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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.
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