Woking F.C.
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Woking Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Woking, Surrey, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
Full name | Woking Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Cardinals/The Cards | |||
Short name | WFC | |||
Founded | 1887; 137 years ago (1887)[1] | |||
Ground | Kingfield Stadium | |||
Capacity | 6,036 (2,500 seated) | |||
Coordinates | 51°18′23″N 0°33′32″W | |||
Manager | Michael Doyle | |||
League | National League | |||
2023–24 | National League, 17th of 24 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Founded in 1887, they joined the Isthmian League in 1911–12 and won the FA Amateur Cup in 1957–58. Woking were relegated twice in 1982–83 and 1984–85. However, they were promoted three times: in 1986–87, 1989–90 and 1991–92, to reach the Football Conference. Woking won the FA Trophy on three occasions throughout the 1990s and finished as runners-up in the Conference in their third and fourth season at that level but were not promoted. They remained at the highest level of non-League football until relegation in 2008–09. Woking subsequently won promotion back in 2011–12 before suffering another relegation in 2017–18. They earned immediate promotion to the National League via the play-offs in 2019.
The club currently plays its home matches at Kingfield Stadium and is nicknamed the Cardinals, often shortened to the Cards.