Home ground: Victoria Recreation Ground, Balaclava Road, Surbiton, Surrey. Map

Training: From 6.30pm on Tuesdays at Victoria Recreation Ground (see above).

We also hold winter training (dates to follow) on astroturf. The location for Season 2008/2009 is yet to be confirmed.

1st team strip: Home - royal blue shirts, royal blue shorts, royal blue socks. Away - white shirts, black sleeves, black shorts, white socks.

Sponsors: The Black Lion, Surbiton (pictured below) and Unwind Software.

For further information contact: Neil Tanna (Club Manager)

Club history: The Club was founded in 1993, originally known as Ram United and playing at the Fairfield in Kingston, we were named after the Ram pub in Kingston where most of the original players once drank. In those early days they also sponsored the team, however after a change of management of the pub and the players disillusionment at the refurbishment that took away the lovely old fireplaces we set out on our own.

After numerous political wranglings a fleeting visit to the 4th division and some management upheaval the club has been under new management since 1999 when there was a player buy-out and the name was changed to the current Darkside Football Club.

In 2004 Neil Tanna, one of the new, young, budding generation of sideline coaches, took his chair at the Black Lion with a view to bring an aging team into the noughties. In his wisdom he masterminded a mid-table 5th division finish, which led to well deserved promotion in the 2005/2006 season. Followed by a repeat the following season, which sees Darkside rise to the heights of KDFL league division 3!

With further team bonding and squad-strengthening in progress the 2007/2008 season in division three promised to be just as rewarding, if not much much harder! This it proved as Darkside had a tough Season, but battled hard at the seasons close recording two wins and a draw from their final 3 matches to secure mid-table obscurity and Division 3 football for next season and with second team plans aloft, the 2008/2009 season looks full of fun and excitement.