Marc James Warren White (born 1 October 1973) is an English businessman who is best known for being founder, owner, chairman, former player and football manager of National League club Dorking Wanderers.
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| Born | 1 October 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Founder/ Owner / Chairman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Board member of | Dorking Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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White founded Dorking Wanderers with friends in 1999 as an amateur park divisional team and initially played for the team, as well as running the club he went on to become first team manager. White has overseen 12 promotions in 23 years and has seen the club move from the seventeenth-tier of English football to the fifth.
Football career
editWhite founded Dorking Wanderers in 1999 along with Mark Lewington, Ian Davidson, Lee Spickett and Penny Gregg. The club were founded in Division 5 of the Crawley & District Football League.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He helped Dorking Wanderers achieve 12 promotions within 23 seasons from the English seventeenth tier to the English fifth tier.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] They were relegated from the National League at the end of the 2023–24 season.[14]
In 2020 Dorking Wanderers became one of the main subjects of the non-league football channel, Bunch of Amateurs.[15]
Personal life
editWhite made his name as a banker in the City of London before starting a successful marketing business. Growing up as a Wimbledon fan, White became frustrated with the destruction of his club and decided to start his own team instead of watching, founding Dorking Wanderers in 1999.[1]
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Win % | ||||
| Dorking Wanderers |  England
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2007 | Present | 632 | 324 | 118 | 191 | 1,301 | 933 | +368 | 51.27 |
| Total | 632 | 324 | 118 | 191 | 1,301 | 933 | +368 | 51.27 | |||
- As of 20 April 2024
References
edit- ^ a b Yaffe, Simon (8 August 2022). "'It started as a social thing' - Dorking Wanderers manager, owner & chairman Marc White on rise to National League". BBC Sport.
- ^ McVeigh, Niall (11 October 2019). "'Real-life Championship Manager': the incredible rise of Dorking Wanderers". The Guardian. theguardian.com.
- ^ "A football fairytale". swlondoner.shorthandstories.com.
- ^ O'Connor, Robert (5 August 2022). "Meet the tiny Surrey park team about to make their National League debut after 12 promotions in 20 seasons". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023.
- ^ "The rise of Dorking Wanderers – from the very bottom to the top of the non-league pyramid". backpagefootball.com. 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Capturing every step of non-league Dorking's meteoric rise". insidecroydon.com. 28 May 2022.
- ^ Harris, Jay (6 August 2023). "Dorking Wanderers: 12 promotions in 23 years – and not done yet". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022.
- ^ Youlton, Clive (14 February 2019). "Dorking Wanderers manager Marc White says 'we're on the dream ticket'". Surrey Live.
- ^ "Dorking Not Ready To End The Elevation". thenationalleague.org.uk.
- ^ Youlton, Clive (10 August 2021). "Dorking Wanderers boss Marc White rejects 'big investment' talk and insists, 'we are just quite good at winning'". InYourArea.
- ^ "Meet the owner and manager Dorking Wanderers; a real life Football Manager project". joe.co.uk. 19 October 2019.
- ^ Coleman, Tom (5 September 2022). "Football manager's foul-mouthed interview leaves viewers stunned after Wrexham defeat". Wales Online.
- ^ Seymour, Jenny (4 November 2022). "Dorking Wanderers' boss explains bid to buy stadium as Surrey FA left in 'shock' by the news". Surrey Live.
- ^ "Rochdale 1–1 Dorking Wanderers". BBC Sport. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3480281/2022/08/06/dorking-wanderers-national-league/