Dorking Wandering
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Bit of discussion about the 26/27 squad in the other thread so thought I'd move it to it's own one. I am sure we will see a retained list in the next week or so but for now, the confirmed contracted players for next season are:
Brennan Camp
Josh Taylor (injured for the first few months)
Harry Pinchard
James McShane
Seb Tauta-Caballero
Dennon Lewis
Alfie Rutherford
Jake Lawrence
Confirmed players leaving so far:
Tony Craig (retired)
Luke Moore (retired)
Niall McManus
Who would everyone keep/release for next season?
Charlie Carter in the new promo videos (with Camp) so I think we can safely assume that is a done deal.
Sadly, looks like that might not be the case.
https://x.com/graemebailey/status/2053924326189961236?s=46
Sad but possibly inevitable if he is ambitious after two failed promotion campaigns, we should wish him well if he does depart, although a replacement of similar quality will not be found easily or come cheaply.
Gutting if true
The club does a fantastic job of retaining our top talent.
The Foulkes rumour makes some sense, as keepers do come and go at Dorking. I cannot see Carter leaving.
I'm not on X. Can somebody summarise the Charlie rumour? Thanks.
@westsussexwanderer Likely to leave with a few EFL clubs interested (Newport, Colchester, Crawley) as well as a few NL clubs (Southend, Yeovil)
Pre-season fixtures to be announced 10 am tomorrow morning.
I'll do an early prediction of:
Bognor (H)
Leatherhead (A)
Jersey Bulls (A)
Three Bridges (H)
Sutton Utd (A)
Eastleigh (H)
On the positive, we shouldn't be playing Horsham, Walton & Hersham or Farnham, as they are all in our division now.
We know we have Jersey Bulls and Leatherhead away this year
25/26 July has to be away as there is a youth tournament all that weekend at Meadowbank
I'd have no objection to Bognor again to be honest and their Chairman is a good friend of Marc's
Please not Sholing kicking lumps out of us (poor Niall!)
Is Alfie's Dad still managing Chichester?
To be honest there's very few 'bad' away friendlies when the sun is shining and you're looking forward to a new season!
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
Some good little games there. Definitely will do Bognor and Lewes. Charlton at the Bank is very attractive too- could be a huge crowd
Yeah, a decent pre-season schedule in terms of trips.
Interesting that there isn't really a "tough" game in there though as no NL or League Two/One teams as I assume the Charlton side will be U23s.
So nice to push the Torquay game out of view on the Travel forum front page!
Really happy with the list. Only one new ground for me - as Bracknell now play at Sandhurst, but all grounds I like going to, particularly Bognor!
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
