Farnham away would be a great game. 
Been following their progress as my brother in law played up top for them last season scoring 22 goals. Hugo the owner has invested heavily in the ground, team and social media side of things. They’ll be a step 2 team in no time 

I remember going there during lockdown to watch Dorking 'B' when Farnham were step 6. They were the only really serious club in the division and with their ground in such a fab location off the High Street (a bit like Dorking) I thought the potential was there. Hugo arriving was a godsend and gives them the opportunity to really capitalise and get up the leagues.

Step 3 is almost nailed on. Whether they then push on for step 2 is debatable - will their crowds grow sufficiently for them to ever be sustainable at step 2 (their ground is quite tight and 3 sided)?

Speaking to my bro in law when he was there, he said Hugo is wanting to emulate what Dorking have done. He’s young and a multi millionaire so the funds are there and he’s been ruthless with the squad when he got promoted this year. 
Crowd wise, aren’t they getting just shy of 700/800, so with Farnham being a big catchment area, they could easily pull in over a 1000 as they progress .

Their last 3 home attendances were 889, 724, 629

Their average for the season is just over 500 per home game

For step 4 that is very healthy (much better than Merstham or Leatherhead for example) 

They do need to keep growing their support though

One thing they are doing that Dorking didn't is that they do the ground improvements for their step the year BEFORE they go up, so they don't have the mad panic of the March deadline

The one thing I would say though if they want to emulate Dorking is don't rush it. Take 2 or 3 years per step. Consolidate first for a year or two. The club needs to grow home AND away support numbers.

No point being in National League South and having 30 fans at many away games, like we did in our first NLS season 19/20

Good players want to play where there is decent support, where fans sing their name at games, not where the atmosphere is like a funeral

@dorking-eagle Yes I like what they're doing and have a lot of time for them - but - big difference between DWFC and Farnham is they have money - lots of it - and are not afraid to spend it, on players wages, player signings and of course the ground.

Big potential tho - town is a decent size, and the catchment is big too. I'd imagine they'll pinch some fans from the Shots too, in time.

After a couple of seasons where the B team have represented DWFC in this competition it looks like a strengthened side is likely - Josh Taylor, Dan Pybus and Rhys Murphy all look likely to feature

Wonder if Marc will be manager for the night?

Randall and Macca appeared for the B team yesterday, so perhaps they will appear again against Lingfield?

Thinking of going to this one - see some returning first teamers and good to get a view of the B team too. 

Marc WILL be manager for the night. Superb chance for Ollie Rawlins to catch his eye and push for the fringes of the 1st team!

Rawlins goalscoring feats so far:

Wanderers B | 22 goals in 19 games

NL Academy South U19 | 9 goals in 7 games

FA Youth Cup | 3 goals in 2 games

TOTAL = 34 Goals!!

Not going to bother doing a main thread for it but will do a prediction here instead. Marc said that Josh Taylor, Dan Pybus and Niall McManus will not make the game which is a shame.

Predictions:

Dorking 9-2 Lingfield (Rawlins x 3, Randall x 2, Briggs, Bejashvili, Murphy, McShane)

402 att.

Very tough to predict a line-up!

                           Foulkes (either H or M)

        Francomb        Richardson     Norville-Williams

Briggs             Myles            Wooster               Randall

                               McShane

                    Alexandrou        Rawlins

Subs: Cahusac, Gallagher, Bejashvili, Todman, Murphy, etc

It sounds to me like it's mostly a B team, with Murphy getting a small amount of time, maybe the last 20 mins? Considering our B team are step 6, and Lingfield are step 5, any win will do, I'll say 3-2

And an attendance of about 150 as it's flipping cold at the moment!

@dorking-eagle I think it will be a few more first teamers as there are a few that need minutes and we had no game on Saturday. 

Randall played the B Team game last week so I expect him to feature and Marc confirmed McShane will play. The likes of Alexandrou, Briggs, Francomb, JNW have not played regularly recently so we may see them get minutes.

Lingfield lost 7-0 at home to Roffey the other week and our B Team were good against Roffey last season when they were in the same league... 

That's positive Tom, thanks. I'l deffo be bringing a blanket and flask lol 

Decent final result considering the team was a real mixture of players. Murphy is class, just hope he can stay fit now to play half an hour each first team game as he would be the icing on the cake for us in NLS games

Farnham away ole ole