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COME ON YOU BLUES!

COME ON YOU BLUES!

Gail Isted31 Jul 2021 - 07:00
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Season Kicks Off Today! Come along and support The Blues at Forest Row

We would love to see supporters today at our opening match of the 2021/2 season.

Here are the details you need, and what you need to know about our opponents, the newly promoted Forest Row FC.

Kick off 3pm

Forest Row FC - Forest Row ground share with Oakwood FC
Oakwood Sports and Social Club
Tinsley Lane
Crawley
West Sussex RH10 8AT

Frow are one of the oldest football clubs in Sussex, founded way back in 1892. The last 129 years has seen us ply our trade in the Mid Sussex divisions, playing at the Memorial Ground nestled in the heart of the village. It's a beautiful sports pavilion that's still home to our Reserves, the Juniors and other sports including tennis and cricket.

After a new crop of players joined back in 2012, the club were fresh off the back of two successive demotions, managerless and languishing in the MSFL Division One. Fast forward 9 years and we're playing in the Southern Combination Football League for the first time in our existence.

Despite three promotions in this time, recent silverware has eluded Frow, coming close in the Montgomery Cup against Lindfield in 2016 and then reaching the Sussex Intermediate Cup final in 2020 only for COVID to enforce the cancellation of the competition. It was a frustrating end to a successful season for Frow, who were also sitting pretty in second and going for the MSFL Prem title.

Following a groundshare agreement with Oakwood FC thanks to support from our sponsors Elliot Scott Group, Frow's high placed finish at the end of the 2020/21 season was enough to take us up to County 1 and enjoy step 6 football. It's an exciting journey to be part of and we look forward to testing ourselves against top opposition. We also bid a fond farewell to the Mid Sussex Football League after all this time and can vouch for the high level of quality in the Prem.

We are a club that likes to do things differently. We're tight-knit without being cliquey, we pay to enjoy football rather than be paid, and we do it purely for the love of the game. As hopefully all past and present Frow players will testify, this is a special club.

Come on you Blues! #COYB

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