It is believed that the village of Wye was first represented in the Ashford Saturday League in 1928 by a team parading under the name of Blackhawks, and indeed, they were runners-up in Division Two in the season 1929-1930.

Just after the Second World War, the name was changed to Wye Town F.C., but subsequently the “Town” element was dropped and Wye F.C. played on one day of a weekend, with a second team Wye Wanderers, on another. This continued until the 1991-1992 season, when both the Saturday and Sunday teams amalgamated under the banner Wye Wanderers F.C. The name still continues to this day. Our club badge is the Wye crown and we are known locally as “The Monarchs”.

We play at the Village Hall pitch and always welcome new supporters. We currently have a team in the Ashford and District Saturday League, and another in the Ashford and District Sunday League, and have recently started a youth team who are currently training, but we will hopefully be entering the East Kent Youth League in the 2000-2001 season. The youth team trains every Sunday afternoon between 2pm and 3pm at the village hall pitch and we welcome new members between the ages of 5 and 15.

The membership fees are an annual club membership of £5 for the adults teams, and £3 for the youth teams and weekly subs of £3 per adult per game, £1.50 for students, and 50p per child for training, and £1.50 per match. This is our major source of income throughout the year and from this we take all our running costs. 

We have several fund raising events through the year, the proceeds of which go towards replacement kits, balls and other necessary equipment for all teams. Our major social event of the season is our annual awards presentation, which we hold in the village hall, followed by a disco, buffet and raffle. This is always well supported and everybody has an enjoyable evening.

Some notable names in the club’s history are Ian Sloane who for a number of years kept the club going single handedly by being Treasurer, Secretary and sometimes Manager. John Howland led the Club with perseverance to cup victory over Bethersden in the 1980s against all odds.

Recent club honours

1975-76           Division Two Cup winners

1986-87           Division One Cup winners

                         Division Two Cup runners-up

1987-88            Premier Division Cup winners

                         Ashford Charity Trophy runners-up

1997-98            Division Two League runners-up

1998-99            Division One Cup runners-up

1999-2000        Division One Cup winners

On April 6 2000 Wye Wanderers Saturday League Team played Hamstreet in the Division One Cup Final at Homelands Football Ground. We won the match 1-0 and brought home the cup, which is on display in The Tickled Trout public house, the sponsors of Wye Wanderers F.C.

It is hoped that the club can look forward to another seventy years of enjoyable football and can build on success and go from strength to strength.

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