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BANSTEAD ATHLETIC
The club was established in 1944
as Banstead Juniors, before adopt-
ing their current name during the
1946–47 season.
After winning the Surrey Intermediate
Cup that season, the club won back-
to-back league titles before moving up
to the Surrey Senior League in 1949.
They finished as runners-up in their ners-up in their first season, and went Banstead Athletic Football team 1946 - 47
first season, and went on to win the on to win the league four times in a 26 games in 1950–51.The next two the league folded most clubs (includ-
league four times in a row between seasons saw them finish as runners-up ing Banstead) joining the Isthmian
1950–51 and 1953–54, with Harry to Dorking, before they won their fifth League, with Banstead placed in
Clark scoring 81 goals in 26 games in title in 1956–57. Although they fin- Division Two South. The league was
1950–51.The next two seasons saw ished as runners-up again for the next reorganised in 1991, with the club
them finish as runners-up to Dork- two seasons, the club went into decline placed in Division Two.They remained
ing, before they won their fifth title at the start of the 1960s, and finished in the division until 2002 when further
in 1956–57. Although they finished second-from-bottom in 1961–62. league reorganisation saw them moved
as runners-up again for the next two Moved up to the Spartan League to Division One South. Two years
seasons, the club went into decline The 1964–65 season saw Banstead later another reorganisation saw them
at the start of the 1960s, and finished win their sixth Surrey Senior League placed in Division One.
second-from-bottom in 1961–62. title, claiming the championship on Division One champions
Finished as runners-up goal average from Chobham, and At the end of the 2005–06 season
The 1964–65 season saw Banstead they moved up to the Spartan League. Banstead resigned from the Isth-
The club was established in 1944 as When the league merged with the mian League and dropped into the
Banstead Juniors, before adopting Metropolitan–London League in 1975, Combined Counties League Premier
their current name during the 1946–47 forming the London Spartan League, Division. After finishing bottom of
season. After winning the Surrey Banstead were placed in Division One. the division in 2011–12 they were
Intermediate Cup that season, the In 1979 the club switched to the Athe- relegated to Division One. They were
club won back-to-back league titles nian League, where they remained Division One champions in 2016–17,
before moving up to the Surrey Senior row between 1950–51 and 1953–54, until it disbanded in 1984, winning earning promotion back to the Premier
League in 1949.They finished as run- with Harry Clark scoring 81 goals in the League Cup in 1980–81. When Division.
