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Bowers & Pitsea

Bowers & Pitsea FC

Bowers & Pitsea

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Founded

1946

Years standing

80

Home ground

Len Salmon Stadium, Pitsea

Capacity

2,000200 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

  • Isthmian League
  • North Division champions 2018–19
  • Essex Senior League
  • Champions 1980–81, 1998–99, 2015–16
  • Challenge Cup winners 1981–82, 1998–99, 2014–15
  • Harry Fisher Trophy winners 1991–92
  • Don Douglas Memorial Trophy winners 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2014–15
  • Thurrock & Thameside Combination League
  • Champions 1958–59
  • Thameside Trophy
  • Winners 2022–23

Nickname: Bowers

Why Bowers & Pitsea

Adopting Bowers & Pitsea means England FA Trophy results start mattering to you, a club going since 1946. Not a novelty, a habit.

  • You get a nickname

    Known as Bowers. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

  • Easy weekend

    London Southend Airport (SEN) is about 12km from the ground, and Pitsea railway station is 2km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

  • The calendar you inherit

    England FA Trophy is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

  • Old enough to matter

    1946 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Len Salmon Stadium, Pitsea. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

London Southend Airport (SEN)

12 km / 7 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Pitsea railway station

1.8 km / 1 miles out

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Len Salmon Stadium, Pitsea

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Len Salmon Stadium, Pitsea

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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