Dorking Wanderers

Why Dorking Wanderers

Here is the argument for Dorking Wanderers: England, England National League North and South, and a ground called Meadowbank, Dorking. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Easy weekend

  London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is about 14km from the ground, and Dorking West railway station is 1km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

• The calendar you inherit

  England National League North and South is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

• Modern era club

  Formed in 1999, so the whole story is documented, arguable and still being written. Join now and you were basically there from the start.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Isthmian League and Southern Combination. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.