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Little Common - Recreation Ground

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Little Common Football Club have a relatively short history, having been founded as a youth team in 1966 and entering the Sussex County League as a senior side in 1977 as Albion United. After 18 seasons in Divisions 2 and 3 (now steps 6 & 7), and a name change to Little Common Albion in 1986, they were relegated back to local football in 1995.

 

They returned in 2005, sans Albion, and saw gradual year on year improvement until, in 2016/2017, they were runners up in what was previously know Division 2 but now called the Southern Combination FL Division One. Unfortunately the Recreation Ground didn't meet the ground grading required for step 5 so promotion was denied. The club decided to de-camp 12 miles west to share The Oval in Eastbourne with Eastbourne United and in 2017/18 the club went one better and won the title.

 

With them now being in a suitable ground they were able to take their place in the Premier Division where they have since remained. The club always wanted to return home and this dream was achieved in December 2021 when, with the help of grants from the Football Foundation and local Council, the ground passed a league inspection. The first game back was due to be the Bank Holiday derby with Bexhill on 27 December 2021, but bad weather scuppered this and the re-arranged fixture on 8 January. Their first game back ended up being a Sussex Senior cup defeat to Isthmian League Three Bridges on 11 January 2022.

 


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