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| Full name | Eastbourne Borough Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Sports | ||
| Founded | 1964 (as Langney Sports FC) | ||
| Ground | Priory Lane Langney, Eastbourne | ||
| Capacity | 4,151 (600 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Simon Leslie | ||
| Manager | Adam Murray | ||
| League | National League South | ||
| 2023–24 | National League South, 19th of 24 | ||
| Website | www.ebfc.co.uk | ||
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Eastbourne Borough Football Club is an association football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. The team competes in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system.
The club joined the Sussex County League in 1983 as a founding member of the new Division Three. Following two successive promotions in 1986–87 and 1987–88 under their then manager, Pete Cherry, they played in Division One until the end of the 20th century. The club then experienced a rise through the divisions under Garry Wilson, gaining promotion to the Conference Premier in 2007–08.
They are known as The Sports after their previous name as Langney Sports.[2] Eastbourne Borough play their home matches at Priory Lane in Langney, Eastbourne. The club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association and is a registered Community Interest Company.
- ^ "Facilities". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Club History". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.