CLUB HISTORY


Significant Events

25th August

1985

First training session Under 6s

8th May

1986

First F.A. Soccer Skills tests

17th May

1988

First match Under 8s versus Crowborough Athletic Under 9s

6th May

1989

First F.A. Soccer stars tests 

27th July

1989

Joined Crowborough & District Junior Football League

16th September

1989

First league match versus Uckfield Grasshoppers Under 10s

23rd September

1989

First league victory versus Wadhurst United Under 10s

3rd October

1989

First evening session under temporary floodlights

14th October

1989

Under 10s score club record 25-0 win at Forest Row

18th November

1989

First knock out cup match versus Broad Oak United 

27th January

1990

First tournament shield match versus Broad Oak United

21st April

1990

Under 10s win first cup final versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

25th April

1990

Under 10s win first tournament shield versus Crowborough Athletic

5th May

1990

Under 10s win first league championship versus Uckfield Grasshoppers and complete the first "treble"

8th December

1990

First league match on new pitch

13th April

1991

Club badge officially adopted

27th April

1991

Under 11s win cup final versus Crowborough Athletic

18th May

1991

Under 11s win league championship versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

7th September

1991

Sponsored 12 hour match and new floodlights switched on

15th September

1991

First Sussex Cup match versus Polegate Grasshoppers

30th September

1991

Club rules issued

28th March

1992

Under 10s win tournament shield versus Wadhurst United

14th April

1992

Under 12s win league championship versus Langton Green

25th April

1992

Under 10s win cup final versus Langton Green

26th April

1992

Under 12s win cup final versus Broad Oak United to complete third successive "double"

12th June

1992

Under 11s win league Sportsmanship award for 1991-92 season

6th March

1993

Under 11s win the league championship versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

24th April

1993

Under 11s defeated in cup final versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

8th May

1993

Under 11s win tournament shield versus Hailsham United

9th May

1993

Under 13s defeated in tournament shield final versus Broad Oak United and Tonbridge Olympic

18th September

1993

Club appointed an F. A. "Mini-Soccer Centre"

29th January

1994

Under 10s win league championship versus Wadhurst United

30th January

1994

Under 14s become the first Jarvis Brook team to reach a County Cup final

27th February

1994

Under 14s win league championship versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

27th March

1994

Under 12s win league championship versus Broad Oak United

1st May

1994

Under 10s, 12s and 14s all appear in cup finals at Ringmer F. C.  Under 10s and Under 12s win their finals to complete "doubles".  under 14s draw theirs.

9th May

1994

Under 14s lose their County Cup final versus Newhaven

11th May

1994

Under 11s lose their tournament shield final versus Uckfield Grasshoppers

15th May

1994

Under 14s win their cup final replay versus Tonbridge Olympic

18th May

1994

Under 14s win their tournament shield final versus Ringmer Rovers to complete the "treble"

14th January

1995

Under 10s secure league runners-up versus Tenterden

2nd April

1995

Under 11s win league championship versus Foresters

9th April

1995

Under 11s win cup final versus Stamco to secure second successive "double"

22nd April 

1995

Clubs 500th competitive fixture as Under 11s play Uckfield Grasshoppers

29th April

1995

Under 10s win Tournament Shield as Matfield defeat Langton Green

30th April

1995

Under 15s win Tournament Shield versus Spartan

7th May

1995

Under 13s win cup final versus Old Town Boys
Under 15s draw their cup final versus Old Town Boys

13th May

1995

Under 15s lose their cup final replay versus Old Town Boys

9th June

1995

Under 10s, 12s and 12s ('93) win League Sportsmanship awards for 1994-95

All of the above is drawn from information gathered by our club's founder, the late Bob Rumins.

June

2002

Sam Carrington awarded Under 11s Inter League 'Player of the Year'
James Longman awarded Under 10s Inter League 'Player of the Year'

June

2003

Elliot Kelly awarded Under 11s Inter League 'Player of the Year'

June

2003

Under 9s win Worthing rebels 6-a-side

June

2003

Under 8s, 9s, 10s and 15s win League Sportsmanship awards for 2002-03

7th June

2003

Ray Kennedy awarded Bob Rumins Shield as 'Club Person of the Year',
Alex Eadie of Under 16s awarded Gordon Roberts Trophy for '
displaying the good qualities required of a sportsman'.

June

2005

Jordan Broome awarded Under 10s Inter League 'Player of the Year'

June

2006

Under 7s, 12 As and 12 Bs win League Sportsmanship awards for 2005-06

1st / 2nd July

2006

1st Jarvis Brook Juniors Football Fiesta

April

2007

Under 13s win League Cup Final

May

2007

Frank George awarded Bob Rumins Shield as 'club person of the year' for his work in establishing the Jarvis Brook Juniors Fiesta

June

2007

Under 10s, 14s and Girls win League Sportsmanship awards for 2006-07

April

2008

Jarvis Brook Girls U13s win League and Cup double for to achieve first silverware for Girls section

April

2008

Under 11s win League Cup Final

May

2008

James Macdonald awarded Bob Rumins Shield as ‘Club Person of the Year’ for his work in establishing the Jarvis Brook Girls section.

June

2008

Under 9s win League Sportsmanship awards for 2007-08

June

2008

Sophie Rudge, U14 Girls, selected for England’s Under 15s Summer Camp