Horley Town
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Horley Town
FOOTBALL CLUB
Horley Town FC is a fine example of the important role that club can
play in their local community and have some exciting plans in place
for the future. Football Focus Magazine recently caught up with their
Match Secretary Spencer Mitchell to find out more about the club.
He told us, “The season started very well despite an early set
back in the FA Cup and a great run saw the Club up to third in
the League. We have been in the top half of the league all season
and reached the League Cup quarter Final. We are now aiming
to finish as high as possible in the League.
“Youth football is very important to the Club. We run
teams from age 6 to under 18’s and also run the Horley Town
Chairman:
Vice Chairman:
Treasurer:
Match Secretary:
Junior Section Chairman: Mr Mark Sale
Mrs Philippa Burbidge
Mrs Nicky Maybury
Mr Spencer Mitchell
Mr Dave Coogan
Manager: Anthony Jupp
Coach: Matt Chapman
Physio: Gail Selby Assistant Manager: Chris
Weller
GK Coach: Alan Rogers
Team from
George Hyde GK
Scott Robson
Ryan Brackpool
Adam Pullin (Captain)
Liam Cox
Jack Poplett
Ben Herdman
Alex Barbary
Conra Ceepedes
Robert Burbidge
Kyle Hough
Tate Greenaway
Richard Wetton
Ayden Richards
Mark Bevan
Matt Fairthbrother
Ryan Smith
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Academy for young players between 16-18. In order to help
make sure our players enjoy a smooth transition into the senior
game we run Under 16s to feed into the Youth set up who play
in the Southern Youth League and the FA Youth Cup and then
into the Reserves who play in the Suburban League and then into
the 1st Team.
“We are very much a Community Club, regularly running
junior Football Competitions and also a very successful vets side.
The Club also have Horley Rugby Club use the adjacent pitch as
their home as well and has its own Darts team as well. The Club
house and Facilities are available for all the community to use;
even the local play group uses the Club house so it is very much
part of the community.
“The club are hopefully about to install a new 3G pitch in
the close season so very exciting times are ahead for the Club.
Our biggest challenges moving forward will be Continuing to
improve the Club Facilities and the First team with the aim of
making it into the Ryman League.”