Eastbourne Town F.C.

This article is about the men's football club based in England. For the women's team, see Eastbourne Town W.F.C.

Eastbourne Town
Full nameEastbourne Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
The Townies
Blue and Yellows[1]
Founded19 October 1881; 143 years ago (1881-10-19)
(as Devonshire Park FC)
GroundThe Saffrons, Eastbourne
Capacity3,000 (200 Seated)
ChairmanDave Shearing
ManagerJude Macdonald
LeagueIsthmian League South East Division
2023–24Southern Combination Premier Division, 2nd of 20 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitehttp://eastbournetown.com/
Current season

Eastbourne Town Football Club is an English football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, and are currently members of the Isthmian League South East Division and play at The Saffrons.

Founded on 19 October 1881 as Devonshire Park F.C., they are founding members of the Sussex County F.A. in 1882,[2] Southern Amateur Football League in 1907 and the Sussex County Football League in 1920. The club is considered the oldest senior football club in Sussex.

The club is a FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association.[3]

  1. ^ Invictus (11 January 1911). "Sports and Pastimes". Eastbourne Gazette. p. 6.
  2. ^ unknown (26 September 1882). "Sussex Football Association". Sporting Life. p. 1.
  3. ^ "FA Charter Standard Clubs Roll of Honour". Sussex County Football Association. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013. [permanent dead link]