Lewes F.C.
Association football club in Sussex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lewes Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Lewes, East Sussex, England. Established in 1885, they were founder members of the East Sussex League in 1896 and the Sussex County League in 1920, before moving up to the Athenian League in 1965 and then the Isthmian League in the 1977. After being founder members of the Conference South in 2004, they were promoted to the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football, in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the Conference South after a single season, and were later relegated to the Isthmian League in 2011.
Full name | Lewes Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Rooks | ||
Founded | 1885 | ||
Ground | The Dripping Pan, Lewes | ||
Capacity | 3,000[1] | ||
Chairman | Trevor Wells | ||
Manager | Tony Russell | ||
League | Isthmian League Premier Division | ||
2023–24 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 8th of 22 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club have played at the Dripping Pan since their foundation. The men's first team are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division, while the women's team play in the Women's Championship.