History
The club was originally called Wigmore Athletic and were one of the founder members of Division two of the Sussex County Football League for the 1952–53 season. The first season in the league bought instant succes as they finished as Champions and gained promotion to Division one. The club then spent the next thirteen seasons in Division one during which time they won the league cup in the 1959–60 season. This period also saw teh club make their debut in the FA Cup, where they met Arundel in the Preliminary qualifying round, but were beat 4–0. At the end of the thirteen seasons in Division one the club was relegated to Division two but after two seasons were back in Division One. However the club was immediately relegated back again, and had to wait until the end of the 1973–74 campaign to get back in the top Division, when they finished as Champions of Division two. The club competed in Division one for four seasons before being relegated back to Diviosn two where they stayed until the end of the 1987–88 Campaign.
At the end of the 1987–88 campaign Wigmore Athletic were relegated to Division Three of the Sussex County league. The club then changed its name to Worthing United when they amalgamated with local side Southdown FC. The newly named club took two seasons to escape from Division Three, when they gained promotion back to Division two as Champions. The club then spent the next fourteen seasons in Division two, with the final of these fourteen seeing teh club gain promotion back in to Division one as runners-up in the 2003–04 season.
The club remained in Division one until the end of the 2008–09 campaign when they finished bottom of the divison and found themselves back in Division two. They won promotion back to Division One in the 2010–11 season under manager Dominic Di Paola.
In January 2013 Worthing United appointed Paul Curtis as their manager.
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