Eastbourne Borough

Full name	Eastbourne Borough Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Sports
Founded	1964 (as Langney F.C.)
Ground	Langney Sports Club, Eastbourne
Capacity	5,664 (542 seated)
Chairman	Len Smith
Manager	Garry Wilson
League	Conference South
2004-05	Conference South, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Eastbourne Borough are a semi-professional English football club, based in the town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, and are members of the Conference South division. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Langney Sports Club or Priory Lane Stadium is home of Eastbourne Borough. ... // Eastbourne is a medium-sized town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with a population, according to the 2001 Census, of around 90,000. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The Football Conferences logo Conference South (often referred to as Nationwide South for sponsorship reasons) is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... // Eastbourne is a medium-sized town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with a population, according to the 2001 Census, of around 90,000. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... The Football Conferences logo Conference South (often referred to as Nationwide South for sponsorship reasons) is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ...

Compared to many other so-called 'non-league' clubs (i.e. those outside English football's top four professional divisions), Eastbourne Borough are relative newcomers to this level of football. They were formed in 1964 as Langney FC, naming themselves after the area of Eastbourne in which the club continues to play its home games. From 1968 until 2001 they were known as Langney Sports FC, renaming themselves Eastbourne Borough to ensure the club could be identified with the town of Eastbourne. Langney is a distinct part of Eastbourne, East Sussex and is on the eastern side of the popular retirement resort. ... // Eastbourne is a medium-sized town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with a population, according to the 2001 Census, of around 90,000. ...

History

On forming in 1964, Langney FC entered the Eastbourne & District Football League, competing in Division 2. Prior to season 1968/69 there was a change of name to Langney Sports F.C. when the club affiliated to the Langney Community Association. At this time the club was playing on local recreation grounds before moving to Princes Park near the seafront. At the end of season 1973/74, the club won promotion to the Premier Division of the Eastbourne & Hastings League. The following nine years saw Langney Sports recognised as the most progressive club in the Eastbourne area.

In 1983 the club was elected as a founder member of Division 3 of the Sussex County League and at the same time, moved to its current home ground at Priory Lane, in the heart of the residential area of Langney. The Sussex County Football League is a football league broadly covering the county of Sussex, England. ...

In 1986/87 Langney Sports became Third Division champions, and completed a treble by winning both the Division 3 League Cup & the Eastbourne Challenge Cup. Sports followed this with yet another promotion the following season, this time elevating them to Division 1. In 1992 Langney reached the final of the Sussex Senior Cup, losing 0-1 to the reserve team of Sussex's only professional club, Brighton and Hove Albion. Apart from two seasons (1994/95 and 1995/96) when they finished in 11th and 9th place respectively, Langney never finished outside of the top four in Division One, and in 2000 finished the season as Sussex County League Champions, and were promoted to the Eastern Division of the Southern League. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. are an English football team based in Brighton. ... Southern League logo The Southern League is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams. ...

After one season in the Southern League, the club was renamed Eastbourne Borough. In their second season they finished seventh, and in the following season finished second, and were promoted to the Premier Division. Though they only finished 11th in their first season in the Premier Division, the club were elevated to the newly-formed Conference South for the start of the 2004/5 season. A further promotion was almost earned immediately as the club finished fifth, and won the Conference South play-offs, beating Cambridge City 3-0. However, they were beaten 2-1 by Altrincham (who had won the Conference North play-offs) in the play-off final at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium, and remained in the Conference South. Cambridge City Football Club is an English association football club currently playing in the Conference South. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Football Conferences logo Conference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). They play in the Championship. ... The Britannia Stadium is the home of Stoke City Football Club. ...

During the 2005/6 season, the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history, when a battling performance saw them hold League Two club Oxford United to a 1-1 draw at home, winger Ollie Rowland holding his nerve to score a 90th-minute penalty. This epic match gained the club three massive milestones. These were: 1. The first time that Eastbourne Borough had played a fully-professional league-side. 2. The first time that Eastbourne Borough were given national television coverage (highlights of the match at the Priory Lane ground were shown on BBC's Match Of The Day) 3. For the first time ever the home and away supporters had to be segregated due to the huge attendance of 3,770. The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Oxford United F.C. is an English football team currently playing in Football League Two. ...

Sadly the East-Sussex side failed to win the replay at Oxford's Kassam Stadium on a cold mid-week November night. Despite losing 3-0, the Borough squad put up a very good fight and were extremely unlucky not to score. Ex-Yeovil Town striker Yemi Odubade played particularly well and caused many problems for the Oxford defence, so much so that Oxford manager Brian Talbot admitted he was very interested in having the talented youngster play for his side and asked the Eastbourne Borough committee if he could take Yemi Odubade on a trial at Oxford United. In January 2006, Oxford paid Sports £15,000 to sign Odubade on an 18-month contract. Sign on the outside of the South Stand The Kassam Stadium is the home of Oxford United F.C., and is named after the clubs owner and chairman, Firoz Kassam. ... Yeovil Town F.C. are an English football team based in Yeovil. ... Brian Talbot (born July 21, 1953) is an English football manager and former player. ...

External links

• Borough.co.uk/ Official Website
• Full Record of Langney Sports' League Positions
• Full Record of Eastbourne Borough's League Positions