Draft:Watlington FC

Watlington F.C
Full name	Watlington Football Club
Founded	1979
Ground	The Rabbit Hole Runcton
Chairman	Douglas Parker
Manager	Andrew Brydon
Home colours	Away colours

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Declined by DoubleGrazing 5 months ago. Last edited by DoubleGrazing 5 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: No evidence of notability.
Mostly unreferenced, and one of the two sources is throwing an error. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Douglasleeparker (talk) 10:53, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Watlington Football Club is a football club based in Watlington, Norfolk, England. They are currently members of the Anglian Combination Division Two and play at The Rabbit Hole Runcton. The club is an FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Norfolk County Football Association.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1979.The club has had a dramatic rise in status^{[peacock prose]} from 2000 winning promotion for 5 consecutive seasons.

Ground

The club has played its home games at The Rabbit Hole Runcton Holme from 2022. Prior to this home games were played at "The Glebe" in Watlington however facilities were not available to comply with Anglian Combination rules as a result the clubs home ground was moved to The Rabbit Hole.

Honours

Norfolk Junior Cup^[2]
- Winners (1) 2023/24

Len Graver Cup Winners 2021/22, CS Morley Cup Winners 2022/23, Anglian Combination Division 4 Champions 2023/24, Anglian Combination Division 3 Champions 2024/25.

References

↑ Watlington F.C. : Details: Watlington FC. : Details, accessdate: March 4, 2020
↑ Cite error: The named reference clubhist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Watlington F.C. : Details: Watlington FC. : Details, accessdate: March 4, 2020

[clubhist-2] Cite error: The named reference clubhist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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