Football-aholic.
All about the journey (*the further the better!)
And of course a PRINTED programme.
Part owner of the mighty, mighty Dorking Wanderers FC.
A free soft drink and Welsh cake for every
@DorkingWDRS
fan inside the Racecourse ground today, plus a free beer each at The Turf courtesy of
@welshy1000
!
Football friendship and mutual respect between clubs at it's very best!
Enjoy the game!
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@DorkingWDRS
@OfficialOAFC
Very decent of him to sing that for us. Seems like a lovely straightforward bloke who loves his local football club, and that's what its all about 👍
Still stunned by that large away Dorking Wanderers turnout last night. I thought that bringing 250-300 would be a great turnout, how wrong I was (in a good way!) Shows that good positive football doesn't go unnoticed!
Same again at Shots, Bromley, Wealdstone etc please!
FLASHBACK!
12 May 2007 Dorking Wanderers beat University College Chichester 2-1 in a tense promotion decider to become West Sussex League Premier Division Champions!
@FYPFanzine
The standard response from Chelsea fans is that this wasn't even their biggest match in the last week, so they couldn't be bothered.
Compare to Palace supporters when we played Hartlepool. Big HF singing section, sold out the stands and respected the fixture with full support.
@sportbible
Even if you've been told not to stop for autographs because of a tight schedule, surely you'd take your headphones off, smile and give a few high fives?!
"I discovered non-league football round here. I go to Chipstead, I go to Merstham, I go to Dorking who are fabulous by the way. I go along and watch Dorking who play lovely, lovely football...."
Steve Coppell 13/3/2022
Woking have a 112 year head start on Dorking Wanderers, yet have never played at a higher level.
In 1999, Dorking Wanderers were playing on park pitches without even a rope around them.
In 2007, DWFC were building their first ground. By hand.
In 24 years time from now....?
@1TomYoung
@DorkingWDRS
@SUFCRootsHall
Wierd response to someone wanting to buy your fans a drink (Marc does it for all visiting supports that sell out, it's nothing personally targeted to your club).
I can only assume you've forgotten what a decent club owner is like?
"We were just a group of mates and we rented a pitch for fifty quid and got a set of kits from a local pub. It's kind of snowballed from there."
"Anyone will tell you, we've never had a plan"
🔵⚫1999-2024🔵⚫
@wearelutontown
And Crystal Palace (1991), who finished 3rd.
Liverpool were supposed to serve 3 years longer than everyone else, but less than a month before the end of the season,when the authorities realised they were likely getting Palace,they changed the rules and shortened Liverpool's ban.
Palace v Stoke (FA Cup) ticket prices:
Adult - £20
Over 65 - £10
Under 18 - £5
Stoke have been allocated 2,866 tickets, in other words the normal Premier League matches away section in the Arthur Wait.
At their last away game of the season, Hartlepool fans have a tradition of all attending in the SAME fancy dress...
...this season it'll be at Dorking!
Average
@DorkingWDRS
home league attendance for the season now up to 1,116
People come along out of curiosity and see a friendly, welcoming and well run operation, and do come back. On the pitch the football played is very decent too. Ambitious club, modern ground, bright future.
1st placed Dorking beat 2nd placed Maidstone in front of nearly 3000 to go 6pts clear, huge news you'd think...
Yet the local paper gives the whole back page to bottom of the Isthmian Leatherhead!!!
@MarmiteIsNice
Your away day experience is hardly perfect, your club skimps on segregation then away fans have to keep moving around to avoid being harrassed by fans that can't behave themselves🤷♂️
Non-League football is teetering on the edge of an unprecedented financial meltdown.
We’ve already seen clubs fold.
We’ve had enough.
Football needs fans to survive.
Help us spread the word.
#footballneedsfans
#letfansin
“We’re playing in an empty stadium, no fans allowed in, totally soulless,”
“And then you look out beyond the goal, onto the retail park, and you see people queuing to get into the cinema. Can someone please explain the difference?”
Karl Robinson, Oxford Utd manager.
#LetFansIn
I'm sure there are better photos of it than mine, but I just thought the whole effect of the fans display looked smashing.
Very proud of everyone involved in creating this moment today, real team effort!
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*sigh*
But what an unbelievable couple of seasons.
Great towns and cities, proper stadiums, super people, great games. Journeys long and short.
Good times.
We will be back.
What a club.
Suggestion I heard today whilst at the ground...
@DorkingWDRS
and
@maidstoneunited
are both out of the FA Cup🙁
Both clubs now have a free Saturday
Bring the (December) Tuesday night game between the clubs forward and play it on that Saturday
Would be a bigger crowd than midweek?
FLASHBACK!
12 May 2007
Dorking Wanderers beat University College Chichester 1-0 at Westhumble Playing Field, in a tense promotion decider to become West Sussex League Premier Division Champions!
@DorkingWDRS
@matt_uggla
Please do, you've got the voice to get the ball rolling, there must be a National League owners group?
