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Club History |
Coulsdon United was formed from two clubs who played in the Combined Counties League. Salfords were originally Monotype and ground shared with Coulsdon Town because their own facilities were thought not to be acceptable according to new ground-grading rules for the Combined Counties League. Coulsdon Town were previously Netherne. Both teams were playing at Coulsdon Town's ground at Netherne Community Amateur Sports Club, Woodplace Lane, Coulsdon. To share their resources they joined together in 2007 to form Coulsdon United.
Football has been played at Netherne since the early part of the 19th. century when builders engaged on the Netherne Hospital played a game against Chipstead. The present ground became Netherne Hospital's sports and social club and when the Hospital closed the club continued having been sold to Gleeson's.
In 1968 a team originally Reedham came to play at Netherne and changing their name to Netherne F.C. went on to be promoted into the Combined Counties League. Due to having no floodlights the team was relegated into the Surrey Senior League but allowed back in when the CCFL started a division One for clubs without floodlights.
We are looking forward to a more settled time but all depends on ground-grading. It is not easy for clubs to get planning permission for floodlights and many are in the same position. We will wait to see what further rules will be forced on clubs before we know where our future will be.
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