In December of 2024, Owen Wilkinson and Ben Southwell came together with the idea that they would use their passion for football to start up a football club in their village. 

From December,  Owen and Ben made big progression early on with the club. Owen met with Dene Williams on Monday 7th February where they were able to come together on the project. This was a massive step for the football club as it gave Shamley Green FC a place to play but more importantly a place to play in Shamley Green. 

 

Early March confirmed the first sponsor, Hoods Residential. They became the Main Kit sponsor, which for the club was a massive thing, thanks to Hood Residential they really helped show the belief in the project and helped move the clubs progression forward.

We were also also to confirm another sponsor in this time which was Surrey Hills Handyman, thanks to Will at Surrey Hills Handyman, Shamley Green FC were really able to move forward and get better equipment. 

 

During this time as well, the local Parish were able to support the club get off to a great start by helping to achieve their goals, getting the club in the know with the Wonersh Foundation and Fetes in the local area. Of which Shamley Green FC both got accepted to take part and have a stall at the Shamley Green and Wonersh village fetes which was a massive thing as  it gave us an early opportunity to meet the community and try and get more people onboard.

 

25th of March 2025, John Dennison and Owen Wilkinson got talking and John pitched the idea of merging the football team which he had started for his under 16s team with Shamley Green's club. Both thought it was a great idea to come together and make it possible, this really helped Shamley Greens development as they were able to get both an under 16s team and Adults team going. This also meant the fact that Shamley green were giving an opportunity to younger people a chance to progress more and play for the adult team.

 

Following this meeting between Owen and John, the first committee was created, having Owen Wilkinson as Chairman/Founder, Samuel Mason as Club Secretary, Richard Wilkinson as First Team Coach/Treasurer, John Dennison as Under 16s Coach/Welfare Officer and Ben Southwell as Founder.  They made sure that the club was in the correct shape to move forward and kept the club running.

 

8th of April 2025, Owen, Richard and Samuel all went off together Leatherhead to meet with the committee of the Leatherhead and District Sunday Football League to discuss joining their league. And on the 9th of April, Owen received and email saying that they had been accepted into the league for the 2025/2026 season. This was massive for the club as they were then able to become a competitive football club and compete against other team in hopes for silverware.

As well as the adult team being accepted into a league, the Under 16s got accepted into the Surrey South Youth League, which meant as well that the Under 16s will also be competing for silverware in the first season of the club being affiliated.