Ware first team currently play in Division One (Central) of the Southern League, one of the divisions at Step 4 of the National League System for clubs outside of the Football League. They have enjoyed recent success at this level, reaching the promotion play-offs in three consecutive years with the expectation that they will continue to enjoy this level of success.
There is approximately a twenty-man squad. Games are generally played on Saturdays and sometimes Tuesdays. Training normally takes place on free Tuesdays and Thursdays.
In addition to the team manager the squad is supported by an assistant manager, coaches and a physio.
Pen pictures of the current squad can be found at the foot of this page.
| Friendly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue |
| 07 Jul 2026 | Ware | 1 - 3 | Berkhamsted | Wodson Park |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Ware | 2 - 4 | Hendon | Wodson Park |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Ware | 1 - 1 | Cheshunt | Wodson Park |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Hoddesdon Town | 1 - 2 | Ware | Broxbourne School |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Takeley | 2 - 2 | Ware | Station Road Takeley |
| 08 Aug 2026 | Biggleswade Town | TBD | Ware | The Carlsberg Stadium |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Ware | TBD | Haringey Borough | Wodson Park |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Thame United | TBD | Ware | Meadow View Park |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Ware | TBD | Brightlingsea Regent | Wodson Park |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Ware | TBD | Welwyn Garden City | Wodson Park |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Ware | TBD | London Lions | Wodson Park |
| 19 Sep 2026 | Winslow United | TBD | Ware | TBC |
| 26 Sep 2026 | Ware | TBD | Didcot Town | Wodson Park |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Leverstock Green | TBD | Ware | Pancake Lane |
| 03 Oct 2026 | Milton Keynes Irish | TBD | Ware | TBC |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Ware | TBD | Hadley | Wodson Park |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Royston Town | TBD | Ware | Garden Walk |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Ware | TBD | Marlow | Wodson Park |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Ware | TBD | Stotfold | Wodson Park |
| 24 Oct 2026 | Hertford Town | TBD | Ware | Hertingfordbury Park |
| 28 Oct 2026 | London Lions | TBD | Ware | TBC |
| 31 Oct 2026 | Ware | TBD | Aylesbury United | Wodson Park |
| 07 Nov 2026 | Biggleswade | TBD | Ware | The Eyrie (Bedford Town FC) |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Ware | TBD | Leverstock Green | Wodson Park |
| 14 Nov 2026 | Ware | TBD | Waltham Abbey | Wodson Park |
| 21 Nov 2026 | Flackwell Heath | TBD | Ware | Wilks Park |
| 28 Nov 2026 | Didcot Town | TBD | Ware | Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium |
| 05 Dec 2026 | Ware | TBD | Winslow United | Wodson Park |
| 12 Dec 2026 | Ware | TBD | Beaconsfield Town | Wodson Park |
| 19 Dec 2026 | Barton Rovers | TBD | Ware | The Winton Haulage Stadium |
| 26 Dec 2026 | Ware | TBD | Potters Bar Town | Wodson Park |
| 02 Jan 2027 | Welwyn Garden City | TBD | Ware | Herns Way |
| 09 Jan 2027 | Ware | TBD | Flackwell Heath | Wodson Park |
| 16 Jan 2027 | Waltham Abbey | TBD | Ware | Capershotts |
| 23 Jan 2027 | Ware | TBD | Royston Town | Wodson Park |
| 30 Jan 2027 | Marlow | TBD | Ware | Alfred Davis Ground |
| 06 Feb 2027 | Ware | TBD | Hertford Town | Wodson Park |
| 13 Feb 2027 | Stotfold | TBD | Ware | The JSJ Stadium |
| 20 Feb 2027 | Haringey Borough | TBD | Ware | Coles Park |
| 27 Feb 2027 | Ware | TBD | Biggleswade Town | Wodson Park |
| 06 Mar 2027 | Aylesbury United | TBD | Ware | The Meadow (Chesham United FC) |
| 13 Mar 2027 | Ware | TBD | Biggleswade | Wodson Park |
| 20 Mar 2027 | Beaconsfield Town | TBD | Ware | Holloways Park |
| 26 Mar 2027 | Ware | TBD | Thame United | Wodson Park |
| 29 Mar 2027 | Potters Bar Town | TBD | Ware | The Lantern Stadium |
| 03 Apr 2027 | Ware | TBD | Barton Rovers | Wodson Park |
| 10 Apr 2027 | Ware | TBD | Milton Keynes Irish | Wodson Park |
| 17 Apr 2027 | Hadley | TBD | Ware | Brickfield Lane |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aylesbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Barton Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Beaconsfield Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Biggleswade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Biggleswade Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Didcot Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Flackwell Heath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hadley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Haringey Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hertford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Leverstock Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | London Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Milton Keynes Irish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Potters Bar Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Royston Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Stotfold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Thame United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Waltham Abbey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Welwyn Garden City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Winslow United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Legacy numbers show a player’s debut in relation to those who preceded them into the first team. The eleven players who took part in our first game in 1892 will each have a legacy number of 1. Subsequent players, starting at 12, will have numbers as appropriate.
Striker. Despite only joining Ware after the start of the 2025/6 season Reece went on to make forty appearances for the club, several as captain, and scored 24 league goals to finish as our leading scorer. He has played for several clubs including Woking and Kingstonian though his longest stays have been at Cheshunt and Wingate & Finchley. We are hoping he will continue to make his mark at Ware.
