Burgess Hill Town Football Club, nicknamed “The Hillians,” is a non-league football club based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
Established in 1882, they currently compete in the Pitching In Isthmian League Premier Division, which is part of the seventh tier of English football. The team calls The Home Call Carpets Community Stadium their home ground.
Early honours included retaining the Sussex Senior Cup outright and winning the inaugural Mid-Sussex League. After joining the County League in 1958 and relocating to Leylands Park in 1969, they followed successive promotions by adding both the League Challenge and Division Two Cups in 1974 before lifting the Division One title in 1976.
Burgess Hill Town enjoyed renewed silverware between 1996 and 1999 under Alan Pook: back-to-back Division One championships, two Challenge Cups, the Floodlight Cup and consecutive FA Vase last-16 runs, while youth and reserve teams also prospered. Success continued with Gary Croydon, whose sides reached the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, won further cups and, after Danny Bloor’s 2003 title, stepped into the Southern League before a lateral transfer to the Isthmian system.
Ian Chapman’s appointment in 2012 heralded an eighth-place finish and, a year later, the club’s best-ever sixth. The 2014-15 campaign brought an 11-point march to the Ryman Division One South title and notable FA Cup and Trophy victories, earning promotion to the Premier Division, albeit followed by survival battles and relegation in 2019. After pandemic-hit seasons back in Division One South, joint managers Gary Mansell and Jay Lovett now seek to revive fortunes.