club facilities
13 May 2009

When the club was formed in 1951 things were tight financially. Sponsorship wasn't ready available then and the village hall was used for changing. This remained the case until the early 60's. A small building (the pump house) was then used in the corner of the ground,which still remains today. The pitch was originally where rife way is now and had a stream running behind it. The houses surrounding the ground now weren't there then, just fields. An additional wooden hut was added for home changing rooms and refreshments. A mobile toilet block was added in the 70's .A junior team was also formed around this time and floodlights were added to the training area. Having been in and out of the county league since the 60's,the club soon realised that they needed better facilities. This being part of the criteria to re-join. So with much fund-raising,the decision was taken to construct a new clubhouse. People linked with the club all helped to build it to keep the cost down. The actual cost was a hefty sum of £7000 ! Sensing that money was going to be tight to furnish the club,the chairman, john tyler (apt name) went round the village getting people to sponsor the 4000 roof tiles at £1 each. Simple but genius at the same time. In 1983,a week before his teams fa cup final vs manchester utd. The brighton manager officially opened it and a match was played between barry lloyds worthing fc and ferring fc. A few years later a spectator stand was erected. The cost of this was almost double the clubhouse cost ! The building was 25 years old last year and is showing signs of age. Add to this the growth in the playing structure of the club,then a larger facility is required. Arun district council has approved the new design in principal. So it won't be long before everybody is required to get their shovels out !!