Haverhill Rovers Football Club are a football club based in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at the New Croft.
The club was established in 1886. They joined the East Anglian League in 1906, and became members of its Premier Division when a second division was added in 1907. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in 1907âÂÂ08, the club were relegated to Division One. They left the league at the end of the 1908âÂÂ09 season and later joined the Essex & Suffolk Border League. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1912âÂÂ13 and won Division Two West in 1919âÂÂ20.
Haverhill were runners-up in the Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division in 1946âÂÂ47, and did the double in 1947âÂÂ48, winning both the league and the league cup, beating Brightlingsea United 1âÂÂ0 in the final. They finished runners-up again in 1950âÂÂ51, and won the league for a second time in 1962âÂÂ63, before going on to claim a second double the following season, beating Ipswich Town 'A' 3âÂÂ1 in the League Cup final. In 1964 they joined the Eastern Counties League, and won the League Cup in their first season. In 1978âÂÂ79 they won the Eastern Counties League title, with the final match against Chatteris Town being watched by 1,300 supporters, a club record at the time.
In 1986âÂÂ87 Haverhill reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, where they lost to Warrington Town in front of another record crowd of 1,578. In 1991 they won the East Anglian Cup, beating Eynesbury Rovers 2âÂÂ1 in the final. At the end of the 1995âÂÂ96 season the club were relegated to Division One after finishing second-from-bottom of the Premier Division. The following season they won the Suffolk Senior Cup, beating Ipswich Wanderers 4âÂÂ1 in the final. They won the Division One Cup in 2000âÂÂ01 with a 2âÂÂ1 win over Needham Market in the final. They won the cup again in 2003âÂÂ04, defeating Kirkley 2âÂÂ0 in the final, before winning it for a third time in 2006âÂÂ07 after beating Saffron Walden Town 3âÂÂ1.
In 2006 Haverhill reached the fourth and final qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time. Although they lost 4âÂÂ0 to Conference club Aldershot Town, a new record attendance of 1,730 was set. The club were Division One runners-up in 2006âÂÂ07, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They finished bottom of the division in 2008âÂÂ09 but avoided relegation after Whitton United withdrew mid-season and Tiptree United left the league. After finishing second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in 2022âÂÂ23 the club were relegated to Division One North. In 2024âÂÂ25 they were Division One North champions and promoted back to the Premier Division.
The club initially played at the Seven Acres ground, before moving to Hamlet Croft in 1913. The pitch originally had a clear slope, but was levelled in the early 1960s, with the club having to play on a local recreation ground whilst the works were carried out. The main stand was built in 1935 at a cost of ã250. The club remained at Hamlet Croft until 2010, when they moved to the New Croft, initially sharing the pitch with Haverhill Borough before Borough switched to playing on the artificial pitch at the same complex in 2016.