014
- Good News From Eversley & California Combined Counties League