Haywards Heath Town F.C.

Haywards Heath Town Football Club is a football club based in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Hanbury Park.HistoryThe club was formed in 1888 as Haywards Heath Juniors. They were renamed Haywards Heath Excelsior in 1894, before becoming simply Haywards Heath in 1895. They played in the Mid-Sussex League until joining the Sussex County League in 1927. After top four finishes in four of their first five seasons in league, the club finished bottom of the league in 1932–33. In 1941–42 they won the Sussex Senior Cup.After World War II Haywards Heath were placed in the Eastern Division of the league for the 1945–46 season, going on to win the division. The following season saw the league revert to a single division, with the club winning back-to-back titles in 1949–50 and 1950–51. A move to Hanbury Park in 1952 allowed them to join the Metropolitan League, but after several seasons of struggling in the new league, they finished bottom of the table in 1960–61 and rejoined the Sussex County League. The club won the Division One title in 1969–70, the League Cup in 1972–73, and were runners-up in 1974–75, but were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1979–80 season, which had seen them finish second-from-bottom in Division One. They won the Division Two Cup in 1983–84, beating Wigmore Athletic 4–2 in a replay. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1985–86, earning promotion back to Division One.