A.F.C. Uckfield Town

AFC Uckfield Town
Full name	Association Football Club Uckfield Town
Nickname(s)	The Oakmen, The Uckers
Founded	2014
Ground	The Oaks, Uckfield
Chairman	James Jenkins & Justin Farrow
Manager	John Kirby
League	Southern Combination Premier Division
2022–23	Southern Combination Premier Division, 16th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

A.F.C. Uckfield Town is a community football club based in Uckfield, East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at The Oaks.

History

The club was formed in July 2014 by a merger of Uckfield Town and A.F.C. Uckfield; it adopted Uckfield Town's black and red colours for their home kit and A.F.C. Uckfield's sky blue and navy blue as the away kit.[1] At the time of the merger Uckfield Town were in Division Three of the Sussex County League,[2] whilst A.F.C. Uckfield were in Division Two;[3] the new club took A.F.C. Uckfield's place in Division Two and continued to play at their Oaks ground.

In their first season the club finished second, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the renamed Southern Combination League.[4]

Ground

The club play their home games at the Oaks on Eastbourne Road. The club's reserve team plays at the Victoria Pleasure Ground.

Other teams

The club's reserve team play in the Mid Sussex League, the under-18 team play in the Southern Combination League's Under 18 (East) Division. The under-17s play in the Mid Sussex Youth League, and the women's team in the Sussex Women and Girls League. The women's team won the league in 2022–23.

Non-playing staff

First Team Manager: John Kirby
First Team Asst Manager: Nick Bignell
Ladies Manager: Jon Wood
Reserve Team Manager: Justin Farrow
Co-chairmen: James Jenkins and Justin Farrow
Treasurer: Natasha Leppard
Secretary: Michele Wright
Senior Committee Member: Adrian Saunders
Youth Welfare Officer(s): Nick Bignell and Jenny Drury

References

Uckfield's top football clubs merge Archived 22 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Uckfield News, 31 July 2014
Uckfield Town at the Football Club History Database
AFC Uckfield at the Football Club History Database
AFC Uckfield Town at the Football Club History Database

External links

Official website

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[1] Uckfield's top football clubs merge Archived 22 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Uckfield News, 31 July 2014

[2] Uckfield Town at the Football Club History Database

[3] AFC Uckfield at the Football Club History Database

[4] AFC Uckfield Town at the Football Club History Database

Southern Combination League
2023–24 Premier Division	AFC Uckfield Town AFC Varndeanians Bexhill United Crawley Down Gatwick Crowborough Athletic Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association Hassocks Haywards Heath Town Horsham YMCA Lingfield Little Common Loxwood Midhurst & Easebourne Newhaven Pagham Peacehaven & Telscombe Saltdean United Shoreham Steyning Town
2023–24 Division One	Alfold Arundel Banstead Athletic Billingshurst Chessington & Hook United Copthorne Dorking Wanderers Reserves East Preston Forest Row Godalming Town Mile Oak Montpelier Villa Oakwood Roffey Seaford Town Selsey Wick Worthing United
2023–24 Division Two	Bosham Brighton Electricity Capel Charlwood Ferring Hailsham Town Jarvis Brook Rottingdean Village Rustington Southwater St Francis Rangers Storrington Upper Beeding Worthing Town
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