St. Leonards F.C.

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St. Leonards F.C. was a semi-professional football team who played their last season of football in the Sussex County League. They played home games at the Firs, Hastings, East Sussex and right next door to Hastings United.

St. Leonards started out as a works team in 1971 as STAMCO when the employees of the Sussex Turnery And Moulding Company played friendly matches. They rose 14 divisions in 26 years, won the Sussex Senior Cup in 1997 against Saltdean United and joined the Southern League Premier League the following season. This most probably the peak of St. Leonards' history but they resigned from the Southern League in 2003 with debts of £25,000 and midway through the 2003-04 season went out of business due to financial problems.