National feeder league, ⭐️ England Football Accredited Club based in E. Sussex. Run 2 men's teams and one Vets team. Junior teams from age 4. Est: 1893
Club Statement 💚
As a club, we are devastated to share the tragic news of the passing of our player Josh Alexander. Everyone at Rotherfield FC has been rocked by the news this week and we all send our thoughts and prayers to all his family and those closest to him.
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The first piece of the puzzle falls into place… 🧩
Everyone at Rotherfield FC is delighted by the news that Andy Garrett (
@GarrettandSon
) will continue as First Team Manager for the 23/24 season!
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#RotherIsReady
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@Teamgrassroots_
Grass pitches, less impact injuries. Plus many 3/4Gs installed but aren't maintained properly, eg they need regular brushing to keep the grass pile up. But when you have a grounds team that can get a pitch like this in April, who needs 3G?
We are delighted to announce that Alex Watts (
@wattsalex
) has been promoted to the role of First Team Assistant Manager 🤝
👉
Alex will combine his role supporting
@GarrettandSon
with his continued playing duties ⚽️
#RotherIsReady
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The picture becomes clearer… 🧩
We are delighted to announce that Pete Ford and Richard Clibbens will form our new Reserves Management Team! 🤝
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#RotherIsReady
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Rotherfield FC has just received the latest assessment report for the Recreation Ground pitches from the Football Association. All previous gradings have been maintained & the overview from the FA states 👇...
All our thoughts remain with his family at this difficult time.
Our club will be a poorer place for the loss of Josh but we all feel proud to have shared the field with him in Green and White 💚🤍
Rest in peace, Josh.
As a tough week draws to a close, we would like to send our thanks to our entire
#FootballFamily
who have truly come together to show their support this week.
We may be competitors on the field but we are friends off of it and have been humbled by all the messages received. 💚
The story of today’s friendly…
We go down 5-0 to
@hailshamtownfc
in our first friendly of the season but plenty of ‘minutes in the legs’
Best of luck to our hosts for their campaign ahead 🤝
A fantastic team display earns our Reserves a 4-0 victory away to Hawkhurst (
@philips20463585
) tonight 🟢⚪️
Goals courtesy of
@wattsalex
, McInulty, Blackstone and a first senior goal for Rufus Jones! 🙌🏻
#greenarmy
A proud moment for one Rotherfield family yesterday as three of the Hare/White family took to the field for our Reserves!
The older cousins looked after their junior on his senior football debut…
Just the 16 years between the two photos 👶🏼
What it’s all about 💚
#WeAreRother
It’s time to take to the pitch for the first time this season as we travel to
@hailshamtownfc
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A good test for the side to kick off our pre-season programme…
Kick off at 14:00 - see you there 👋🏻
#RotherIsReady
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We would like to extend our gratitude to our hosts
@BoshamFC
in today's
@SussexCountyFA
Intermediate Cup match. Despite not the result we wanted, we were nonetheless made to feel very welcome and they put on a superb paella! All the best in the next round and rest of the season.
Three wins in a row!
We've taken 10 points from a possible 12 in our last four fixtures. The last time we did that we were in the MSFL Championship.
#uptherother
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As a consequence of the second placed side drawing their match today, our u15 team have won their league with two games remaining.
Congratulations to Jim Keoghan & Adrian Isaac for chaperoning a group of 15 year old lads to football success!!
👏👏👏👏
#uptherother
And that’s the power of
@Twitter
...
Less than an hour after having Saturday’s fixture postponed,
@hollingtonlions
have stepped in and saved the day as we now make the trip to The Gibbons this weekend ⚽️
#gameon
#footballfamily
FIXTURE CHANGE !
This weekend we welcome
@rfc1893
to The Gibbons in our penultimate pre season friendly.
Massively thankful for them to take this fixture at such short notice
Clubhouse Canteen Open Available For Food & Drink
Let's Get Behind Asher & The Lads 🦁
#TheLions
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We’re pleased to announce our pre-season friendly programme which gets underway this coming Saturday (22nd July) with a trip to
@hailshamtownfc
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Full details here ➡️
#RotherIsReady
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Greens came away with all the spoils last night with a 1-3 win
@hailshamtownfc
. Huge thanks to Hailsham for hosting and for their hospitality. We wish them all the best for the new season.
