Wisbech St Mary Football Club is a football club based in

Wisbech St Mary Wisbech St Mary is a village in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England. It is west of the town of Wisbech. It lies between two Great Britain road numbering scheme, roads, the B1169 and the A47 road, A47. The population of the civil par ...

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. The club are currently members of the and play at Beechings Close.

History

The club was established in 1993 and joined Division 5B of the

Cambridgeshire League The Cambridgeshire County Football League, currently styled as the Adcock Cambridgeshire County League for sponsorship purposes, is a football league competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk, Norfolk and northwestern part ...

. A third-place finish in Division 3B in 2005–06 saw the club promoted to Division 2B. After finishing as runners-up in Division 2B in 2006–07, they were promoted to Division 1B. They won the division in 2008–09, earning promotion to the Senior B division. They won the Senior B division in 2010–11, and were promoted to the Senior A division. A third-place finish the following season resulted in promotion to the Premier Division. In 2013 the club applied for promotion to the

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffolk ...

, but were unsuccessful as they finished seventh in the Cambridgeshire League Premier Division. The club entered the

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

for the first time in 2015. After finishing fifth in the Premier Division in 2015–16, they were promoted to Division One of the Eastern Counties League. When the division was split in 2018, the club were placed in Division One North. In 2021–22 they finished bottom of Division One North and were relegated back to the Premier Division of the Cambridgeshire League.

Ground

The club play their home games at Beechings Close. The ground has a 50-seater stand which was added in January 2017.Wisbech St Mary to unveil new 50-seat stand at Hinchingbrooke Cup tie with Huntingdon Town
Wisbech Standard, 10 January 2017

Honours

*Cambridgeshire League **Senior B Division champions 2010–11 **Division 1B champions 2008–09 Wisbech St Mary - Beechings Close

References

External links

Official website
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