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Long Service Awards |
The Club recognises loyalty by presenting long service awards for every five years as a Club Officer or as a player having made 10 or more appearances. Receipients include:
25 Years
Steve Wright (1978-2003)
15 Years
Bruce McLaren (1981-2000)
Eric Rice (1982-1997)
Perry Clapton (1982-1998)
Mark Walker (1985-2000)
10 Years
Mick Lucey (1982-1994)
Noel Campbell (1989-2002)
Glen Holliss (1993-2004)
Stuart Barnes (1993-2003)
Gary Cockburn (1993-2004)
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Honours |
2004 - Division 2 Runners Up
2002 - Guildford Hospital Cup Finalists
2000 - Invitation Trophy Winners
1999 - Division 2 Champions
1997 - Division 4 Champions
1996 - Division 5 Champions
1995 - Prince Albert Cup Winners
1992 - Division 3 Champions
1992 - North Surrey Cup Winners
1991 - Division 4 Champions
1991 - Itermediate Cup Finalists
1990 - Division 6 Runners Up
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The Recent Years |
Since 2001 the Club has played in either Division 1 or 2 and has had mixed fortunes. In 2004/05 it seemed that the time had finally come to call it a day as the team struggled for players but was thrown a lifeline due to the disbandment of another Club and the subsequent arrival of a number of its former personnel.
We await the future with interest.....
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The Halcyon Years |
1990 saw the Club win its first medals as runners-up in Division 6 and marked the start of a climb through the divisions, including back-to-back championships, and culminating in promotion to Division 1 in 1993.
For the 1993/94 season, the Club introduced a reserve side that played in Division 5, but life for the first eleven in Division 1 proved difficult and at the end of that season it was decided to revert to a single team based around the reserve players.
A season of consolidation followed before the Club won Division 5 in 1995/96 and started its most sucessfull period, winning three championships and reaching two cup finals in five years.
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The Early Years |
Unfortunately, in its eagerness to be accepted into the Surrey & Hants Border Laegue, the Club somewhat overstated its playing strength and was placed into Division 3 of the then five division league. That was to prove a mistake!
The Club played its first game, a friendly, on 14 August 1978 and lost 4-0. The first competitive game on 3 September saw the team losing 8-2 and things got steadily worse from there!
The Club's final record in Division 3 was:
P22 W0 D3 L19 F31 A94
Not surprisingly, it was relegation to Division 4
Over the following years the League grew in size to seven divisions but the team continued to struggle on the pitch and dropped downwards, spending most of the eighties in division 6.
By 1983 the number of Woking Council employees with the Club had reduced to a level whereby it was no longer appropriate to keep the name Woking Nalgo so, following a sponsorship arrangement, the Club became Mayford Arms FC. When that arrangement ended in 1989 it was decided to simply become "Mayford FC" so as to retain the association with that Parish.
Despite the lack of success on the field, there remained enough support to keep going and, eventually, the tide turned.
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The Beginning |
The Club owes its existence to its first Chairman, Dave Bedford, who was working for Woking Borough Council in 1978 and thought that there was an opportunity to start up a Club based around Council employees.
So with the help of some enthusiastic drinking friends from the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Horsell, Woking Nalgo FC came into being and entered the Surrey & Hants Border League at its AGM in July 1978.
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