Redhill football club is steeped in a rich history and prides itself on tradition.

It all started for the club back in 1894, after a meeting between prominent local businessmen in the Warwick Hotel and shortly after, a friendly match was arranged against a Dorking side. That game ended in a two all draw and was played at the clubs original home at Wiggie. A ground lent to the club by their goalkeeper, Mr. H Trower.

Two years later, the club moved into its stadium of 88 years at Memorial Park in the centre of Redhill. At the time, the ground was an open swamp, until proper drainage was installed, which was accomplished under the auspices of a Sports Ground Association, an organisation that lasted until 1919.

For the first few years, the club only competed in friendly matches but that all changed in 1898, when Redhill Football Club entered the South Suburban League, followed by various other leagues, that, unfortunately, have since folded.

It didn't take long for the Red's to make an impact; The club were Champions of the East & West Surrey league in 1902/03, and two years later, lost in the Surrey Senior Cup final.
In 1922, the club gained acceptance to join the prestigious London League, which acted as a stepping stone for the club, when they became members of the well respected Athenian League.
Success came early in the Athenian League, finishing runners up in their first season, and becoming champions in 1924/25.
The following year, the club enjoyed what was possibly it's best season ever, reaching two cup finals and the semi-final of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 7-1 to Northern Nomads at Highbury in front of 17,000 people. A possible contribution to the final result of that game was the fact that Redhill lost their goalkeeper very early on with a severe jaw injury. In 1928, Redhill won the Surrey Senior Cup.

Redhill, despite being a non-league side, were once one of the most feared teams in the south of England. Non-league football was a completely different game in years gone by, and gap between the amateurs and the professionals was much smaller than it is today.
In April 1948, Redhill faced Chelsea in a friendly match at the memorial sports ground and the Reds came away as 4-2 winners. Of course, Chelsea weren't the force that they are now, but they did field an English International by the name of Len Goulden. When this match took place, Redhill were bottom of the Athenian League.

A year later, Redhill lost 1-0 against Arsenal. The match was friendly offered by the London side in return for Redhill providing the Gunners with two of their most talented players at the time; Colin Grimshaw and Bernard Sexton.

Further success was a long time coming, but it was well worth the wait, in 19557/58, the club reached the 1st round proper of the FA Challenge Cup. They defeated Tooting & Mitcham in the 4th qualifying round, and were rewarded with a trip to Carrow Road against Football League side, Norwich City.
The canaries came out as 6-1 winners, but many write-ups at the time gave Redhill lots of credit for the manner of their performance.

In the 1960's, A very talented youngster by the name of Ray Hutchins played for Redhill. Not many people in football circles will know the name, but in 1963/64, he won 2 England youth caps whilst playing for Redhill. The other players in the squad were playing for top professional clubs, and one of players was a certain H. Redknapp playing at the time for West Ham United.

During the 1970's, the club was inconsistant in the Athenian league. League placings of 6th, 10th, 7th, 2nd to bottom, 12th, 10th again, 12th again, 11th, Bottom!, and second to bottom completed the decade.

As the Athenian League drew to a close in the early 80's, so too did Redhill football clubs home. The area once known as the Memorial sports ground is no more than a pic-nic area for the local employees of business, and on ocassion a local event will take place there.

Redhill were moved on two miles south to the site that they now play their games, Kiln Brow.
During the club final year at the Memorial ground, they captured the last ever Athenian league title, finishing ahead if Chalfont St. peter by a margin of two points.

The club took their place in the London Sparten league, but times at Kiln Brow were tough. Samples taken at the time have shown that the soil on the pitch was made up of more clay than actual soil. So much so, that even worms couldn't live in it.
But the club battled on with ups and downs and over the years, the hard work of many individuals has kept the club alive.
Today, the club competes in the Sussex County League, where it has been since the 1988/89 season.

Last season, 2007/08, Redhill finished 8th in the Sussex League 1st division.
They also reached the semi finals of the Surrey Senior Cup and the Sussex RUR Cup.

During the summer of 2008, extensive and exciting work was undertaken at Kiln Brow as the clubs begins, for the firt time in it's history a serious attempt at gaining promotion to a higher level. Indeed, the ultimate goal is to get th club back to a satisfactory place in the non-league pyarmid, a level it once held in the days of the memorial ground.

A new 162 "Alan Thurlbeck" stand, with facilities of disabled fans was built, along with turnstiles and an outside toilet block.
There is still work to be done throughout the 2008/09 season, but both on and off the pitch, the club is finally moving in the right direction.