Bexhill United F.C.

Bexhill United Football Club is a football club based in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Polegrove. Formed in 2002 as a merger of Bexhill AAC and Bexhill Town, the club are affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association.HistoryBexhill TownBexhill Town first joined the Sussex County League in 1923–24 under the name Allen West, before becoming Bexhill at the end of the 1926–27 season. After the war the club changed their name again this time to Bexhill Town Athletic ready for the 1946–47 season in the Sussex County League.In 1950 the club merged with local club Bexhill Amateur Athletic club, maintaining the Bexhill Town Athletic name. The Sussex League gained a second division in 1952, with the club placed in Division One. They won the League Cup in 1955–56, and the following season saw them win their first Sussex County League title. In 1957–58 they finished as runners-up the following season and won the Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup. The club would go on to win back-to-back league titles in 1965–66 and 1966–67 before finishing as runners-up in 1968–69..In 1969 the club split from Bexhill Amateur Athletic club and changed their name to Bexhill Town. They then spent the next twelve seasons in Division One, winning the RUR Cup for a second time in 1973–74, before being relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1980–81 season, in which they finished bottom of the table. They were relegated again after finishing bottom of Division Two in 1984–85, but were promoted from Division Three at the first attempt as runners-up in the 1985–86 season. After winning Division Two in 1989–90, the club returned to Division One. However, the club were relegated to Division Two again at the end of the 1993–94 season and then to Division Three at the end of the 1997–98 season after finishing bottom of Division Two. In 1999–2000 they won the Division Three Cup.