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Great Wakering Rovers Football Club

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Great Wakering Rovers Football Club is a football club located in Great Wakering, near Southend on Sea in Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Burroughs Park.HistoryThe club was formed in 1919 by soldiers demobbed after World War I and finding employment in the local brickfields. They joined the Southend & District League, dominating it during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1982 they switched to the newly-formed Southend & District Alliance Football League, but this league folded in 1989. At this point the club decided to make the step up to intermediate level and were founder members of the new Division Three of Essex Intermediate League.In 1990–91 saw Great Wakering were Division Three champions, earning promotion to Division Two. After winning Division Two the following season, the club successfully applied to join the Essex Senior League. They went on to win the league in 1994–95 and finished as runners-up three times in the next two seasons. They were as runners-up again in 1998–99, but as champions Saffron Walden Town failed to meet the ground grading requirements for a place in Division Three of the Isthmian League, Great Wakering were promoted in their place.The 1999–2000 season saw Great Wakering finish as runners-up in Division Three, earning promotion to Division Two. League restructuring resulted in them being moved to Division One North in 2002, and in 2004 they were transferred to the Eastern Division of the Southern League, where they remained for two seasons before being transferred back to Division One North of the Isthmian League. In 2011–12 the club finished bottom of the division, and were relegated back to the Essex Senior League. In 2013–14 the club were Essex Senior League champions and were promoted back to the Isthmian League. After finishing bottom of the division in 2016–17, the club were relegated to the Essex Senior League.

Address: 34 Little Wakering Hall Ln, Southend-on-Sea SS3 0HE, UK
Phone: 01702 217812
State: Essex
City: Southend-on-Sea
Zip Code: SS3 0HE

opening times

Monday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM


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Reviews
Pitch needs work grass long and uneven considering the entry price it's OK bought tea that was weak
Very friendly club, made us feel welcome, lots of parking and quite easy to find. Food and drinks available, good bar facility too, really nice place to watch the game
Went there for the Essex Womans Trophy final, nice facility's and a great burger
Lovely ground with decent facilities. Free parking next to the ground
Great pitch. Great staff. Perfect local football ground. It's what grass roots football should be. We need more grounds a d teams like this.
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