Who Is Wilf Kroucher ?
27 Aug 2006

The precise idea for 'Wilf Kroucher' is shrouded in mystery but is believed to emanate from Nick 'Pigga' Pike, a schoolfriend of Nottingham lads.

We often get asked who Wilf Kroucher is, or where the name comes from. I'm still not sure myself, but when I ask some of the old boys, I get a few sniggers, and then a story about how some of the lads were on a trip to India, and when paying a visit to the very basic W.C. had to crouch down or squat to do the business. This coined the phrase "going for a Wilf Kroucher". I like to think of the story as fantasy, as we don't want our club associated with toilets and what not.

So we'll leave as we're not sure who Wilf Kroucher really was, but I'm sure he was a distinguished gentleman with a great appreciation of the beautiful game!

The Noughties
08 Jul 2009

Having taken over as manager from Tony Ryland in 1998, John Bargary made the decision to leave the Wimbledon & District League and join the Sutton & District League where we played in the Premier Division for five seasons.

We had our most successful season to date in 2002/03 winning the league and finishing runners up in the Cup final losing 2-1 in a penalty shootout.

With lofty ambitions, we took the club into the Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division 3, but having lost several key players, we finished bottom.

Kevin Knott took over from John as manager at the start of the 2004/05 season and started rebuilding what was an aging squad, and after a couple season of transition (relegation!), we finally have a squad capable of challenging for honours again, we hope!