The club is very pleased to report that as we play our home games on public land, as of this weekend, spectators are allowed to attend games subject to social distancing rules.
Full time result here is 5-5. A crazy game of ⚽️ which had nearly everything. Controversy, goals, penalties and celebrations! On a serious note, we would like to wish the
@FC1Westfield
player who has suffered a potential serious injury. Please let us know how he is.
In the Reserves game today our striker Stan Chapman suffered a serious knee injury. Given how hard he has worked to force his way into the first team in recent weeks it is a kick in the teeth for Stan. Everyone at the club wishes Stan a speedy successful recovery.
Although our club is not a
@KentFA
affiliate, our Juniors play a lot of Kent based clubs so may very well have a knock on effect. However, regardless of our, or any club's geographical location, this is something that all clubs should take note of.
OPEN LETTER | With the new season upon us,
#Kent
FA would like to ask everybody involved in
#grassroots
#football
locally to read our open letter, penned by our
#Referee
Development Officer, Nick Dunn.
Thank you in advance.
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The season gets underway for our First Team tomorrow as we host
@SidleyUnitedFC
and hope to get our campaign off to a strong start.
Our Reserves will be looking to bounce back after last week as they make the short trip to Nutley ⚽️💚
#greens
Tonight our Reserves make the short trip to the Community Stadium to play
@CrowboroughAFC
III's under the lights in the
@midsussexleague
Stratford 🏆. KO is 7.30pm. Admission is FREE. COME AND SUPPORT THE GREENS!
Cracking away win
@balcombe_bbs
today. Gritty determined performance from the whole team and deserved 2-1 winners at full time. Reserves lost 3-1 at home to Galaxy Saturday. 1's host
@WillingdonAFC
at home next weekend. Surely we can't hit the heady heights of 3 on the bounce!?
Our 1st Team lost on the road in a narrow 3-2 defeat against
@CuckfieldFc
in a competitive game of football.
Our Reserves beat
@CrowboroughAFC
3rd team 0-2. We would like to thank the Crows for letting us play in the stadium and for their hospitality.
Returning from a winter Twitter hibernation. Sadly for
@BuxtedFC
this has coincided with our largest win of the season - a 5-0 victory today with a first RFC hatrick for Jason Marsh. Red hot form & red hot hair.
#Marshnaldo
Another season done and dusted for us. Pretty disappointing, but could have been worse - we could have been Smallfield. Onwards and upwards in the coming 2018/19 season for us we hope. Congratulations from everyone here to
@lindfield_fc
on the league title.
Rotherfield 1sts end the year on a high with a 5-0 win over Sedlescombe Rangers.
Our Reserves were not so fortuitous. Losing, albeit narrowly, 3-2 to hosts Ashurstwood.
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all our fellow clubs, supporters & friends a Merry Christmas 🎄
With the season ticking ever closer, we’re delighted to announce that Sam Saunders (
@TheSharky1
) has been announced as Club Captain for the 2023/24 season! 🤝
Great to have you back with us, Skip 💚
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#RotherIsReady
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A busy week for the club. Training on Tuesday and Thursday starting at 7pm with our final pre-season friendly on Wednesday evening as we welcome
@CrowboroughAFC
U23s.
A gritty and determined performance from the Greens this afternoon as they won 3-1 to
@hollandsportsfc
All the best to our visitors for the rest of the season.
⚽️
@TheSharky1
⚽️ Phil Teague
⚽️
@Wilko923
All the best for the Vets in their "Classico" match tomorrow!
First Team Manager ✅
Reserve Team Manager ✅
Reserve Team Assistant Manager ✅
Pop back tomorrow as announce our new First Team Assistant! 👀🤔
#RotherIsReady
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The main & mini pitches have been spiked this morning in readiness for the weekend matches ⚽️⚽️⚽️
They look 👌
Many thanks to Richard Amer for his diligent work using his compact 🚜 & small spiking machine.
💚
#uptherother
LOOKING GOOD 👀👌🚜
First autumn verti-draining complete. Perfect ground conditions for this work thanks to the recent rain lately.