Goal keeper. Having originally joined from then Step 3 Hendon for the 2022/3 season Fred made 137 appearances for Ware up to the start of the current campaign. He played in every match of his debut season though injuries interrupted his run in the next two. After a break he returned to Ware in January 2026.
Midfielder. Khale is in his second spell for Ware. Having left at the end of the 2015/6 season after making 109 apperances and scoring twelve goals he played for a number of clubs in Kent as well as Enfield Town and most recently Cheshunt. Always a skilful player he is welcomed back to Ware in anticipation of another good season.
Midfielder. Rechan is a product of Ware’s youth teams. He made his first team debut in August 2021, scoring in the 5-1 league win over Kidlington. After two seasons away he returned to Ware at the start of last season and has now amassed 104 appearances and has scored fourteen, often spectacular, goals.
Midfielder. Max made his debut on August 10th 2024 against Thame United having previously been a member of the Stevenage academy. He had a good season and the club was pleased to retain him for 2025/6. Unfortunately he had an injury interrupted season and will hope for better fortune in the current campaign which he starts with 80 appearances and one goal.
Team captain and central defender. Debut in January 2024 and soon showed himself to be a fine player. Two significant periods of injury in 2025/6 limited his appearances but he has still achieved a total of 60 games for the club along with four goals. We hope for an injury free season and making it to one hundred appearances this time round.
Forward. Josh joined Ware just before Christmas in 2025, making his debut in the home game against London Lions. He went on to make 17 appearances and score four goals by the season’s end. Potters Bar figure largely in his CV but he has also played for Billericay and Wealdstone amongst others.
Defender. Myles started at Enfield Town in 2019 before leaving for sides at Step 5. 2024/5 saw him make 44 appearances for the other Enfield at Step 4. He played against Ware in both league matches scoring in our 1-1 away draw. Myles was captain of Woodford Town in the Essex Senior League last season.
Wide midfield. Sam debuted in the Herts Charity Cup match at Cheshunt at the start of the 2024/5 season and soon became a fixture in the side offering good running down the wing and the ability to cut in and score when the chance arose. By the end of the 2025/6 season he had made 71 appearances and scored 18 goals.
Wide midfielder. Skilful going forward and committed to tackling back, Theo is tenacious and not easily robbed of the ball. He scored on his debut in November 2022’s 2-0 league win over Berkhamsted. Since then he has accumulated 116 appearances and 52 goals before the start of 2026/7.
Defender. Another ever present in Ware’s back four Josh arrived from Enfield Town for the 2024/5 season. He made his debut in the season’s opener on August 10th against Thame United, a 2-3 home defeat. Since then he has made 83 appearances and scored three goals, one of which was the late, late goal in the 5-4 home victory over Stotfold.
Defender. Jay made his debut on 12th October 2024 in the 1-1 home draw with Beaconsfield Town since when he has become a trusted member of Paul Halsey’s defence. He hadn’t scored until contributing to April 2026’s win over Flackwell Heath but he did it again three days later in the game at Biggleswade. Jay starts 2026/7 on 62 appearances.
Midfielder and assistant manager. Leigh may well be concentrating on his management duties this season but is still likely to improve on his 214 appearances and maybe too his 55 goals. He made his debut in the 3-1 league defeat at Cheshunt on New Year’s Day in 2011. Leigh is a survivor of our two more recent play-off finals.
Midfielder. Gucci seems to have dropped the Osekanongo part of his surname this season which is a help to reporters. He played his first game for the club in November 2024, coming on as a substitute in the 4-0 league win over North Leigh. He scored his first goal in the next game, a 3-2 win at Kings Langley. He starts the current season on 54 appearances and 12 goals.
Midfielder. Jack made his debut in the 1-0 win at Flackwell Heath on December 6th, 2025. He had played against us for Enfield earlier in the season and went on to complete 21 appearances for Ware before the end of the season.
Forward. A member of last season’s under-18 side Leon made his only appearance from the subs bench in the home victory over MK Irish on 29th November 2025.
Full back. Finlay made an immediate impact from his first game at Bedfont Sports in September 2020. Such an impact that he was soon tempted away to Royston having scored one goal in the 6-1 win over Harlow, our final game of a covid disrupted season. He returned via Potters Bar during the 2025/6 season by the end of which he had made 33 appearances.
Midfielder. Herbie, a former member of the Ware youth system returned to the club from Hertford in 2025/6 and soon became seemingly indispensible. Unfortunately a shoulder injury dogged him for much of the season and he eventually took time off for surgery. Now recovered, he looks forward to better times this season and adding to his 19 appearances and one goal.
Full back. Gabe is another former Ware youth member though he arrived in the first team on loan from St Albans City. He made his debut on 29th November in the 3-0 win over Milton Keynes Irish and completed 14 appearances up to the end of 2025/6.
Central defence. A product of the Colchester United youth system, Anthony graduated to make 177 appearances in the first team before moving on to Ipswich Town. His career has since taken in a number of clubs including Chelmsford City for whom he played against Ware in the 3-3 FA Cup draw of 2023 and one game for Cheshunt in which he lined up alongside Reece Beckles-Richards.
