Dorking Wanderers F.C.

Dorking Wanderers
Full name Dorking Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s) Wanderers
Founded 1999
Ground Westhumble Playing Fields
Ground Capacity 2,000 (500) seated
Chairman Marc White
Manager Tom Duke
League Isthmian League Division One South
2015–16 Isthmian League Division One South, 2nd

Dorking Wanderers F.C. are a semi-professional football club based in Dorking, Surrey, England. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.[1] They are currently members of Division One of the Isthmian Football League

History

The club was formed in 1999 and started playing in the Crawley and District Football League.[2] After their first season in the Crawley league they switched to the West Sussex Football League and immediately won the Division Four championship.[3] The club made further progress the following season when they finished as runners-up in Division Three gaining promotion to Division Two.[3] The club climbed the league ladder again two seasons later in the 2003–04 campaign when they finished as champions of Division Two.[3] The 2005–06 season saw the club clinch promotion to the top division of the West Sussex league when they finished third in Division one.[3]

In their second season in the Premier Division the club finished as champions and gained promotion to Division Three of the Sussex County Football League.[3] The promotion was made possible by the club moving to their current home of West Humble Playing Field, during the successful 2006–07 campaign.[3]

The club spent the next four seasons in Division Three of the County League, and gained promotion as champions at the end of the 2010–11 campaign.[4] The next season saw the club finish third and qualify for promotion to Division One, however the league denied them entry to the division as their ground was considered not suitable for that division.[5] However the club appealed against this decision to the F.A., and they overruled the decision after an independent ground grading visit confirmed that the ground reached the necessary standards for Division One football.[6]

In 2015, Wanderers were promoted to the Isthmian League Division 1 (South) having finished runners-up to Littlehampton Town F.C..[7] The club has become the dominant football club in Dorking and the surrounding areas as their six promotions in eight years has caused major interest, with the club now drawing in around 110 spectators per match with local rivals Dorking F.C. now playing out of town in Horley and playing at level 10 with the Wanderers Reserves.

In August 2015, the club signed striker Phil Page on a 12 month deal.

Ground

Dorking Wanderers play their home games at Westhumble Playing Fields, London Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6DB.

The club moved to the ground in 2007, and floodlights were installed in 2012.[2]

Westhumble Playing Fields is set to undergo major refurbishments as the club get closer to life in the "Ryman Premier League" with another stand set to be added to the East Side of the ground, as well as two turnstiles.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

References

  1. ↑ "Dorking Wanderers manager praises Surrey FA as 'fair and responsible' | This is Surrey". Thisissurreytoday.co.uk. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  2. 1 2 "Pitch-side Stories: Dorking Wanderers 3 Chichester City 1". Pitch-side-stories.blogspot.co.uk. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A History Of Dorking Wanderers F.C.". Dorking Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Sussex County League 2003–2012". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  5. ↑ "League secretary slams Wanderers | This is Surrey". Thisissurreytoday.co.uk. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Champagne corks fly as Wanderers go up | This is Surrey". Thisissurreytoday.co.uk. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  7. 1 2 Dorking Wanderers celebrate Ryman League promotion
  8. ↑ DORKING WANDERERS at the Football Club History Database
  9. ↑ "West Sussex Football League – Cup Details". Yourgolfclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  10. ↑ "West Sussex Football League – Cup Details". Yourgolfclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  11. ↑ "West Sussex Football League – Cup Details". Yourgolfclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  12. ↑ "Saturday Premier Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  13. ↑ "Saturday Intermediate Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  14. ↑ "Division 3 Cup – Sussex County Football League". Sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

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Coordinates: 51°15′01″N 0°19′36″W / 51.250287°N 0.326794°W / 51.250287; -0.326794

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