Wormley Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Wormley, Hertfordshire. They are currently members of the and play at Wormley Playing Fields.
Wormley Football Club was founded in 1921, but folded in 1926. After failed attempts to reform the club during the 1930s, it was revived in 1946. They went on to have success in junior football between the late 1940s and early 1960s, after which the club joined Division Three of the Hertfordshire County League in 1976. They won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division Two. After missing out on another promotion on goal difference in 1979âÂÂ80, the club were runners-up in Division Two the following season and were promoted to Division One. In 1986âÂÂ87 they won the Division One title, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. Although they were relegated back to Division One after two seasons, they were Division One runners-up in 1991âÂÂ92 and returned to the Premier Division.
Wormley spent the next 26 seasons in the Premier Division, finishing as runners-up in 1993âÂÂ94, 1998âÂÂ99, 1999âÂÂ2000 and 2009âÂÂ10, as well as reaching the final of the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy in 1999âÂÂ2000 and 2000âÂÂ01, losing 2âÂÂ0 to Tring Athletic on both occasions. After a fifth-placed finish in 2017âÂÂ18 they were promoted to Division One South of the Eastern Counties League. They reached the final of the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy in 2019âÂÂ20, but the final was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the club were jointly awarded the trophy with their opponents Oxhey Jets. In 2022âÂÂ23 the club finished third in the division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they were beaten 2âÂÂ0 by Sporting Bengal United in the semi-finals.
In 2023âÂÂ24 Wormley were runners-up in Division One South, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Clapton Community 3âÂÂ2 in the semi-finals, they defeated Dunmow Town 2âÂÂ1 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League. The following season saw them finish fifth in the Premier Division, going on to beat Tring Athletic 2âÂÂ1 in the play-off semi-finals, before losing the final against Maccabi London Lions on penalties.
The original club played at Nursery Lane in neighbouring Turnford, where land had been donated by Joseph Rochford & Sons, a local horticultural company. In 1954 they relocated to the Wormley Playing Fields. Railing was installed around the pitch in 1990 and floodlights installed in 1994. In 2020 a 75-seat stand was built, with an existing standing area relocated to the Hedge End.