Wragby has a rich sporting history, with the football club often central to that.
While there hasn’t always been both a men’s team and a youth team at the same time, there has been football of some description in the village for over 125 years.
The earliest record of a team in the area was from the Lincolnshire Echo, dated August 1901. Called ‘Wragby and District’ the team played a home game, with names such as Wattam and Thorne still familiar in the village today.
The earliest photo of the team appeared in the 2007 book Where Five Roads Meet. It was from 1907, and at the time, it was believed that was when football first started in the village. However, this is not the case.
Always wearing a trademark black and white kit, they won the North Lincoln Village Football League in 1922/23, the club’s first honours.
They entered the Village Trophy in 1919, now known as the Kelly Read Trophy, which they won for the first time in 1982/83, drawing 3-3 with Woodhall Spa, and winning the replay on The Wong at Horncastle. That was a particularly successful season for the club as they also finished third in the Lincoln League.
The club has been defined by many families over the years, with names such as Bratton, Ward, King, Laming, Blackburn, Hutchinson, Wright, Reeson, Lowman, Lomas, Skepper and Spittles synonymous with the club at various times.
As of the 2024/25 season, there is no men’s team, only a thriving youth setup. The men’s team did go out with a bang, winning the Jock Mitchell Trophy at Sincil Bank.
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