Having always been dedicated to youth football, with no competitive senior section at the club, AFC Walcountians launched its first ever senior side for the 2015/16 season. Competing in the Redhill & District Division 1, it was very much a year of “finding your feet” and a mid-table finish was a respectable start. There was more of the same in 2016/17 season where another mid-table finish, this time in the Redhill & District Premier Division, was the result.

For the 2017/18 season the club made the transition to the Surrey South Eastern Combination League to continue their progress, and it was a breakthrough year. A dramatic last day title decider saw a decisive point secured, despite being reduced to nine men and with no goalkeeper for the majority of the game, to clinch the SSEC Junior Division 1 title.

In 2018/19 a second adult side, mainly consisting of graduates from one of the club’s successful youth sides, was formed. The Reserve side had a respectable first season in adult football, whilst the First Team amassed 103 league goals in managing a further promotion but falling just shy of a second successive league title in the SSEC Intermediate Division 2.

A Covid-19 curtailed 2019/20 season was the precursor to a highly successful 2020/21 campaign. The First Team comprehensively won the SSEC Intermediate Division 1, gaining promotion to the Surrey Premier County Football League (Step 7 of the National League System). The Reserve side had an equally successful season, losing just one league game en route to comfortably winning the SSEC Junior Division 4 title.

In 2021/22 the First Team secured a respectable finish in their first season competing in Step 7 football, whilst the Reserves reached two cup semi-finals and finished fourth in the SSEC Junior Division 2.

In 2022/23, the First Team finished third in the Surrey Premier County Football League, six points behind champions Wimbledon Casuals.

We look forward to what the 2023/24 season brings. If you’re a player looking to join the journey, then get in touch. We train on Thursday evenings at our home ground, and our matches take place across Surrey and South London on Saturday afternoons.

If you’re a groundhopper who likes to visit new grounds, then you’re always welcome at AFC Walcountians and, if you’re in to the social media side of things, check out our club Twitter (@AFCWOfficial) or club Facebook, as well as our regularly updated First Team Instagram page (@afcwalcountians) and First Team Twitter page (@AFCW1stXI) to keep up to speed with how we’re getting on.

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