Wimborne Town  

Though the club was originally formed way back in 1878 it was to be nearly one hundred years before Wimborne Town took their place in senior NonLeague football. 

Founder members of the Dorset County FA in 1887 the club would spend many years playing local football with varying success with the highpoint probably being the winning of the  Dorset Senior Amateur Cup in 1937. 

The Wimborne Town story in senior NonLeague football really began in 1981 when they were admitted to the First Division of the Western League following development work at their Cuthbury stadium.  Town made an immediate impact finishing fourth in their first season. 

The following year saw the Magpies embark on what is still their best ever run in the FA Cup when they reached the First Round proper before losing to then Football League side Aldershot 4-0.   

Remarkably this was the first season in which the club had entered the competition and, beginning in the Preliminary Qualifying Round, they won five ties before meeting Aldershot. 

1987/88 saw Wimborne Town switch from the Western League to the Wessex where they have remained ever since though they have been champions on three occasions and runners-up in three other seasons.  Indeed, in over twenty years of competing in the Wessex League they have finished outside the top eight on only one occasion. 

The Magpies first Wessex championship came in 1991/92 in what was to prove to be an extraordinary campaign for the club.   

The season began on a low key note with the Magpie tumbling out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle before they enjoyed a wonderful run in the league and the FA Vase which cumulated in winning the Wessex League title, the Dorset Senior Cup and reaching Wembley to meet Guiseley in the final of the Vase. 

Wimborne Town reached the final after playing a staggering eleven ties, including two replays, though they showed no signs of tiredness by winning a remarkable final 5-3 becoming the only team to notch five goals in a Vase final. 

Further Wessex League success followed with a league and cup double in 1994 and in 1999/2000 Wimborne won their third title.   

Though success on the pitch warranted further progress up the Pyramid the clubs Cuthbury home failed to satisfy ground grading requirements so the magpies continue to play Wessex League football. 

However, recent improvements to Cuthbury means that the club have now achieved the required grading at their ground and are now eligible for promotion to the Southern League.