Bognor Regis Town F.C.

Bognor Regis Town

Nickname(s)

The Rocks

Founded

1883 (as Bognor F.C.)

Ground

Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis

Capacity

4,500 (350 seated)

Chairman

Dominic Reynolds

Manager

Jamie Howell

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2015–16

Isthmian League Premier Division, 2nd

Home colours

Away colours

Bognor Regis Town Football Club are an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association.^[1] They currently compete in the Isthmian Premier Division.

History

Bognor F.C. were founded in 1883 and the club became founding members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896, joining the Senior Division.^[2] They won the championship of this league for five successive years in the early 1920s, after which they joined the Brighton & Hove District League in 1926. Just one year later, however, they joined the Sussex County League where they were to remain until 1972. The club became Bognor Regis F.C. in 1929 after King George V added the suffix 'Regis' to the seaside resort.

The club won the Sussex County Division One championship in the 1948–49 season. At the end of that season, they added "Town" to their name so as not to be confused with the local rugby club.

At the end of the 1969–70 season they were relegated, but won Division Two at the first attempt. The club won the Division One championship title the following season and were promoted to Division One South of the Southern League. In 1972–73 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 6–0 at Colchester United. In 1976 Jack Pearce became manager at the age of just 26, and went on to hold the position until 2007.

In 1981 the club were transferred to Division One of the Isthmian League, and were promoted at the end of the 1981–82 season after finishing second. In 1984–85 they reached the first round of the FA Cup again, beating Swansea City 3–1 in a replay after a 1–1 draw at the Vetch Field. In the second round they lost 6–2 at Reading. They reached the second round again the following season, beating Enfield in the first round, before losing 6–1 at Gillingham. They went on to reach the first round again in 1986–87 (losing 1–0 in a replay to Slough Town) and 1987–88 (losing 3–0 at home to Torquay United). In 1988–89 they beat Football League opposition again, defeating Exeter City 2–1, before losing to Cambridge United.

In 1991–92 Bognor finished in the relegation zone, but were reprieved after Dagenham and Redbridge Forest merged. However, the following season they finished bottom of the Premier Division, and were relegated to Division One. In 1995–96 they reached the second round of the FA Cup for a fourth time, before losing 4–0 at Peterborough United.

In 2002–03 they finished second in Division One South, and were promoted back to the Premier Division. After finishing tenth the following year, the club were placed in the newly established Conference South. They were relegated back to the Isthmian League Premier Division at the end of the 2008–09 season, and were relegated again the following season.

Season 2010–11 saw the club compete in the Isthmian League Division One South and they missed out on promotion back to the Premier Division by the tightest of margins. Having finished with a club record total of 96 points, they lost out in the title race to Metropolitan Police on goal difference by just one goal, having led the table by two points, going in to the last fixture. As a result, they found themselves having to participate in the end-of-season play-offs, where they lost at home to Dulwich Hamlet who had finished 31 points behind.

In 2011–12 they again finished second in Division One South. They won the end-of-season play-offs, defeating Godalming Town in a thrilling semi-final, before beating Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 in the final, and thus gaining promotion to the Premier Division. The 2012-13 season saw them finish in 14th place in the Ryman Premier. The 2013-14 season started slowly with just one point from the opening four matches. However they soon rose up the table, eventually finishing in third place and qualified for the end of season play-offs, although this ended in defeat in the semi-final at home to Lowestoft Town.

Stadium

The club play at Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 2TY. The ground has a capacity of 4,000, of which 350 are seated. There is covered accommodation on three sides. The ground's first set of floodlights were bought from Wembley Stadium and fitted onto telegraph poles. In the 1970s the current floodlight pylons were added, with four along each touchline, before two of these were removed on each side in the early 1990s.

On 15 August 2008 a fire destroyed the clubhouse, and was suspected to be arson.^[3] Work on a new social club, named 'Seasons', commenced during the summer of 2009 and opened in November the same year.

The playing surface is arguably one of the finest in non-league football and won an award for the best in all three divisions of the Conference in 2008. Season 2010/11 also saw the pitch win an award, this time voted the best in all three divisions of the Isthmian League, in a poll of referees. The club also won an award two seasons running – 2007/08 and 2008/09, for the best canteen, as voted by supporters of rival Conference South clubs.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Lewis Boughton
		GK	Grant Smith
		DF	James Crane
		DF	Sami El-Abd
		DF	Chad Field (on loan from Portsmouth)
		DF	Jamie Horncastle
		DF	Snorre Nilsen (on loan from Portsmouth)
		DF	Craig Robson
		DF	Lloyd Rowlatt
		DF	Harvey Whyte
		DF	Daryl Wollers

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Dan Beck
		MF	Stuart Green
		MF	Ben Johnson
		MF	Connor Tighe (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
		MF	Doug Tuck
		FW	Chike Kandi (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
		FW	Alex Parsons
		FW	Ollie Pearce
		FW	Jason Prior
		FW	Alfie Rutherford

Club management

As of 13 July 2013

Position	Name
General Club Manager	Jack Pearce
Head Coach	Darin Killpartrick
1st Team Manager	Jamie Howell
Goalkeeping Coach	Lee Conway
Fitness Coach/Kit Manager	Neil Cockroft
Physiotherapist	Alan 'Fish' Robertson
Physiotherapist	Rachel Rees
Under 18s Coaches	Luke Cooper & Dan Cox

Managers

As of 1 May 2012. Statistics below are League matches only (Sussex County/Southern/Isthmian/Conference South).

