Burton Park Wanderers F.C.

Burton Park Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Latimer Park.[1]

Burton Park Wanderers
Full nameBurton Park Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)Wanderers
Founded1961
GroundLatimer Park, Burton Latimer
ChairmanSteve Brewer
LeagueUnited Counties League Division One
2019–20United Counties League Division One (season abandoned)

History

The club was formed in 1961 as Kettering Park Wanderers. They joined Division Two of the United Counties League in 1968, which became Division One in 1972.[2] The club adopted their current name in 1973.[2] After finishing second-from-bottom of Division One in 1977–78, they were relegated to Division Two. However, the division was disbanded two years later and they were returned to Division One.[3] In 1988–89 they were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Two seasons later they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated back to Division One.[3] They have since remained in Division One, only finishing in the top half on four occasions and finishing bottom of the division in 1988–99, for five consecutive seasons between 2001–02 and 2005–06, and again in 2012–13, 2015–16 and 2016–17.

Ground

The club initially played at the Rockingham Road Pleasure Park in Kettering before moving to the Pytchley Road pitches elsewhere in the town in the late 1960s.[4][5] They relocated to Latimer Park in Burton Latimer in 1973.[4]

  • Main stand
  • Morrisons End
  • Station road covered terrace
  • Temporary covered seating stand
  • Ground entrance and turnstiles
  • Dugout side and media tv gantry

Records

References
  1. Burton Park Wanderers FC Pyramid Passion
  2. Kettering Park Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
  3. Burton Park Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
  4. Preview: Burton Park Wanderers Rothwell Corinthians F.C.
  5. Kettering historian seeks images of former football ground for new book Northants Telegraph, 3 March 2015
  6. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p646 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

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