Cray Wanderers F.C.

Cray Wanderers
Full nameCray Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Wands
Founded1860 (1860)[1] traditionally
GroundFlamingo Park, Sidcup
Capacity5,000 (1,300 seated)[2]
ChairmanGary Hillman
ManagerNeil Smith
LeagueIsthmian League Premier Division
2023–24Isthmian League Premier Division, 17th of 22
WebsiteClub website

Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cray, near Orpington.[3] Such a date would make it one of the oldest football clubs in the world.

As of the 2024–25 season, the club play their home matches at the Flamingo Park stadium on the A20 in Sidcup, the first ground Cray Wanderers have owned in their 164 year history.[4]

Cray Wanderers were Kent League champions four times, and have reached the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup twice in their history. The club currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2013) Non-League Club Directory 2013: 35th Edition TW Publications, p273
  3. ^ Vain Games of No Value by Terry Morris. Author House. 2016. ISBN 9781504998529. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ Wandering No More! Compiled by Peter Goringe. Cray 150 Publications. 2024. ISBN 9780995575981. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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