Marc James Warren White (born 1 October 1973) is an English businessman who is best known for being founder, owner, chairman, former player and football manager of National League club Dorking Wanderers.
White founded Dorking Wanderers with friends in 1999 as an amateur park divisional team and initially played for the team, as well as running the club he went on to become first team manager. White has overseen 12 promotions in 23 years and has seen the club move from the seventeenth-tier of English football to the fifth.
Football career
White founded Dorking Wanderers in 1999 along with Mark Lewington, Ian Davidson, Lee Spickett and Penny Gregg. The club were founded in Division 5 of the Crawley & District Football League.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He helped Dorking Wanderers achieve 12 promotions within 23 seasons from the English seventeenth tier to the English fifth tier.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] They were relegated from the National League at the end of the 2023–24 season.[14]
In 2020 Dorking Wanderers became one of the main subjects of the non-league football channel, Bunch of Amateurs.[15]
Personal life
White made his name as a banker in the City of London before starting a successful marketing business. Growing up as a Wimbledon fan, White became frustrated with the destruction of his club and decided to start his own team instead of watching, founding Dorking Wanderers in 1999.[1]
