Paulsgrove Football Club is a football club based in the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association.[1] The club is an FA Charter Standard club.[2] The club was formed in 1964.[3] They joined the Hampshire League Division Two in 1987 and played in that league's Division One between 1993 and 1996.[4] They are currently members of the Hampshire Premier League Senior Division.
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| Full name | Paulsgrove Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Marsden Road, Paulsgrove | ||
| Chairman | Kevin Doughty | ||
| Manager | Johnny Willett | ||
| League | Hampshire Premier League Senior Division | ||
| 2022–23 | Hampshire Premier League Senior Division, 9th of 17 | ||
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History edit
In 1987–88, the club joined the Hampshire League in division Two, five seasons later they gained promotion to division one in the 1992–93 season.[5][6] They stayed for a few seasons but were relegated back to division two in 1995–96.[6] Three seasons later, the club were champions of Division two in the 1998–99 season.[6] However, instead of being promoted the club remained in the second tier, now named Division one, of The Hampshire League after it was re-organised for the 1999–2000 season.[6] In 2004–05! they then left the Hampshire league to join the newly formed Division three of the Wessex league, two seasons later this division was renamed division two.[7]
At the end of the 2006–07 season, Paulsgrove left the Wessex league to become one of the founding members of the Hampshire Premier League.[4] In October 2007. the club gained a bye in the Hampshire Cup under somewhat unusual circumstances: drawn at home to play Kingston Arrows (a side composed entirely of long-stay prisoners), their opponents were unable to fulfil the fixture.[8][9] The club continue to play in the Hampshire Premier league and during their period in the league have won the senior league cup once in the 2008–09 season.[10]
The 2017–18 seasons saw the club win the Hampshire Premier league senior division and the Hampshire intermediate cup.[11]
Ground edit
Paulsgrove play their games at Paulsgrove Social Club, Marsden Road, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth PO6 4JB.[12]
Honours edit
- Wessex League Division Three[4]
- Winners: 2005–06
- Hampshire League Division Two [4]
- Winners: 1998–99
- Hampshire Premier League senior division
- Winners 2017-2018
- PEHPFL Senior Cup[10][13]
- Winners: 2008–09
- Runners-up: 2009–10, 2011–12
- Hampshire Combination and Development League East Division
- Winners 2021-22
Records edit
- Highest League Position[4]
- 8th in Wessex league Division Two: 2006–07
References edit
- ^ OFFICIAL LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2011–12 Hampshire Premier League
- ^ "Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Thugs leave football club on the brink of closure". The News. Portsmouth. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e PAULSGROVE at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "Hampshire League 1980–1992". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Hampshire League 1992–2004". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Wessex League 1986–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ See Manslaughter United: a year with a prison football team Hulme, C: London, Yellow Jersey 2000 ISBN 022405175X
- ^ Southern Daily Echo Saturday 13 October 2007
- ^ a b "Puma Engineering Hampshire Premier League – League History". Hpfl.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=126818&headline=Badshot%20Lea%20confident%20after%20third-place%20Division%20One%20finish§ionIs=sport&searchyear=2018
- ^ "Puma Engineering Hampshire Premier League – Team Directory". Hpfl.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Hampshire Premier Football League". Full-time.thefa.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.