Worcester Park F.C.

Worcester Park
Full name Worcester Park Football Club
Nickname(s) The Skinners, The Park, Park
Founded 1921
Ground Skinners Field,
Worcester Park
Chairman Sam Glass
Manager Dave Perry
League Combined Counties League
Division One
2014–15 Combined Counties League
Division One, 4th

Worcester Park Football Club is a football club based in Worcester Park in the London Borough of Sutton, England and part of the Worcester Park Athletic Club. The name WPAC is a bit misleading as there is no athletics track on the sports field and the only other sporting sections (apart from football) consist of cricket (Surrey Championship Division 2) and tennis. There is also, however, a vibrant social side within its fine clubhouse that also caters for competitive darts and pool with both of these events taking part in the local leagues.

History

The history of Worcester Park Football Club is rather vague. It appears that the club was founded in 1900, but became more established in 1921 when WPAC inherited the ground at Green Lane known as Skinners Field. Whether WPFC played at Skinners Field before 1921 is not known as it is believed that the field was part of church land.

In 1949 the football club was admitted to the old Surrey Senior League where it stayed throughout the fifties and early sixties before demotion to intermediate grade football. WPFC then became a founder member of the Surrey County Premier League in 1982 before its name change to the Surrey County Senior League in 2000. In 2003 it joined the Combined Counties League as part of the new Division 1.

In the earlier years the club was known as the Skinners, but for a long time now 'come on the Park' has been the call from the touchline.

The second team play in the Reserves division of the Combined Counties Football League and the third eleven (known as the 'A' team) play in the Surrey South Eastern Combination League Division 1. The club also provides for a number of junior teams and a vets side. The club currently plays its football in the Combined Counties League Division One.

On Tuesday 3 May 2011, the first team won the Combined Counties Division 1 title with a 4–1 victory over Cobham to win by 2 points (79).

Ground

Worcester Park play their home games at Skinners Field, Green Lane, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 8AJ.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Russell Pidducci
England GK Steve Winnen
England DF Darren Beale
England DF Oliver Dicks
England DF Nick Drew
England DF Dan Dunning
England DF Steve Gardiner
England DF Steve Goodyear
England DF Mick Petruziello
England DF James Robins
England DF Declan Teuten
England MF Mark Calicott
England MF Carl Chaney
No. Position Player
England MF Joe Cheeseman
Scotland MF Calum Forbes
England MF Richard Ingham
England MF Dave Knowelden
England MF Gary Knowelden
England MF Mark Smith
England MF Tom McDonald
England FW Steve Marples
England FW Chad Heuston
England FW James Dunning
England FW Gary O'Leary
England FW

Honours

References

  1. "Saturday Premier Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  2. "Saturday Intermediate Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  3. "Saturday Junior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

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Coordinates: 51°22′54.27″N 0°14′37.58″W / 51.3817417°N 0.2437722°W / 51.3817417; -0.2437722

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