Woking

The Case For Them

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

• The calendar you inherit

  England National League 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.

• Deep roots

  Founded in 1889, Woking were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 137 years of accumulated grudges.

• Loaded cabinet

  8 distinct honours on record, including Isthmian League / National League South (level 6). Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

• Cathedral football

  Kingfield Stadium holds around 60,362,500. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.