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{{Infobox football club
| clubname  = Withdean 2000
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| fullname  = Withdean 2000 Football Club
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| founded   = 1983 (as Westdene)
| dissolved = 2004 
| ground    = {{plainlist|
*[[Withdean Stadium]] (1989–2000)
*Queen Street (2001–2002)
*Woodside Road (2002–2004)}}
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| season    = {{plainlist|
*Final season
*[[2003–04 in English football|2003–04]]}}
| position  = <br />[[Combined Counties League]], 21st
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'''Withdean 2000 Football Club''' were an [[England|English]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] team based in [[Withdean]], in [[Brighton]], who most recently played in the [[Combined Counties League]]. Originally called '''Westdene''', they changed their name to '''Withdean''' in the late 1980s and added the "2000" after a reorganisation in that year, after which they moved from the [[Sussex County League]] to the CCL.

They won the CCL championship in [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03]], winning 40 games, drawing four and losing only two, coming from behind to overwhelm [[AFC Wallingford]], who had won the previous season, and [[AFC Wimbledon]], who would win the following season. A relentless series of resounding victories in re-arranged postponed games toward the end of the season placed them beyond the reach of their rivals.

However, circumstances promptly conspired against them. Since they had given up their home ground to [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] after the latter lost the [[Goldstone Ground]], Withdean's playing facilities were not fit to qualify them for promotion from the CCL to the [[Isthmian League]] and in the close season of 2003 their wealthy backer Alan Pook and many of the best players left for Isthmian League team [[Worthing F.C.|Worthing]]. Consequently, in the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04]] season Withdean 2000 struggled near the bottom of the table. Unable to finance their outgoings any longer, in June [[2004 in football (soccer)|2004]] they withdrew from the CCL for the following season and the club were disbanded.

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[[Category:Defunct football clubs in England]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:2004 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:Defunct football clubs in East Sussex]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1983]]


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