Hopefully this will encourage strong root growth to protect the pitch in winter months ahead.
#uptherother
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Well done to
@RingmerAFC
members involved in treating the player.
If you're a RFC first aider, make sure you're aware of the clubs emergency plan, inc. where the nearest defib is, what three word location is and access point for an ambulance. If you don't know, find out!
This is why we have a number of first-aiders in the club - thankfully all looks to be ok with Ringmer player but our thoughts and well wishes are with all at Ringmer tonight
Rotherfield FC vs
@CrowboroughAFC
U23s
7th August 2021
KO: 2pm
at Rotherfield Recreation Ground.
Bar and clubhouse will be open after the match.
#uptherother
This weekends fixtures:
Sat 15th Jan
1st are at home again as they welcome
@EBRangers
to the Recreation Ground.
Our Reserves travel to
@CuckfieldTownFC
Sun 15th Jan
Our Vets have a rescheduled game against Racing Club Waterhall.
Let's hope 🌧 keeps away.
All 2pm KOs
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the passing of former RFC Chairman and President Fred Jones this week.
Fred was the former Landlord of the Catts Inn and was a great supporter of sport in Rotherfield.
A bumper 24 hours of football for the Greens!
Our Reserves face
@RingmerAFC
tonight at the Caburn Community Stadium, BN8 5RB.
Followed by a visit to Gibbons Field, TN38 9LB for the 1st team as they play
@hollingtonlions
#uptherother
Reserves were 4-3 up against
@JARVISBROOKFC
Reserves however the fixture was abandoned after 72 minutes played due to a player needing medical treatment. The club would like to wish the player involved a speedy recovery.
What an absolute pleasure to watch our U13s in the
@CDJFL1
Knock Out Cup against
@LangtonFootball
Trojans. Some wonderful ability demonstrated from both sides. We wish Langton Green all the best for the remainder of the season.
Our 1st team's first league away game is on Saturday as we travel to newly formed
@eastbourneuafc
Reserves.
Come and support the Greens if you can.
#uptherother
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Strong performance and 4-1 win vs
@SportingLindFC
On Saturday. Was like playing in a hurricane in all honesty. Shout out to the ref who spent 40 mins in the shower and used all the hot water! 😠 1's away to
@AFCRingmer
& 2's away to AFC Uckfield 3's. ⚽️
#greens
A break from the league, but a familiar venue as the 1sts visit
@FC1Westfield
Reserves from the
@MacronESFL
Premier Division in the 2nd round of the
@SussexCountyFA
Intermediate 🏆.
And that's it, the Greens grab 3 points at home against a good
@lindfield_fc
side
We wish you guys good luck for the rest of the season , will see you soon
@rfc1893
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@lindfield_fc
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Both Saturday men's teams are in action this weekend & both are on the 🛣
1sts are at The Caburn Community Ground to face
@RingmerAFC
and the Res start their season with a trip to Crawley to play
@FcWakehams
#uptherother
We are delighted that SEKO have generously sponsored our U7s and U8 & 9 age groups by providing snazzy new Kappa kits in the traditional Rotherfield Green and White supplied by
@InterSportLewes
.
As spectators can now watch matches in public places, we're excited to welcome regulars, supporters of
@FC1Westfield
and maybe 1 or 2 groundhoppers! We're obliged to remind people coming to our game to follow social distancing rules. As The Police sang
#dontstandsoclosetome
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Another 🔝 session in the books for the Greens tonight…great to see things starting to really come together ahead of the new season! 👀
#RotherIsReady
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RFC 1st XI welcome last season's champions
@CuckfieldFc
to Rotherfield Rec in our opening fixture of the 2019/20 Mid-Sussex Prem season this Saturday. 2pm KO.
Can't wait to get going!
2 cracking wins for our men's teams.
1st team won 6-1 vs
@Watersfield_FC
in the
@SussexCountyFA
Inter Cup. Goals from Phil Teague, Seb Chick, Sam Saunders & 2 x Alex Carey.
Res won 2-5
@CrawleyUnitedFC
goals from Fraiser Hall, Alex Cole, Charlie Jones & 2 x Josh Alexander.