Association football club in England

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Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club is an association football club based in the London Borough of Merton. They are presently members of the Isthmian League South Central Division and play at Imperial Fields in Morden. [ 1 ] Their nickname is “ the Terrors ” or “ the Stripes ”.

history [edit ]

In 1932, Tooting FC ( establish 1887 ) and Mitcham Wanderers FC ( establish 1912 ) united to become the mod golf club representing the two areas. Their fusion had been mooted for two years previously, but it was only after it became clear that the area could n’t host two competitive teams that anything happened to advance it. in the first place playing in white shirts, in 1956 the broad black and ashen stripes were adopted. The club has reached the FA Cup proper on 10 occasions, the last meter being the 2009–10 season. It has besides won the Isthmian League twice, in 1958 and 1960. other honours include the Surrey Senior Cup which the club has won nine times and the London Senior Cup which the club has won six times. possibly the most celebrated FA Cup run was in 1959, when the cabaret reached the third round ; drawn at home to First Division Nottingham Forest, on a freeze pitch they went into a 2-goal run with goals from Grainger and Murphy before Forest fought back with the help of a Murphy own goal and a penalty. Forest won the replay 3–0 in front of a crowd of 42,362 and went on to win the trophy that year. A british Pathe newsreel features this game. [ 2 ] Alex Stepney, who was born in Mitcham in 1942, joined the club in 1958. In 1963 he signed for Millwall and by and by played for Chelsea, Manchester United and England. Dario Gradi, who spent more than twenty dollar bill four years as director of Crewe Alexandra, concisely played for the cabaret in the 1960s. Tooting enjoyed a more sustain period of FA Cup glory in the 1970s. In 1974–75, they reached the first round proper for the first time since 1963–64 and were drawn at base against Crystal Palace, who played just five miles down the road and were in Football League Division 3. The game was played at Tooting ‘s Sandy Lane ground on 27 November 1974, a Wednesday afternoon, in front of a compact crowd of, according to The Times, 10,000. A crystal Palace side which included Terry Venables, Peter Taylor and Alan Whittle won 2–1. Tooting ‘s goal was scored by Steve Grubb. [ 3 ] In 1975–76, Tooting went three steps further reaching the fourth round proper, the last 32. They beat Romford 1–0 in the first attack proper and Leatherhead 2–1 after a replay in the irregular. In the third base round they triumphed over Football League opposition defeating Swindon Town of Football League Division 3. [ 4 ] After a 2–2 withdraw at Swindon ( Tooting ‘s goalscorers were Nicky Glover and Derek Casey ), Tooting won 2–1 at Sandy Lane with goals from Dave Juneman and Alan Ives. [ 5 ] On 24 January 1976, the team and its supporters made the long journey to Bradford City of Football League Division 4. Although they did get on the scoresheet through Dave Juneman, they lost 3–1. After the game, Bradford City ‘s Don Hutchins, who scored two of his side ‘s goals, said he thought ‘ the game was tougher than Rotherham and Shrewsbury ’ ( Bradford ‘s Football League opponents in the former two rounds ). ‘ Tooting put up a thoroughly fight. ’ [ 6 ] This proved to be the baseball club ‘s high point although the team went on to reach the second round off proper in 1976–77 losing away at Kettering 1–0 [ 7 ] and the beginning round off proper in 1977–78 losing 2–1 at home to Northampton Town of Football League Division 4. [ 8 ] In 2000–01 Keith Boanas led the club to the Isthmian League Second Division title, before leaving to manage Charlton Athletic Ladies. In the Isthmian League First Division, the club were managed by Richard Cadette, whose drawn-out list of former clubs include Falkirk, Millwall and Brentford. The team played a identical consistent first half of the 2005–06 season but injuries and the personnel casualty of star player Gavin Grant to Gillingham saw the team lose some of their clipping edge and start to falter. At the end of this season Cadette was sacked as the team once again failed to gain promotion following defeat in the playoff semi-finals to Tonbridge Angels. Former musician Billy Smith was appointed as director for the startle of the 2006–07 season, in which the baseball club won the Surrey Senior Cup and London Senior Cup. In May 2008, the club secured promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division by defeating Cray Wanderers 1–0 at Imperial Fields.

In the 2009–10 season they reached the inaugural circle of the FA Cup where they played in front of over 3,000 people against Stockport County although they were beaten 5–0. Despite an promote season the circuit board announced that the club required a 40 % mown in budget, these changes saw director Billy Smith, his assistant George Wakeling and many of the players leave the club. Former Sheffield United player Mark Beard was appointed director in May 2010, with early actor Kevin Cooper as his adjunct. After a good start to the 2011–12 season Beard was relieved of his place in December 2011 when results declined. Academy director Danny Lee was appointed caretaker coach but declined the job permanently. As a result, Kenny Brown was appointed the modern coach. however the results got worse and Tooting were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. Tooting & Mitcham had three managers in the 2012–13 season ( Roberto Forzoni, Jamie Martin and Phil Simpson ). The director up until the end of the 2014–15 season was former player Craig Tanner who was in his second base season at the helm with the Terrors before being sacked because of a lack of progress. Frank Wilson took his first senior role in football from 2015/16, an unsealed begin saw a change in staff. Wilson introduced Paul Dale as 1st team passenger car in November 2015, a move that saw results improve, a rise away from relegation and the season rounded off with 2–0 victory in the London Senior Cup against Hendon. The succeed season saw them finish as Division One South Champions, finishing on 105 points, earning themselves a locate in the Isthmian Premier Division .

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imperial Fields has a capacity of 3,500 ( including 612 seats ) and is located in Morden. There are two adjoining artificial 3G multi-purpose pitches, used primarily for train but besides games of respective sporting activities. [ 9 ] The stadium was selected as a 2012 Olympics Torch bearer change-over sharpen, the flashlight was carried in by BBC Sport observer and presenter, Sue Barker. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The club moved to Imperial Fields in 2002 from their former historic grate at Sandy Lane in Mitcham. The raw stadium had previously been the site of a former Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Brentford aim peddle and is adjacent to the River Wandle. The stadium was chosen to host the 2007 and 2011 finals of the London Senior Cup. For a period at the end of the 2017/18 season and during 2018/19, Dulwich Hamlet F.C., played their family games at Imperial Fields whilst the club was in dispute with the owners of Champion Hill. The club besides has an academy system to develop talented 16 to 21-year-olds. This is run partially in association with Ernest Bevin College. [ 12 ]

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As of 1 March 2020[13]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

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