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| Full name | Debenham Leisure Centre Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Hornets | |
| Founded | 1991 (as Debenham Angels) | |
| Ground | Friends' Meadow,Debenham | |
| Capacity | 1,000[1] | |
| Chairman | Gary Barber | |
| Manager | Mark Peck | |
| League | Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division | |
| 2024–25 | Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division, 12th of 15 | |
Debenham Leisure Centre Football Club is afootball club based in the village ofDebenham, inSuffolk, England. The club are currently members of theSuffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division and play at Friends' Meadow.
The club was founded asDebenham Angels in 1991 and joined Division Seven of theSuffolk & Ipswich League.[2] After an unbeaten first season, they won the division and were promoted to Division Six. In 1993–94 they were promoted again to Division Five. They were renamedAFC Debenham in 1994. They were promoted to Division Four at the end of the 1995–96 season. The club won Division Four at the first attempt, and were promoted to Division Three, which they won in 1999–2000. In 2000–01 the club were promoted to Division One. However, after missing out on promotion to the Senior Division in 2001–02, the following season they narrowly avoided being relegated back to Division Two in 2002–03. After Mel Aldis was appointed manager in the summer of 2003, the club won Division One in 2003–04 to earn promotion to the Senior Division. The title was claimed following a 10–0 win against Ipswich Exiles to overtakeFramlingham Town on goal difference.[2]
In their first season in the Senior Division, Debenham finished runners-up toEast Bergholt United, and were promoted to Division One of theEastern Counties League. Upon moving up the club adopted their current name. In 2008-09 they were promoted to the Premier Division, after winning 7–0 atMarch Town United on the final day of the season to pipHalstead Town to third place on goal difference, having needed to win by three goals and hope Halstead failed to win (they drew 1–1 withGreat Yarmouth Town). They were relegated back to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in2010–11. In 2013–14 the club won the Division One Knockout Cup, beatingWhitton United 2–0 in the final.[3] They finished bottom of Division One in2022–23 and were relegated to the Senior Division of the Suffolk & Ipswich League.[4]
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