Why Save the Moles??

Your Local Community Club Molesey Football Club has been part of the Molesey community for over 100 years – 60 years at our present ground. We run five teams, including our semi-pros and an under 13s team, but there is a lot more to the Moles than football. Always a family club, our facilities are used by many local groups from schools to the community church. The Clubhouse offers many leisure activities including a pool competition and darts league and we have lots of well attended social events and live music entertainment evenings. The Moles are active participants in Molesey Carnival and we support several charities including Shooting Stars and McMillan Nurses.

Partnership Deal

Despite our long history and important role in the local community, MFC has had a number of financial difficulties in recent years. The Club is now under new management and with the help of Supporters Direct we are reconstituting ourselves to protect our future. But we are carrying a heavy burden of debt and we must find a plan that will save our great local club and give it a sustainable future so we may remain a key part of the Molesey community.

Our partnership with local house builder, Rushmon Homes, is now our best (and indeed only) hope to save the club. Our creditors are closing in and threatening court action which would bankrupt the Club and force the whole ground to be sold at auction. Rushmon has entered into a partnership deal with the Club whereby they will pay us the uplift value of the land with planning permission. This will generate sufficient money to wipe out the Club’s debts once and for all; make some significant improvements to the ground, like new floodlights; and ensure a sustainable future for this important community asset. For further information about Rushmon Homes please visit www.rushmonhomes.co.uk

It’s our community and this Club has been here for very many years, we hope you will want to help secure and shape our future for many more years yet to come. It would be a tragedy if our Club had to close and the ground lost to the community forever. We hope you agree and will want to get involved.

Brief Timeline

1892 – Dr James Jenkinson Knox founded Hampton Court and East Molesey Football Club

1896 – Club name changes to The Molesey Football Club

1900 – Club enters the Kingston & District League

1901-1910 – various Molesey club emerge – Molesey Athletic, Molesey St Mary’s and later Molesey St. Pauls and Molesey Rangers

1919 – Molesey St. Pauls change name to Molesey FC

1921 – Molesey enter senior ranks and play in the Southern Suburban League Division 1

1939 – Club wins Premier Division of the Kingston & District League

1953 – Club confirms senior football status and moves to present ground at Walton Road