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CONTENTS Welcome History First Team U23’s U18’s U17’s Veterans Youth Development Academy
History
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Youth Teams Youth TEAMS VENUE HIRE Social Club Resident Chef First Team Match Ticket Prices HOW TO FIND US CONTACT US
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WELCOME For those not familiar with Broadbridge Heath Football Club, we’ve been part of this community for the last 102 years providing football for ages 6 through 60+. Our history (detailed below) is a real roller coaster of a journey with challenges as well as successes both on and off the pitch. However, our commitment to the community and the beautiful game remain unchanged.
First and foremost, the game is all about enjoyment and we strive to ensure that all involved with administering, managing, and coaching across all age groups promote a fun and positive environment. Football helps develop life skills (social, self-esteem, teamwork, etc) but also develops memories that remain with us, so we want to ensure those memories are great and full of happiness!
Our new home, as of August 2019, is the Countryside Stadium next door to The Bridge Leisure Centre. Suffice to say the first 24 months in our new home has been, for the most part, full of challenges however now replaced with optimism as we recommence footballing activities across the club.
Broadbridge Heath also represents one hundred and two years of volunteering. The football club and the facilities are almost completely reliant on the good folks of Broadbridge Heath, and beyond, giving up their time in support of others. This community club simply does not function without the support
“Football helps develop life skills but also develops memories that remain with us” Our new home is a purpose-built club house with a stadium pitch and training pitches. Whilst our club house primarily supports footballing activities it is also available for hire so if you’re looking to schedule an event then either pay us a visit or give us a call – rates are very reasonable. One hundred and two years of football in
of volunteers. So, with the previous in mind, I would ask that if you enjoy football or socialising or both and have time available to lend a hand, maybe no more than 90 minutes a month, then please get in touch. We’d welcome you with thanks, a smile, and maybe a drink or two.
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Broadbridge Heath Football Club was founded in 1919 by local ex-members of the armed forces who had just returned from the 1914-18 Great War. In the very first season of competitive football, with only 12 registered players, the club won the Horsham and District Championship and Challenge Cup. In 1970-71 the Horsham League amalgamated with the West Sussex Football League and Heath joined Division Three. Promotion was won to Division Two the following season. In 1978-79 following promotion from the Premier Division of the WSFL, Broadbridge
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Heath joined the Southern Counties Combination League which at that time was a feeder to the Sussex County Football League. The SCCL amalgamated with the County League in 1983-84 with Broadbridge Heath becoming founder members of the new Division Three.
“ Broadbridge Heath Football Club was founded in 1919 ” The club moved to new facilities at the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre
in Wickhurst Lane in 1987 where they had exclusive use of the stadium pitch, bar and social area. At the end of the 1987-88 season the Club were promoted to senior football in Division 2 for the very first time. Heath remained in senior football for 20 years, with one season (1998-99) in Division One. Despite succeeding on the pitch off the field events deteriorated when the Clubs Landlord decided not to renew the clubs lease to run the bar and social area and for several years with no home and no assets, the Club struggled to survive. At the end of the 2007-08 season
Heath were relegated to Division 3, things got even worse for the Club when the team finished second from bottom 2 years later and only avoided demotion because there were not enough clubs in the feeder leagues with facilities to satisfy County League requirements. Season 2010-11 saw an improvement in the clubs fortunes with the team finishing in sixth position and a year later they finished one place higher behind some very good intermediate sides. As a result of restructuring in the
“At the end of the 1987-88 season the Club were promoted to senior football in Division 2 for the very first time” leagues above and despite finishing fifth, Broadbridge Heath were promoted back to senior football in Division 2 at the end of the 2011-12 season. Back in Div 2 after a 5 year break the team finished in 6th position and reached the final of the SCFA RUR Cup where they narrowly lost 1-0 to Div One
runners up East Preston. A year later the team went even better by finishing the season as runners up to Eastbourne United AFC and with that promotion back to Division One for only the second time in the clubs history.
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HISTORY In the first two seasons back in Div One (now the Premier Division) the club finished 9th and a year later went even better finishing 8th. In 2017-2018 a slight dip saw the team finish in 15th position but they bounced back a year
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later to end in 6th place our highest ever finish. Off the field the club took possession of our new purpose built facilities on the 2nd August 2019 ensuring the future of the club for many years to come.
