Tooting & Mitcham United
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| Full name | Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Terrors |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Ground | Imperial Fields, Morden, London |
| Capacity | 3,500 (612 seated) |
| Chairman | Steve Adkins |
| Manager | Frank Wilson |
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | Isthmian League South Division, 1st of 24 (promoted) |
Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the London Borough of Merton. They are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Imperial Fields in Morden. Their nickname is the Terrors or occasionally Stripes or the "Jail birds" , in reference to their kit that resembles that of an old fashioned prison uniform.
In 1932, Tooting FC (founded 1887) and Mitcham Wanderers FC (founded 1912) quite literally united to become the modern club representing the two areas. Their merger had been mooted for two years previously, but it was only after it became clear that the area couldn't host two competitive teams that anything happened to advance it. Originally playing in white shirts, in 1956 the broad black and white stripes were adopted.
The club has reached the FA Cup proper on 10 occasions, the last time being the 2009–10 season. It has also won the Isthmian League twice, in 1958 and 1960. Other honours include the Surrey Senior Cup and the London Senior Cup which the club has won six times.
Perhaps the most famous FA Cup run was in 1959, when the club reached the third round; drawn at home to First Division Nottingham Forest, on a frozen pitch they went into a 2-goal lead with goals from Grainger and Murphy before Forest fought back with the aid of a Murphy own goal and a penalty. Forest won the replay 3–0 in front of a crowd of 42,362 and went on to win the trophy that year. A British Pathe newsreel features this game.
Alex Stepney, who was born in Mitcham in 1942, joined the club in 1961. In 1963 he signed for Millwall and later played for Chelsea, Manchester United and England. Dario Gradi, who spent more than twenty four years as manager of Crewe Alexandra, briefly played for the club in the 1960s.
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