History

Broadbridge Heath Football Club was founded in 1919 by local ex-members of the armed forces who had just returned from the 1914-18 Great War. In the very first season of competitive football, with only 12 registered players, the club won the Horsham and District Championship and Challenge Cup.

In 1970-71 the Horsham League amalgamated with the West Sussex Football League and Heath joined Division Three. Promotion was won to Division Two the following season. In 1978-79 following promotion from the Premier Division of the WSFL, Broadbridge Heath joined the Southern Counties Combination League which at that time was a feeder to the Sussex County Football League. The SCCL amalgamated with the County League in 1983-84 with Heath becoming founder members of Division 3

The club moved to the Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre in Wickhurst Lane in 1987 where we had exclusive use of the stadium pitch, bar and social area. At the end of the 1987-88 season the Club were promoted to senior football in Division 2 for the very first time. Heath remained in senior football for 20 years, with one season (1998-99) in Division One. Despite succeeding on the pitch off the field events deteriorated when the Clubs Landlord decided not to renew the clubs lease to run the bar and social area and for several years with no home and no assets, the Club struggled to survive.

At the end of the 2007-08 season Heath were relegated to Division 3, things got even worse for the Club when the team finished second from bottom 2 years later and only avoided demotion because there were not enough clubs in the feeder leagues with facilities to satisfy County League requirements.

Season 2010-11 saw an improvement in the clubs fortunes with the team finishing in sixth position and a year later they finished one place higher behind some very good intermediate sides. As a result of restructuring in the leagues above and despite finishing fifth, Broadbridge Heath were promoted back to senior football in Division 2 at the end of the 2011-12 season.
Back in Div 2 after a 5 year break the team finished in 6th position and reached the final of the SCFA RUR Cup where they narrowly lost 1-0 to Div One runners up East Preston. A year later the team went even better by finishing the season as runners up to Eastbourne United AFC and with that promotion back to Division One for only the second time in the clubs history.

In the first two seasons back in Div One (now renamed the Premier Division) the club finished 9th and a year later went even better finishing 8th. In 2017-2018 a slight dip saw the team finish in 15th position but they bounced back a year later to end in 6th place which at the time was our highest ever finish.

Things also improved off the field when, on the 2nd August 2019, the club took possession of their new purpose built facilities, a ground to satisfy the grading requirements for Step 5 football with two further pitches for use by our adult and youth teams for matches and training.

In January 2020 former Heath player Chris Simmons took over as First Team manager, initially on an interim basis but with performances improving he was offered the position on a permanent basis three months later. COVID then struck and two seasons became null and void, after his first full season in charge the team finished in 7th place and last season they were crowned Southern Combination League Champions with promotion to the Pitching In Isthmian League South-East Division, anew challenge and experience for everyone at the club.

Come On You Bears!