

Although the facilities were an improvement on their previous home they remained basic. The football club flourished in the years leading to the Second Great War but obviously declined during and immediately after it. One legacy of the hostilities, the air raid shelter, became the focus of attention when it became clear that further improvements were needed to the facilities if sporting aspirations were to be advanced.Ī handful of stewards rallied to the cause however and quickly resurrected its fortunes. Thus it was that a shower room and toilet block and a modest clubhouse were attached to this building.

Funding for this was achieved through the tireless efforts of the ‘Friends of South Park Sports Association’ organisation. Despite these commendable efforts, the Association lived for many years on a hand to mouth basis with the management all too frequently having to put their hands into their own pockets to ensure its survival.ĭuring this period the playing side of the football club flourished with numerous honours won in the local leagues and cups together with appearances in County Cup finals. The club were also honoured in the fact that a number of players progressed to senior football with clubs such as Redhill and Eastbourne Town in the fifties and sixties, the heyday of non league football. The seventies and eighties brought further improvements to the changing facilities and clubroom and the purchase of the land that is now our main pitch were made. In the early seventies the football club started the junior’s section. Over the years the number of teams has increased on a regular basis and today we have boy’s teams from under eight’s through to under sixteen’s. In 1997 the football club celebrated its Centenary year, the highlight of which was a celebratory dinner held at Reigate Manor Hotel at which over 150 people attended. Many players both past and present attended along with guests from The Football Association and Surrey County Football Association. The club was presented with its own unique framed certificate from the Football Association to mark this occasion.
