History
Walton Casuals Football Club was formed in 1948 by a group of ex-servicemen and first played in Division One of the Surrey Intermediate (Central) League. The club then gained promotion to the Premier division at the end of the 1952–53 campiagn. The team joined the Surrey Senior League in 1969, the same year they moved to their current ground at Franklyn Road.
In 1971 the team switched to the Suburban League and spent the remainder of the decade ground-sharing with neighbours Hampton & Richmond Borough and Addlestone. During their time in the Suburban league the club managed to get to the final of the Surrey Premier Cup, losing to Croydon reserves in the 1987 final.
The club decided to leave the Suburban league and rejoin the football pyramid system and applied to join the Surrey County Premier League, gaining permission to play for the 1992–93 season. Two seasons later the club finished second, under manager Kim Harris, in the league and it allowed the club to gain promotion to the Combined Counties League. The 2000–01 season saw the club make their debut in the FA Cup, losing to Ashford Town of kent in their first ever game. In the 2004–05 season, under manager Spencer Collins, the Stags were Combined Counties League champions and were promoted to the Isthmian League.
They played one season in Division One before league re-organisation saw them placed in Division One South for the 2006–07 season. For the 2010–11 season the club appointed Neil Shipperley as manager. However Shipperley resigned in October and was replaced by Mick Sullivan, who had managed the club previously 9 years before. In November with the club bottom of Division One South Sullivan was sacked and replaced by Danny Carroll.
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