A.F.C. Uckfield Town

AFC Uckfield Town
	The New Badge of A.F.C Uckfield Town
Full name	Association Football Club Uckfield Town
Nickname(s)	The Oakmen, The Uckers
Founded	2014
Ground	The Oaks, Uckfield
Chairman	Billy Wood
Manager	Billy Wood
League	Southern Combination Division One
2023–24	Southern Combination Premier Division, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	afcuckfieldtown.com
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 Division One and play at The Oaks.

History

The club was formed in July 2014 by a merger of Uckfield Town and AFC Uckfield; it adopted Uckfield Town's black and red colours for their home kit and AFC 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] while AFC Uckfield were in Division Two;^[3] the new club took AFC Uckfield's place in Division Two and continued to play at their Oaks ground.

In their first season the club were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the renamed Southern Combination League.^[4] They finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2023–24 and were relegated back to Division One.

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 teams play in the Mid Sussex Youth League and Crowborough and District Youth Football 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: Billy Wood
First Team Assistant Manager: Alex Harris
First Team Coaches: Luke Carter, Nick Bignell, Rob Barden
U23s Manager: Luke Carter
U18s Manager: Malcolm Jones
Ladies Manager: Jon Wood
Chairman: Billy Wood
Treasurer: Natasha Leppard
Secretary: Michele Wright
Welfare Officer(s): Nick Bignell

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2018–19^[4]
Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2018–19^[4]

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
^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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

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