If necessary threaten to replace the games with your own round robin tournament with several games where the monies are shared fairly between clubs.
Dug this classic out today seeing as it'll soon be all the rage again!
@WhyteleafeEagle
on the subject of bringing back old Bukta what about the EAGLES varsity jacket!! Not exactly subtle!🤣
Busy week coming up...
Tues England @ Wembley
Wed Dorking Women @ Sutton
Thur Dorking B @ home
Fri Dorking 1st @ home
Sat Palace @ Forest
Mon Dorking 1st @ Aldershot
Tues Palace @ Bournemouth
Should be good 😊
@FBAwayDays
Of course you would - a/ it's a 'European' match that you spent a whole season qualifying for, and b/ it's piss easy to get to, by car, coach or train - no flights or ferries required.
If you don't go because of the score you really don't like what being a supporter is all about
When your team wins away and even though only a few fans made the trip, the players still come over and thank them! ♥️
And they then say, guys come on the pitch and have a photo with the team as well ♥️♥️
Thank you and have a great evening chaps 🍺🍺
We're loving the retro vibe of the original 1999 club colours on
@macronhastings
new
@DorkingWDRS
away shirt, so we took ours down to the clubs original 1999 home, Brockham Big Field! 👍
Happy 25th Anniversary Wanderers! 🎂
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ON ROUTE TO YOUR DOOR 🚪DISPATCHED TODAY
NEW Dorking Wanderers FC 24/25 REPLICAS.
Take a photo of you in your top! Tag us on social media and be in with a chance to win the NEW DWFC Bucket hat.
#MacronHastings
x
#Dorkingwanderers
@il0venostalgia
Remember these reflectors you could put on your bike spokes!
Or cutting out tokens from Frosties and sending off (and waiting ages for the post) for a Tony the Tiger toy car!
Never nice to lose heavily a long way from home. The fans who go home and away all over are top people who really care. I look at all the Dorking players and can remember when they have had decent games before.
There will still be great days to come.
Never write off the Wanderers
Many clubs have fans
Dorking Wanderers have supporters.
Tonight with smiles wider than Box Hill.
Enjoy your Saturday night Wanderers.
We are unstoppable
#WeAreWanderers
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@Ollie_Bayliss
The communication is for the clubs fans who know him, it's always 100% honest - he does more comms than some Prem managers!
Rather know exactly what's going on all the time and feel valued & totally engaged than have bland manager waffle & have to guess what's actually happening!
He's right too. As a former committed home and away fan himself, he'll remember how much this simple gesture means to travelling supporters who've put the miles in!👏
@FanHub
Boreham Wood's is pretty dull (sorry Samuel). They literally couldn't think of a single local landmark, symbol, nor an animal or other creature to feature on it!
Probably overthinking this but whether there's 5 or 500 (as if), you know that when you have got to wherever it is, Les, Steve or even Marc will say hello and ask how your journey was. And care.
And the players know they're playing for you, because they know you care as well.
@ULTRAS_CPFC
I believe this is very achievable and not as hard a task as the club suggest. Would be exciting for the whole ground, and make the club even more renowned.
@DorkingWDRS
@altrinchamfc
Would a reversal of the fixture be better for all parties?
Dorking host on their 3G all weather pitch in these wetter months, saving midweek travel for their part time players, and Alty get to host on a Sat in April when its typically warmer/drier?
#118
matches attended and this is the last one of season 2023/24 for us.
Thank you Wanderers, Palace, England and some assorted others👍
It's been a journey!
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Very exciting proposals for Meadowbank Stadium have now been published, which will hugely enhance the experience for all fans but in particular the away end of the stadium 👍
Capacity would be expanded to meet the 4000 person requirement for National League football.
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Not everything always works out.
Not everything is always a roaring success.
Some people aren't always at the right place at the right time.
Or maybe the right fit with other people.
Or things don't go as well as hoped for.
But when people do move on, please be kind.
A Glorious Past
A Bright Future
CONGRATULATIONS to
@DorkingWDRS
Bostik Premier League Champions 2018/19!
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Amazing stuff!!!❤️
Vanarama National League South 2019/20!!
@NonLeagueLook
@therealgsj
Dorking Wanderers IS Marc White. He's got enough credit in the bank that even if there was somehow successive relegations, I'd still say he is the man to lead us. His vast experience of the entire pyramid is unmatched.
@DorkingWDRS
Roll the pitch up in the close season and take it to Westhumble for the kids teams and others to play on. Ideal for that but it's no use at elite level.
Obv I'm being simplistic here but that pitch is killing us.
⚽️⚽️Play-off action Live streamed on big screens! ⚽️⚽️
Bath City v Dorking Wanderers, Sunday 19th July 4pm
At the new DEEPDENE bar and grill (opposite Dorking KFC)
6 large screens showing the action
Call 01306 430161 (or pop in) to pre-book.Spaces limited!
#COYW
Please RT