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GROUND: Fort Road, Newhaven, East Sussex.

Newhaven FC play in the Sussex County League, Division Three.

Newhaven FC is one of the oldest clubs in Sussex, and was formed by the Towner family who were brewers in the town during the latter 19th century after a meeting in the Bridge Hotel in December 1889. 20 members signed up on the day.

We are one of the founding members of the Sussex County Football League, joining in 1920.

In the 1948/49 season the club won the Sussex County FA Invitation Cup.

In 1950/51 Newhaven finished in fourth place behind champions Haywards Heath, and in 1953/54 won the League, ahead of Rye United and Cuckfield. Although finishing fifth behind Eastbourne United the following season, success eluded the Newhaven, who were relegated to Division Two in 1964/65. The Dockers made an immediate return as runners-up to Horsham YMCA, only to be relegated again two years later.

Newhaven once again returned to the top division in 1971/72, and won the Division One championship in 1973/74, finishing two points ahead of Littlehampton Town. Just two years later though, we found ourselves relegated for a third time.

After fifteen years in Division Two, the club was promoted to Division One as champions in 1990/91, and in 1992/3 finished sixth. The following year we won the Sussex RUR Cup, only to be relegated in 1994/95. Further relegation to Division Three followed in 1998/99 and the club narrowly escaped dropping down to the East Sussex League the season afterwards.

After a couple of poor seasons finishing low in the division the 2005/06 season was the best for many years finishing in 4th place and reaching the semi-finals of both the 3rd Division Challenge Cup and the Vernon Wentworth Cup.

We also recorded the highest League attendance for the whole of the Sussex County League with a Boxing Day crowd of over 400 hundred for the visit of local rivals Peacehaven.