Welcome to Rustington Otters
Rustington Otters Football Club was formed in 1969 by a group of enthusiastic parents under the direction of the late Mrs Sheila Andrews, the Club's first President.
The Club is one of the largest youth football clubs in the Arun district and currently offers the opportunity of youth football to over 250 boys and girls from Under 6 to Under 16. For the 2008/09 season the Otters have 17 teams playing in the Saywell International (Arun & Chichester) Youth Football League.
For latest FIXTURE LIST & LEAGUE TABLES; please visit the Saywell International(Arun & Chichester) Youth Football League website.
For latest RESULTS please visit http://www.prawnsandwich.com/.
Latest News
Top Performers 2008/9
As at 19th October the Under 10 Youth, Under 11FC and Under 14FC teams are each top of the A Divisions for their respective age groups. The Under 9 Youth are second in Division A whilst the Under 9FC are second in Division B. Both Under 14 teams have progressed to the next round of the Sussex County Cup. The 14FC team beat Lindfield Juniors 2-1 while the 14 Youth team beat Ardingly Youth 5-4.
Contributions needed for 40 years of club history
Next year will be our 40th birthday year so look out for news, coming soon, of how we plan to celebrate 4 decades of Otters football. In the meantime former Otters manager and County Librarian Martin Hayes is researching the club?s history. As well as hunting through the county?s archives Martin is looking for photographs and written material held by some of the many thousands of former Otters players and parents. Of particular interest is material prior to the year 2000, but anything over 5 years old may be useful. Even if you only have your memories to contribute, if you think you can help please contact Martin on 01903 775957 (email hayes.family@tiscali.co.uk).
Roy Stoneham receives Parishioners' Award
We'd like to congratulate Under 6 coach Roy Stoneham who has received the 2008 Rustington Parishioners' Award in recognition of his dedication and support for the benefit of youngsters in the local community, for over 20 years.
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More about the Club
From the early days of just 1 team the Club has, over the years, grown considerably and owes it's success, like all Clubs similar to our own, to the Team Managers, Coaches and Club Officials who all provide their time wholly on a voluntary basis. We are all proud and pleased to be associated with the Club, which is considered to be one of best supported in the area.
Many of our teams have in the past received and continue to receive sponsorship from local businesses in the form of new kit and we are very grateful to all of them for their contributions towards the Club which helps in enabling us to keep annual subscriptions to one of the lowest in the area.
With the support of Rustington Parish Council the Club's "Home Ground" is Woodlands Park Sportsfield, while we are also pleased to be associated with The Angmering School and Sports College and are grateful to them for the use of part of their playing fields - we hope to forge stronger links with the College in the future and having gained the FA Charter Standard we are now in a position to take this forward.
Both Rustington Sports & Social Club and Angmering Football Club also make funding and facilities available to us and we remain grateful to both Clubs for their help in promoting youth football to the local community.
