Full name | Holland Football Club | ||
---|---|---|---|
Nickname(s) | The Tangerines | ||
Founded | 2006 | ||
Ground | Dulwich Road, Holland-on-Sea | ||
Chairman | Mark Sorrell | ||
Manager | Luke Watts | ||
League | Eastern Counties League Division One North | ||
2021–22 | Eastern Counties League Division One South, 8th of 20 (transferred) | ||
Holland Football Club is a football club based in Holland-on-Sea, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at Dulwich Road.
The club was established in 2006, [1] and joined Division Two of the Essex & Suffolk Border League in the same year. [2] They won the Tommy Thompson Cup in their first season in the league. [3] Division Two was disbanded at the end of the 2006–07 season and the club moved up to Division One. In 2008–09 they won Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division; [2] the season also saw them win the Essex Premier Cup, beating Maldon St Mary's 1–0 in the final. [4] After finishing fourth in the Premier Division in 2014–15, the club applied for promotion to the Eastern Counties League, [5] but were rejected as they had proposed groundsharing with F.C. Clacton, [6] with FA rules stating that groundshares should have been in place for at least a year prior to promotion. [7]
However, after finishing third in 2015–16, promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League was achieved. [8] [9]
The club initially played at the Eastcliff Recreation Ground on Dulwich Road. [2] Plans for a stadium upgrade were dropped in 2015, [10] and the club agreed to groundshare with F.C. Clacton at their Rush Green Bowl ground due to building works at Eastcliff. [11] In 2018 the club returned to Dulwich Road after a £550,000 upgrade that involved installing a new stand and rotating the pitch 90°. [12] [13]
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play at Champion Hill.
Maldon & Tiptree Football Club is a football club based in Maldon, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at the Wallace Binder Ground.
Enfield Town Football Club is a football club based in Enfield, Greater London, England. Established in 2001 as a fan-led breakaway from Enfield, the club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium. The club badge features the Enfield beast.
Barkingside Football Club is a football club based in Barkingside, Greater London, England. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and groundshare with Ilford at the Cricklefield Stadium.
Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play at Cressing Road.
East Thurrock United Football Club is a football club based in Corringham, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division, the eighth tier of English football, and play at Rookery Hill.
F.C. Clacton is a football club based in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Rush Green Bowl.
Halstead Town Football Club is a football club based in Halstead, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Rosemary Lane.
Brightlingsea Regent Football Club is an English football club based in Brightlingsea, Essex. Formed by a merger of Brightlingsea United and Regent Park Rangers in 2005, they are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at North Road.
The Essex and Suffolk Border Football League is a football competition based in England. The league has a total of four divisions headed by the Premier Division which sits at step 7 of the National League System. The top club may apply for promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League.
Needham Market Football Club is a football club based in Needham Market, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Bloomfields.
Haverhill Rovers Football Club are a football club based in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the New Croft.
Coggeshall Town Football Club is a football club based in Coggeshall, Essex, England. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at West Street.
Haverhill Borough Football Club is a football club based in Haverhill in England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at the New Croft.
Football Club Romania is a football club based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. The club are members of the Southern League Division One Central and groundshare at Cheshunt's Theobalds Lane.
Newbury Forest Football Club is a football club based in England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Oakside Stadium in Barkingside, where they ground-share with Redbridge.
The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 74th in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
Lakenheath Football Club is a football club based in Lakenheath, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the Nest.
May & Baker Eastbrook Community Football Club is a football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Parkside, Aveley, where they share with Aveley.
Colchester Casuals Football Club was an amateur football club based in Colchester, England.
Coordinates: 51°47′57″N1°10′36″E / 51.799052°N 1.1767692°E