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First Team Chris Simmons was appointed First Team Manager in April 2020 following a successful period as Interim Manager. Chris has an extensive playing career in Sussex County Football including several years at Broadbridge Heath, as well as having held Assistant Manager and Manager positions with Billingshurst and Loxwood. Chris has an extremely dynamic management
extremel “Chris has an agement dynamic man udes team that incl ” ensen r o S n ia ist Kr team that includes Kristian Sorensen, who had a 20+ year playing career from the Vauxhall Conference to the Sussex County Football League. Ross Butterfill who was the goal keeper coach for The Hornets U23 team and Dave Letley who is a Broadbridge Heath FC legend having played for the club for over a decade from late 90’s onwards. Last but not least, Rebecca Lobley is the
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Club Sports Therapist and has been for the last year or so doing a fantastic job almost daily in treating player injuries. Chris and his management team has assembled a very exciting squad of players for this coming season with a number of Under 16, Under 18, and Under 23 players pushing for a place on the team sheet come match day and helping us build for the future. #COYB
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Under 23s Mid-December ’20 we appointed Howard Wrate and Steve Coveney as joint managers of our U23 squad. Despite the pandemic, both have settled in well at the club and have
season “Recent prewe’re est g g u s lts resu r the o f e p a h s d in goo d.” season ahea
developed a great working relationship with Chris’ and their respective 1st and U18 management teams. Recent preseason results suggest we’re in good shape for the season ahead.
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Under 18s Having joined the club during the 2019/20 season, Chris Ellis has led our U18 squad in the Southern Combination League and supported the development of our youth footballing framework that aims to set the benchmark for future U18 squads.
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Chris has coaching support from former player and First Team Manager, Sean Holt.
Under 17s As we closed out what was left of the 20/21 season, we made the decision to establish a U17 team for the seasons ahead playing in the South Surrey Youth Football League in 21/22 season. Teams making the transition from U16 local league football to U18
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Southern Combination League have, in the main, struggled to adjust during the first year and we see this initiative as a bridge for those players that need a little time to develop. Richard
Burton will manage the U17 squad with support from Matt Wright, Rob Upton, and Julian Smith.
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Veterans Broadbridge Heath Football Club have been running a Veterans (35+) team for approx 40 years, originally setup to allow the older club members the opportunity to play friendly matches against other clubs with similar minded players followed by a few drinks in the
bar after the game and talk about the old days. That theme continues today under manager Hicham Rhioui with teams playing both friendly and league football in the West Sussex Sunday Football League, Veterans division.
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Youth Development Academy To ensure all Broadbridge Heath Football Club junior and youth players are afforded the very best coaching available to achieve Southern Combination League football, if not higher, we recently announced the appointment of Nik Mulcahy as Head Coach of our Youth Development Academy. Nik will be supported by Nick Grogan and Dave Letley in working with the U15,
“we recently announced the appointment of Nik Mulcahy as Head Coach of our Youth Development Academy.” U16, U17 managers and coaches to develop our young talent. We’re all very excited with this initiative as it looks to lay the building blocks to sustain Step
5, if not a higher level of football at the Countryside Stadium for years to come.
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Back in the mid-1960’s Broadbridge Heath FC was one of the first clubs in the area to incorporate juniors in training and playing the occasional friendly match. In the early 1970s we entered a team in the West Sussex Football League Minor Division and a few years later became founder members of the Horsham Mini-Minor League. Our relationship with that league continues today, now renamed the Horsham Youth League, Broadbridge Heath will be running ten teams in the League this season for players from 6 years old upwards on open spaces on the Village Green, behind the Village
“In the early 1970s we entered a team in the West Sussex Football League Minor Division and a few years later became founder members of the Horsham Mini-Minor League. ” Centre, at Charrington Way, at The Bridge Leisure Centre and hopefully if
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HOW TO FIND US By Car SatNav Address: Broadbridge Heath Football Club, High Wood Hill Sports Ground, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3YS
Tesco’s may charge for vehicles parked for longer than 3 hours in their car park.
By Bus Regular busses from Horsham station include:
By Train Nearest Station is Horsham (3 miles).
Route 93 www.metrobus.co.uk/route-information Route 63 www.arrivabus.co.uk/kent-and-surrey
Leave A24 at Broadbridge Heath exit, follow signs for Tesco and Leisure Centre.
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Vehicles should park in the FREE car parks outside the pavillion or outside the Bowls Club.
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Disabled Supporters Disabled spaces available in the car park near the pavillion. 1 Disabled toilet in the pavilion
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CONTACT US Last but not least, a heartfelt thank you to our volunteers for their continued support. Clubs like ours do not survive, let alone thrive, without your efforts week in, week out – thank you!....If you’d like to join our merry band of volunteers then please get in touch. For contact details or to find out more please visit our website at Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/broadbridgeheathfc Tel: 01403 283654 BBHFC thebearsbbhfc
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