Wimborne Town F.C.
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| Full name | Wimborne Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Magpies |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Ground | The W+S Stadium, Wimborne |
| Capacity | 3,250 (275 seated & 150 covered) note theoretical , likely to be estimated at 2,800 |
| Chairman | Paula Henley |
| Manager | Matty Holmes |
| League | Southern League Division One South & West |
| 2015–16 | Southern League Division One South & West, 17th |
Wimborne Town Football Club is a football club based in Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England. They were established in 1878 and won the FA Vase in 1992. They reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup in the 1982–83 season for the first time. For the 2014-15 season, the club is playing in the Southern League Division One South & West. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA Chartered Standard club.
Wimborne Town Football Club was formed in 1878 and originally catered for football and rugby. In 1884, Wimborne Town were one of the founder members of the South Hampshire and Dorset Football Association. In 1887 the club became a founder member of the Dorset County Football Association.
The club's first piece of Silverware was in 1913 when they won the Dorset Minor Cup for the only time in their history. They almost achieved more silverware a year later when they finished as Runners up in the Dorset Junior Challenge Cup.
During the 1930s, Wimborne Town won the Dorset League Division Two championship three times, finished runners-up on a further occasion and were runners-up in Dorset League Division One in 1939. They also enjoyed success in cup competitions, winning the Dorset Junior Challenge Cup twice in their final three appearances in the competition, as well as the Dorset Junior Amateur Cup four times in five seasons between 1935 and 1939.
Wimborne Town's first senior honour came in 1937 by winning the Dorset Senior Amateur Cup and repeating this success in 1964. In 1957, Wimborne became founder members of the Dorset Combination (now the Dorset Premier League) but returned to the Dorset League after just a season where they remained until 1973 when they returned for another spell, this time lasting three seasons.
Wimborne's fortunes dramatically took off when they won the Dorset League Division One title in 1980–81 without losing a match. In 1981, following the installation of floodlights and the construction of a perimeter wall and new changing rooms at their Cuthbury ground, Wimborne Town were directly admitted to the First Division of the Western League. Despite missing out the Dorset Combination, they immediately made an impact by just losing out on third spot to local rivals Swanage Town & Herston on goal difference.
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