Wroxham F.C.
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| Full name | Wroxham Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Yachtsmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Trafford Park, Wroxham (Capacity 2,000) |
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| Chairman | Tom Jarrett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Damian Hilton (player/manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division |
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| 2006/07 | Eastern Counties Premier Division, 1st |
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Wroxham F.C. are a football club based in Wroxham, Norfolk, England.
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[edit] History
Wroxham were established in 1892, originally playing on Wroxham Park in a pink and black strip. Their location meant that they quickly became known as The Yachtsmen, a nickname that they still have today. Initially they played friendlies prior to joining the East Norfolk League and then Norwich City Junior League, before joining the East Anglian League in 1935. However in the early 1950’s the club opted to step down to the Norwich & District League, a period in which they suffered a club record 24-0 defeat.
At the start of the 1963/64 season they applied to become founder members of the Anglian Combination League, eventually rising through the divisions in the 1970s, and in 1974/75 they won their first major trophy, the Norfolk Junior Cup, beating Norwich Lad's Club 2-1 in the Final. In season 1975/76 Wroxham won their first ever league title, the Anglian Combination League Division Two Championship, and went on to secure the Division One crown at the first attempt.
The early 80's saw Wroxham dominate the Anglian Combination League for several seasons winning the Premier Division title in 1981/82 and the following three seasons as well as in 1986-87. The 80's also brought success in cup competitions with the Knock-out Cup being won in 1980/81, 1982/83, 1984/85 and 1986/87.
1988-89 saw the club join the Eastern Counties Football League's newly formed First Division which they won on goal difference from Halstead Town in the League's inaugural season. Wroxham were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1991-92 the club won the Premier Division with a then record 99 points. 1992-93 was Wroxham's centenary season, and also their most successful, winning a treble of Eastern Counties League Championship, Eastern Counties League Cup and Norfolk Senior Cup. The Reserve Team also won the Anglian Combination League First Division title that season. 1993-94 saw the club win their third League Championship in a row.
Wroxham finished in the top 3 the following two seasons before regaining the championship with a record 109 points in 1996-97 and completing a double by winning the Norfolk Senior Cup against Diss Town. This double was repearted the following season 1997/98 saw the double repeated, with Swaffham Town being beaten in the Norfolk Senior Cup Final, before completing a second hat-trick of League Championships in 1998-99.
Wroxham are currently managed by former Brighton & Hove Albion player Damian Hilton. He is assisted by former Norwich City and Coventry City defender Greg Downs, who won the FA Cup with Coventry in 1987 and former Wroxham player Steve Furlong.
They won the 2008 Norfolk Senior Cup Final, beating Sheringham Town from the Anglian Combination 3-1 in the final.
[edit] Ground
Since the Club was formed Wroxham has seen football at several venues. The first pitch was just off Norwich Road and subsequent grounds were at The Avenue and Keys Hill. The Avenue ground has now reverted back to agricultural use, whilst the others have been built upon.
Around the time of the Second World War, Wroxham moved to their current home, Trafford Park, a field close to the railway line in Skinners Lane, where the tracks are as close to the ground on one side as any in the country. The club took with them an old timber pavilion that was erected and used as a primitive clubhouse. 15 years later this was replaced by pre-fabricated buildings, which were themselves flattened to make way for a new permanent clubhouse that was opened in 1994.
The current main stand was built in 1990, replacing an earlier structure that had stood on the same site for around 10 years. Other improvements over the years include the addition of floodlights and a post and rail fence system around the pitch. The capacity at Trafford Park is 2,000 but the record attendance to date is 1,011 for a league game against Wisbech Town.
[edit] Honours
- Eastern Counties League
- Premier Division Champions 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2006-07
- First Division Champions 1988-89
- League Cup Winners 1993, 2000
- Anglian Combination
- Premier Division Champions 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88
- Division One Champions 1976-77
- Division Two Champions 1975-76
- Knock-out Cup Winners 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987
- Norfolk Senior Cup
- Winners 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
- Norfolk Junior Cup
- Winners 1975
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