Hamble Aerostructures Sports & Social Club F.C.
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| Full name | Hamble Aerostructures Sports & Social Club Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Planemakers | ||
| Founded | 1938 (as Folland Aircraft) [1] | ||
| Ground | Folland Park, Hamble-le-Rice [1] (Capacity: ?) |
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| Chairman | Jenny Heddington [1] | ||
| Manager | Danny Bowers [1] | ||
| League | Wessex League Division One | ||
| 2008-09 | Wessex League Premier Division, 21st (Relegated) | ||
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Hamble Aerostructures Sports & Social Club F.C. or Hamble ASSC F.C. is a football club based in Hamble-le-Rice, near Southampton, England. They joined the Wessex League in 1987. They are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division.
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[edit] History
Hamble ASSC Football Club started its inaugural season in 1938 as Folland Aircraft FC and had a flurry of successes during the war years when players from Pompey and Saints worked in the factory, winning the Hampshire Senior Cup in 1941.
1942 proved to be an exceptional year, winning the Hampshire League, Hampshire Senior Cup and the Russell Cotes Cup.
Subsequently and up to the seventies the club were known as Folland Sports FC and experienced mixed fortunes, drifting between County and local football, collecting along the way minor trophy’s on the odd occasion.
In 1979/80 fortunes again began to smile on the club as the Hampshire League div 4 title and Hampshire Intermediate Cup double was achieved.
The following season the club won the Hampshire League div 3 title and for the years that followed consolidation in the second division was the club’s main priority.
With steady progress more honours were achieved in 1984/5 when the Southampton Senior Cup was won in a thrilling final, defeating Awbridge, and played at the Dell.
The same season saw the Reserves winning the Southampton Premier Division title, which meant that the first team played the reserves in the Reg Mathieson Cup, won narrowly by it’s senior side.
In 1986/7 the Southampton Senior Cup win was repeated also played at The Dell defeating Sholing Sports FC.
The Reg Mathesieson Cup win was also repeated and promotion to Hampshire League division one with a creditable third place finish that season was the icing on the cake.
The club, however, leap-frogged division one by successfully applying to join the Wessex League.
During the summer of 1987, with a generous donation by the Sports and Social club and a lot of hard work by the club committee and players alike, floodlights and a pitch barrier were installed.
This enabled the club to meet the higher standards required by the Wessex League.
In 1991/92 the club went through another metamorphosis re-naming itself Aerostructures S&SC and the team reached the semi-final of the Wessex League Cup, finishing in 9th place in the League, which remains the highest finish to date.
The Reserves too were credited with success with a win over Braishfield in the final of the Southampton Senior Cup, once again played at The Dell.
In the 1997/98 season the first and last major honours as Aerostructures S&SC was with a win in the final of the Jewson Wessex League Cup over Bemerton Heath Harlequins at Ten Acres by 2 goals to 1.
The club was re-named again as Hamble ASSC FC for the 1998/99 season, which it has remained since.
The club under this name has not won any honours and has flitted between mid-table (13th in 2004), lower mid-table (16th in 2000) and dicing with relegation in 2002 and 2005.
In 2002 relegation was avoided by a last minute win in stoppage time in the final match which sent Swanage down, then at the end of the 2004/05 season the drop was avoided due to the promotion of Lymington & New Milton with just one point separating Hamble and bottom side Downton.
Danny Bowers steadied the ship after his arrival in December 2004 and managed a creditable 15th place finish in his first full season in charge.
At the start of the 2007/2008 season Paul Master the ex Totton coach took the helm. Bringing in new structure and stability in to the squad. Paul and the team are looking for a good league position this year to build upon the clubs new found momentum.
Mid way through the season Paul Masters parted company with the club and Paul Cotton took over management of the first team with Tim Middleton as his assistant.
For the 2009/10 season Danny Bowers has returned to the club in a bid to get promotion to the Wessex Premier League. Paul Cotton remains as Co-Manager alongside Danny.
[edit] Honours
Folland Aircraft
1941 Hampshire Senior Cup Winners
1941 Russell Cotes Cup Winners
1942 Hampshire League Champions
1944 Hampshire Junior 'A' Cup Winners
1945 Southampton Senior Cup Winners
Folland Sports
1962 Southampton Senior Div 2 Champions
1968 Southampton Senior Div 2 Champions
1980 Hampshire League Div 4 Champions
1980 Hampshire Intermediate Cup Winners
1981 Hampshire League Div 3 Champions
1985 Southampton Senior Cup Winners
1985 Reg Mathieson Cup Winners
1985 Southampton Premier Div Champions (Reserves)
1987 Southampton Senior Cup Winners
1987 Reg Mathieson Cup Winners
Aerostructures S & S C
1992 Southampton Senior Cup Winners (Reserves)
1994 Southampton Junior Div 6 Champions ('A'Team)
1994 So'ton Boys League U18 Champions
1994 So'ton Boys League Cup U18 Winners
1997 Southampton Junior Div 3 Champions ('A'Team)
1998 Jewson Wessex League Cup Winners
Hamble ASSC
[edit] Records
- FA Cup best performance: first qualifying round - 2006-07
- FA Vase best performance: first round proper - 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Hamble Aerostructures Sports & Social Club at the Football Club History Database
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Wessex League Division One 2009-10
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AFC Aldermaston | AFC Portchester | Amesbury Town | Andover New Street | Downton | East Cowes Victoria Athletic | Farnborough North End | Fawley | Fleet Spurs | Hamble ASSC | Horndean | Hythe & Dibden | Petersfield Town | Ringwood Town | Shaftesbury | Stockbridge | Tadley Calleva | United Services Portsmouth | Verwood Town | Warminster Town | Whitchurch United |
Coordinates: 50°51′48.86″N 1°19′47.02″W / 50.8635722°N 1.3297278°W