Name	Period	G	W	D	L	Win %
Darin Killpartrick	January 2009–Present	143	69	38	36	48.25%
Jamie Howell	June 2009–Present	124	64	33	27	51.61%
Mick Jenkins	June 2008 – January 2009	23	2	7	14	8.70%
Michael Birmingham	October 2007 – May 2008	30	9	10	11	30%
Jack Pearce	June 1994 – October 2007	566	227	144	195	40.10%
Mick Pullen	June 1992 – May 1994	84	20	24	40	23.81%
Jack Pearce	March 1976 – May 1992	672	254	163	255	37.78%
Derek Edwards	June 1970 – March 1976	208	86	50	72	41.35%

Honours

League honours

West Sussex League Winners – 1920/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, 24/25.
West Sussex League Runners-up – 1897-98.^[2]
Sussex County League Div. 1 Winners – 1948/49, 71/72.
Sussex County League Div. 2 Winners – 1970/71.
Southern League Southern Division runners-up – 1980/81.
Isthmian Division One runners-up – 1981/82.
Isthmian Division One South runners-up – 2002/03 (promoted), 2010/11 (not promoted), 2011/12 (promoted)

Cup honours

Sussex Senior Cup winners – 1954/55, 55/56, 79/80, 80/81, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84, 86/87.
The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup^[4]
- Winners (1): 1971–72
- Runners Up (1): 1958–59,
Isthmian League Cup winners – 1986/87

Club records

Record victory 24–0 v Littlehampton, West Sussex Senior League, 1913–14
Record defeat 0–19 v Shoreham, West Sussex Senior League, 1906–07
Record attendance 3,642 v Swansea City, FA Cup first round replay, 1984–85
Appearances: Mick Pullen, 967, 1976–96
Goalscorer: Kevin Clements, 216, 1978–89
Best league performance: Ninth in the Conference South, 2004–05
Best FA Cup performances: Second round, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1995–96. First round, 1972–73, 1986–87, 1987–88.
Best FA Trophy performance: Semi Final, 2015-16
Most points in a season: 96 points in season 2010/2011, in the Isthmian Division One South

Team colours

The club's home strip consists of green and white, of which in the past, combinations have varied including green and white striped shirts, green and white halved shirts, green and white quartered shirts and plain green shirts with white shorts. Following King George V's decision to add the suffix 'Regis' to the town's name in 1929, the club wore a blue and gold strip for a period in the 1930s, before reverting to green and white some time later that decade. Since the mid-1970s, the strip has mostly consisted of white shirts, green shorts and white socks, as is the case in 2014. Like most clubs, away colours have varied over the years, although blue shirts (various shades) have been worn since 1998. Navy and yellow are the club's change colours for the 2014–15 season.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Shirt Sponsor
1979–1980	Adidas	Hago Plastics
1980–1981	Umbro	Hago Plastics
1981–1983		No Shirt Sponsor
1983–1985		Hamilton Lines
1985–1987	New Olympic	West Sussex Contractors
1987–1989	Puma	Butlins (FA Cup ties only)
1989–1991	New Olympic	Adcocks Suzuki
1991–1992	New Olympic	Hall Signs
1992–1993	Bukta	Spindlers Lamps & Lights
1993–1994	Diadora	Reynolds Furniture Store
1994–1995	Diadora
1995–1996	ICIS
1996–1997		Esprit Accountants
1997–1998		Butlins Bognor Regis
1998–1999	Vandanel Sports	Competitive Cleaning
1999–2000	Vandanel Sports	Reynolds Furniture Store
2000–2001	Spall	Finest Windows
2001–2002		Express Printing
2002–2003		Wayne Windows
2003–2005	GX	Aldersmead
2005–2006		homes2buy.co.uk
2006–2007		KFC
2007–2008		VRV Autos
2008–2009		Apogee Corporation
2009–2010	Erreà	Apogee Corporation
2010–2011		Keith Jay Carpets
2011–2012		Chestnut Tree House
2012–2013		Havant Motor Factors
2013–2014		Viessmann
2014–2015		FRH Machinery
2015–2016		Gilbert & Cleveland

References

↑ "FA Charter Standard Clubs Roll of Honour". Sussex County Football Association. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
1 2 "Shoreham F.C. – Early football in Shoreham and the 'Glory Years". Shoreham History Portal. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
↑ Fire hits Bognor Regis Town Portsmouth.co.uk
↑ "R.U.R. Cup Final Results – Sussex County Football Association". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2012-11-11.

External links

Club website
Bognor Regis Town at the Football Club History Database

Isthmian League

Premier Division	Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Brentwood Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Farnborough Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lewes Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley

Division One North	AFC Hornchurch AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Phoenix Sports Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury Waltham Abbey Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Hythe Town Molesey Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Whyteleafe Worthing

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Coordinates: 50°47′13.16″N 0°41′24.84″W / 50.7869889°N 0.6902333°W / 50.7869889; -0.6902333

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