Sudbury Wanderers F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Sudbury Wanderers


fullname = Sudbury Wanderers Football Club
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founded = 1958
dissolved = 1999
ground = King's Marsh,
Sudbury, Suffolk
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league = N/A
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Sudbury Wanderers was a football club from Sudbury, Suffolk, England. It merged with Sudbury Town in 1999 to form A.F.C. Sudbury.

Wanderers started off as an amateur team in June 1958 following a meeting in the town's Black Horse pub.cite web|url=http://www.afcsudbury.com/news/headlines.asp?ID=3312|title=Wanderers Reunion Details|publisher=www.afcsudbury.com|date=2008-09-16|accessdat=2008-09-17|author=Ynot] The club's initial games were played on People's Park, before moving to a ground on Brundon Lane for the 1973–74 season. They slowly progressed up the National League System, became semi-pro, and eventually met a demoted Sudbury Town in the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division in the 1990s. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/04/14/nl_tatum_feature.shtml|title=Fan of the week: Brian Tatum|publisher=BBC London|date=2008-04-14|accessdate=2008-09-17|first=Stuart|last=Croll] This caused some confusion as the two Sudbury teams played in identical colours thanks to the first Wanderers kit being a donation from Town.

On the 1st of June 1999, for financial reasons, Sudbury Wanderers merged with Sudbury Town to form A.F.C. Sudbury.fchd|id=SUDBURYW|name=Sudbury Wanderers] The new team now plays at what was Wanderers' ground, King's Marsh.

Club honours & records

Eastern Counties League Division One
*Champions - 1992-93

Eastern Counties League Premier Division
*4th - 1997-98

Eastern Counties Football League Cup
*Winners - 1998–99cite web|url=http://www.afcsudbury.com/club/history.asp|title=Club > History|publisher=www.afcsudbury.com|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Suffolk Senior Cup
*Winners - 1991–92
*Runners-up - 2 times

FA Vase
*Quarter-Final - 1997-98

FA Cup
*4th Qualifying Round - 1995-96

References