Editing Leatherhead (section)

===Football===
[[File:Altrincham_v_Leatherhead_1978.jpg|thumb|right|[[Altrincham F.C.]] ''versus'' [[Leatherhead F.C.]], [[FA Trophy|F. A. Trophy]] Final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], April 1978<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lusaweb.co.uk/players78.htm |title= F. A. Trophy Final, 29 April 1978 |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 27 May 2013 |publisher= The Alty Files |access-date= 16 November 2021 |archive-date= 31 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210831145937/http://www.lusaweb.co.uk/players78.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>]]
[[Leatherhead F.C.]], commonly known as "The Tanners",<ref name=Vardey_1988_pp264-265/> was formed in 1946 as a result of the merger of two existing clubs, Leatherhead Rose and Leatherhead United. Leatherhead Rose, founded {{circa|1907}}, drew the majority of its players from the Leatherhead Common area and was named after the Rose Coffee Rooms on Kingston Road; Leatherhead United was formed in 1924 and the following season were Division One Champions of the Sutton and District League.<ref name=Lhead_FC>{{cite web |url= https://www.leatherheadfc.com/a/club-history-58517.html |title= Club History |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 23 October 2021 |publisher= Leatherhead F. C. |access-date= 2 November 2021 |archive-date= 3 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103125449/https://www.leatherheadfc.com/a/club-history-58517.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Vardey|1988|p=192}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-87.pdf |title= Leatherhead Rose Football Club |last= Powell |first= Goff |publisher= Leatherhead & District Local History Society |access-date= 3 November 2021 |archive-date= 3 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103125440/https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-87.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>

Following the merger, the new club adopted Fetcham Grove as its home ground and, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, were champions of the Surrey County Senior League for four consecutive years.<ref name=Lhead_FC/> In 1969, the team won the Surrey County FA Senior Challenge Cup, the Senior Shield and the Intermediate Cup. They were semi-finalists in the 1971 and 1974 [[FA Amateur Cup]] competitions.<ref name=Vardey_1988_pp264-265/> The Tanners achieved national press coverage in the 1974–75 season, when they were drawn against [[Football League First Division|First Division]] [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] at home in the [[FA Cup]] Fourth Round Proper.<ref name=Vardey_1988_pp264-265/><ref name=Lhead_FC/> In the [[2017–18 FA Cup|2017]]–18 FA Cup they reached the second round proper, in which they played against [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe]] Wanderers.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126511 |title= Wycombe Wanderers 3 – Leatherhead 1 |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 3 December 2017 |publisher= BBC Sport |access-date= 2 November 2021 |archive-date= 3 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200203155513/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126511 |url-status= live }}</ref>