Paulsgrove F.C.

Paulsgrove
Full name Paulsgrove Football Club
Founded 1987
Ground Paulsgrove Social Club, Paulsgrove
Chairman Wayne Johnson
Manager Darren Robson
League Hampshire Premier League Senior Division
2015–16 Hampshire Premier League Senior Division, 13th

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 1987 and joined the Hampshire League Division Two in that year and played in that league's Division One between 1993 and 1996.[3] They are currently members of the Hampshire Premier League Senior Division.

Rich Bessey is the manager.

History

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.[4][5] They stayed for a few seasons but were relegated back to division two in 1995–96.[5] Three seasons later the club were champions of Division two in the 1998–99 season.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[3] 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.[7][8] 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.[9]

Ground

Paulsgrove play their games at Paulsgrove Social Club, Marsden Road, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth PO6 4JB.[10]

Honours

Records

References

  1. ↑ OFFICIAL LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2011–12 Hampshire Premier League
  2. ↑ "Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 PAULSGROVE at the Football Club History Database
  4. ↑ "Hampshire League 1980–1992". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Hampshire League 1992–2004". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  6. ↑ "Wessex League 1986–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  7. ↑ See Manslaughter United: a year with a prison football team Hulme, C: London, Yellow Jersey 2000 ISBN 022405175X
  8. ↑ Southern Daily Echo Saturday 13 October 2007
  9. 1 2 "Puma Engineering Hampshire Premier League – League History". Hpfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  10. ↑ "Puma Engineering Hampshire Premier League – Team Directory". Hpfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  11. ↑ "Hampshire Premier Football League". Full-time.thefa.com. Retrieved 2013-03-29.

Coordinates: 50°50′54.15″N 1°05′46.07″W / 50.8483750°N 1.0961306°W / 50.8483750; -1.0961306

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