Fisher
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Fisher
FOOTBALL CLUB
Fisher FC is a supporter-owned, volunteer-run community football
club based at St Paul’s Stadium on Salter Road in Rotherhithe, South
East London. The club is a registered society under the Co-operative
and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, and operates on a one
member, one vote basis.
History
Fisher FC is the continuation of the
Fisher Athletic, which was founded in
1908. Older readers may recall Fisher
Athletic taking on Bristol City in the 1st
round of the FA Cup in 1984, playing
Conference Football and, latterly,
winning the London Senior Trophy.
Fisher Athletic played at the old
Surrey Docks Stadium (just across the
road from the new St Paul’s Stadium),
now a housing development. Fun fact:
named after Saint John Fisher, Fisher is
one of the few sports clubs in the world
to be named after a person rather than
a place!
Sadly, Fisher Athletic was wound
up in the High Court in 2009. A week
later, following a successful meeting,
a supporter’s trust was set up to take
control of the club, and Fisher FC was
born. The club ground-shared with
Dulwich Hamlet at Champion Hill until
St Paul’s Stadium was completed in 2016.
The new stadium enjoys the backdrop
of the Canary Wharf towers behind one
goal which makes for a fantastic setting,
particularly during floodlit evening
games.
Men’s First Team
Despite a valiant effort, the club’s
men’s first team was relegated from
the SCEFL Premier Division in season
2016/17, the first season back in
Rotherhithe. Under manager Dean
Harrison, a youthful side playing some
fantastic attacking football and notching
up some huge wins including 9-1, 6-0
(twice) and 6-1 scorelines, finished
third in the SCEFL First Division in
season 2017/18. That was sufficient for
promotion back to the SCEFL Premier
Division (step 5 of the non-league
football pyramid).
At the time of writing, Fisher sits in
second place in the Premier Division,
which is a remarkable achievement
given the club was only promoted in the
summer. The club is also in the quarter
finals of the SCEFL Challenge Cup. It
has been a season which has exceeded all
expectations so far: we were hoping for a
season of consolidation and to remain in
the division.
However, the wins just keep coming,
particularly at home where we have won
11 and drawn 1 of our 13 fixtures. Not
only that, but the attacking football of
last season has continued and we also
have the best defensive record in the
league.
All of this is testament to a really
hard-working group of players, and
“We’ve sponsored the club since January as we are in close proximity to Fisher and so have
members visit us in the bar. We are turning into fans now and hope to be able to sponsor them for a
long time. It is great to see the club doing well and we wish them the best of luck for the future.”
Matt Simpson, Brew by Numbers
40 Issue 83