Mulbarton Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in
Mulbarton,
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. The men's first team are currently members in the and play at Mulberry Park.
History
The football club was established in 1993 when the youth team of Mulbarton United, a now-defunct
Anglian Combination
The Anglian Combination (known as the Hadley & Ottaway Anglian Combination under the terms of a sponsorship deal) is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk ...
side, broke away to form their own youth team.
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accessdate: January 26, 2020 They merged with the Harford Belles girls team in 2001 and establish in the Central and South Norfolk League, a men's senior team, in Division Four.
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accessdate: January 26, 2020 The club won promotion in their first season, continued to rise through the league, and beginning in 2007–08 season reached Division One.
They were promoted to the
Anglian Combination
The Anglian Combination (known as the Hadley & Ottaway Anglian Combination under the terms of a sponsorship deal) is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk ...
Division Six in 2009, and achieved six successive promotions, reaching the Premier Division in 2015.
After finishing second in 2018, the club successfully applied to join the
Eastern Counties Football League
The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...
, entering in Division One North for 2018–19.
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Their debut season in the Eastern Counties League saw the club compete in the
FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...
for the first time, and in the following season saw the club enter the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
for the first time, losing to
Boston Town
Boston Town Football Club is a football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. It is currently a member of the and plays at Tattershall Road.
History
The club was established as Boston Football Club in 1963 by former officials of Bosto ...
in the extra preliminary round.
In 2021 the club were promoted to the Premier Division based on their results in the abandoned
2019–20 and
2020–21 seasons.
In addition to the men's first team, the club is also home to three women's teams (playing in the Eastern Region Women's Football League and Norfolk Women and Girls Football League), a men's reserve team playing in the Anglian Combination, an under 18 team playing in the Thurlow Nunn Youth League and 27 junior teams (2 in the Eastern Junior Alliance, 19 in the Norfolk Combined Youth Football League and 6 in the Norfolk Women and Girls Football League). It also runs the Wildcats programme and U5 and U6 programmes.
Ground
Adult teams plays at Mulberry Park.
[Thurlow Nunn League]
Mulbarton Wanderers – Thurlow Nunn League
accessdate: January 26, 2020 The ground has two stands, the Ken Lewis Stand and the Pip Skips stands, which each have sixty seats.
Junior teams play at Orchard Park, next to Mulberry Park, and the Hewett Academy.
Honours
*Anglian Combination
**Division One champions 2014–15
**Division Four champions 2011–12
**Division Five champions 2010–11
*Mummery Cup
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**Winners 2016–17
*Cyril Ballyn Cup
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Match Overview: Bungay Town 1 – 2 Mulbarton Wanderers : First Team
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** Winners 2012–13
*Norfolk Senior Cup
** Winners 2021–22
Records
*Highest league position: 3rd in Eastern Counties League Premier Division, 2023–24
*Best
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
performance: First Qualifying Round, 2021–22
[
*Best ]FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...
performance: Fifth round, 2020–21[
*Best ]Norfolk Senior Cup
The Norfolk Senior Cup (currently known as the Ashtons Legal Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football cup competition for clubs in the county of Norfolk, England, who compete between steps three and seven of the non-League pyramid. The fi ...
performance: Winners, 2021–22[
]
References
External links
Official website
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1993 establishments in England
Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Norfolk
Anglian Combination
Eastern Counties Football League
Association football clubs established in 1993
Mulbarton, Norfolk