Holland F.C.
History
The club was established in 2006, and joined Division Two of the Essex & Suffolk Border League in the same year. They won the Tommy Thompson Cup in their first season in the league. 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; the season also saw them win the Essex Premier Cup, beating Maldon St Mary's 1–0 in the final. After finishing fourth in the Premier Division in 2014–15, the club applied for promotion to the Eastern Counties League, but were rejected as they had proposed groundsharing with F.C. Clacton, with FA rules stating that groundshares should have been in place for at least a year prior to promotion.
However, after finishing third in 2015–16, promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League was achieved.
Ground
The club initially played at the Eastcliff Recreation Ground on Dulwich Road. Plans for a stadium upgrade were dropped in 2015, and the club agreed to groundshare with F.C. Clacton at their Rush Green Bowl ground due to building works at Eastcliff. In 2018 the club returned to Dulwich Road after a £550,000 upgrade that involved installing a new stand and rotating the pitch 90°.
Honours
- Essex & Suffolk Border League
- Division One champions 2008–09
- Tommy Thompson Cup winners 2006–07
- Essex Premier Cup
- Winners 2008–09
See also
References
- ^ Jimmy Bullard’s non-league move to Holland hits the buffers Green 'Un, 3 October 2012
- ^ History Holland F.C.
- ^ 2016-2017 Official Handbook Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Essex & Suffolk Border League
- ^ Essex Football Club History Database
- ^ Step 7 Promotion Applications - 2015 provisional list The Football Association
- ^ Holland FC have their promotion appeal rejected Essex Weekly News, 26 June 2015
- ^ Promotion is the goal for Essex and Suffolk Border League side Holland FC Clacton & Frinton Gazette, 11 December 2015
- ^ Holland FC have their promotion confirmed Clacton & Frinton Gazette, 13 May 2016
- ^ FA league re-jigs: Thetford earn relegation reprieve Haverhill Echo, 16 May 2016
- ^ Clacton/Holland-on-Sea: Major bid to build sports facilities and 65 new homes is granted approval Clacton & Frinton Gazette, 5 February 2015
- ^ Seasiders and Holland FC set to ground-share Clacton & Frinton Gazette, 5 June 2015
- ^ New stadium to name stands after victims of tragedies Clacton and Frinton Gazette, 4 August 2018
- ^ "Holland", Groundtastic, Autumn 2018, p15