The team has earned promotion to the National League and formed a partnership with the University of Brighton to support its move into full-time professional football. The collaboration will provide Worthing with high-performance sports science expertise as they compete at the highest level in the club’s history. Matt Miller, head of science and medicine at Worthing FC, said: "Promotion to the National League is massive for the club. The team will return to the university on August 4 for further assessments, four days before their first National League match. Dr Jim Wallis, principal lecturer in sport, coaching and exercise science at the University of Brighton, said: "This is about much more than collecting data.