History
The club were established in 1922. In 1931–32 they won Division Two of the Edenbridge & Caterham League. In 1956–57 they won Division One and the Edenbridge & Caterham Cup. They then joined the Croydon League, winning the Premier Division in 1959–60 and 1969–70. They later joined the Surrey Intermediate South East League, winning Division Three in 1978–79 and the Premier Division in 1981–82.
The club were founder members of the Surrey Premier League in 1982 and won it in its first season. In 1984 they moved up to the Combined Counties League, but left in 1994. They returned to the Surrey Premier League, which was later renamed the Surrey County Senior League. In 2003, the league became the new Division One of the Combined Counties League, and the club have remained in Division One since.
The club also run a reserve team, who play in the reserves section of the Combined Counties League, as well as youth sides, under the name Farleigh Foxes.
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