Wisbech St Mary F.C.

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Wisbech St Mary
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Full nameWisbech St Mary Football Club
Nickname(s)The Saints
Founded1993
GroundBeechings Close, Wisbech St Mary
ChairmanMark Miller
ManagerHarry Griffin
League Peterborough & District League Premier Division
2021–22 Eastern Counties League Division One North, 16th of 16 (relegated)

Wisbech St Mary Football Club is a football club based in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire in England. The club are currently members of the Peterborough & District League Premier Division and play at Beechings Close.

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History

The club was established in 1993 and joined Division 5B of the Cambridgeshire League. [1] A third-place finish in Division 3B in 2005–06 saw the club promoted to Division 2B. After finishing as runners-up in Division 2B in 2006–07, they were promoted to Division 1B. They won the division in 2008–09, [2] earning promotion to the Senior B division. They won the Senior B division in 2010–11, [3] and were promoted to the Senior A division. A third-place finish the following season resulted in promotion to the Premier Division.

In 2013 the club applied for promotion to the Eastern Counties League, [4] but were unsuccessful as they finished seventh in the Cambridgeshire League Premier Division. [5] The club entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2015. [6] After finishing fifth in the Premier Division in 2015–16, they were promoted to Division One of the Eastern Counties League.

Ground

The club play their home games at Beechings Close. [7] The ground has a 50 seater stand which was added in January 2017. [8]

Honours

Beechings Close Wisbech St Mary - Beechings Close.jpg
Beechings Close

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References

  1. ↑ "Club Notes" Wisbech St Mary F.C. Matchday Programme, 30 July 2016
  2. ↑ Newmarket Motor Company 1B FA Full Time
  3. ↑ Kershaw Senior B FA Full Time
  4. ↑ Comings and going will mean changes to Thurlow Nunn League East Anglian Daily Times, 14 April 2013
  5. ↑ Cambridgeshire Football Association County League FA Full Time
  6. ↑ Wisbech St Mary at the Football Club History Database
  7. ↑ Wisbech St Mary Thurlow Nunn League
  8. ↑ Wisbech St Mary to unveil new 50-seat stand at Hinchingbrooke Cup tie with Huntingdon Town Wisbech Standard, 10 January 2017

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