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Eastleigh
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Full name Eastleigh Football Club
Nickname(s) The Spitfires
Founded 1946; 66 years ago (1946)
as Swaythling Athletic
Ground Silverlake Stadium, Eastleigh
(Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman Paul Murray
Manager Ian Baird
League Conference South
2010–11 Conference South, 8th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Eastleigh Football Club is an English professional football club based in Eastleigh, Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Silverlake Stadium.

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[edit] History

The club was formerly known as Swaythling Athletic, which then changed to Swaythling. In 1950 they joined Hampshire League, and in 1980 were renamed Eastleigh. In 1986 they were accepted as one of the founding members of the Wessex League. In 2002–03 they won the league and were promoted to Division One East of the Southern League. After finishing fourth in their first season, the club were promoted due to the formation of the Conference North and South taking clubs from the division above, and were transferred into the Premier Division of the Isthmian League.

The club finished third in its first season in the Premier Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Braintree Town 2–0 in the semi-final, they were promoted to the Conference South after a 1–0 victory over Leyton in the final. In 2008–09 they finished third, but lost to Hayes & Yeading United in the play-off semi-finals.

The ownership of the club changed in late 2011. On 26 November 2011, following a meeting of the Board, it was announced that an offer for the majority shareholding of the club from Bridle Insurance Limited had been recommended for acceptance by the current shareholders, who were the primary sponsor of Oxford United.[1] The company, based in Witney, Oxfordshire, is known for providing financial backing to Glen Hoddle's football academies. Chief executive Stewart Donald and chief operations officer Neil Fox would both come on to the Eastleigh board as directors, with Paul Murray remaining as chairman. Part of Bridle's 5 year plan for the club is to get the ground up to league standard, by looking at financing a 7,500 all-seater stadium, and to get the club into the football league.[2]

The takeover by Bridle Insurance was eventually confirmed, when the club announced the company had acquired the club's shares on 1st February 2012.[3] Later, on 9th February, Director of Football Dave Malone, who joined the club in May 2006, stood down from his post, in order to allow the new owners to take the club forward in the manner they see fit.[4]

[edit] Stadium

The club have played at the Silverlake Stadium since 1957. Previously known as Ten Acres and later the Sparshatts Stadium, it has a capacity of 3,000. The 371–seat Grandstand is on the halfway line and stretches for just under a third of the pitch. To the sides of this is uncovered hard pitchside standing. To the right of this, behind the goal is the Silverlake Stand. In 2006, the roof was widened to cover the whole length of the stand, and 150 seats were added to the middle. Like the Grandstand, there is hard standing to each side. Opposite the grandstand is the Premier Telecom stand. Until 2006, this was just hard standing backing into a hedge. During the summer of 2006, a metal back and roof were added, along with an electronic scoreboard on the roof. Opposite the Silverlake Stand, behind the other goal is the Clubhouse End.

The ground's record attendance is 3,191 for a friendly match against Southampton in July 2007, whilst the record for a league match is 2,283, which was set on 28 March 2009, against AFC Wimbledon.

[edit] Former players

Amongst the players who have played for Eastleigh and went on to play in The Football League are:

[edit] Current squad

As of 29 February 2012[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Gareth Barfoot
England GK Jack Dovey (on loan from Southampton)
England GK Andrew Smallpiece
England DF Andy Forbes
England DF Michael Green
Scotland DF Tom Jordan (Captain)
England DF Jack Vallis
England DF Ben Wilson
England DF Mitchell Nelson
England DF Gary Elphick
Canada MF Phil Appiah
England MF Jamie Brown
No. Position Player
England MF Jordace Holder-Spooner
England MF Scott Rogers
England MF Damian Scannell
England MF Liam Hibberd
England MF Danny Smith
England MF Shaun Wilkinson
Republic of Ireland MF Daryl McMahon
England FW Jamie Slabber
Grenada FW Bradley Bubb (on loan from Aldershot Town) [6]
England FW Chris Flood
England FW Sam Wilson
England FW Lee Phillips

[edit] On Loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England MF Adam Cashin-Murray (on loan at Fleet Town)
England MF Ian Herring (on loan at Chippenham Town) [7]
England FW Richard Gillespie (on loan at Bashley)

[edit] Non-playing staff

According to Club website[8]
  • Chairman Paul Murray
  • Vice-Chairmen Stuart Deas, Alan Harding, Allen Prebble
  • Managing Director David Malone
  • Directors Mike Andrews, Derik Brooks, Steve Brookwell, Mick Budny, John Dunn, Mick Geddes, Peter McIntosh OBE, John Russell, Russell Vaughan, Pete Vickery, Andrew White, Alan Williams
  • Company Secretary Alan Williams
  • Life President Derik Brooks
  • Club Chairman Mick Geddes
  • Club Vice Chairman Mike Denning
  • Team Manager Ian Baird
  • Player/Coach Shaun Wilkinson
  • Director of Football David Malone
  • Reserve Team Manager Darren Waterman
  • Physiotherapist & Treatment of Injuries Andy Cook
  • Chief Scout Steve Beck

[edit] Noteable Managers

Name Nationality From To P W D L Win%[9] Honours
Trevor Parker  England TBC November 2001[10] TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
John Diaper (Caretaker Manager)  England November 2001[11] 1 May 2002 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
Paul Doswell  England 1 May 2002[12] 4 December 2006[13] TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
Jason Dodd  England 4 December 2006[14] 9 July 2007 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
David Hughes  England 9 July 2007 3 October 2007 11 TBC TBC TBC TBC
Ian Baird  England 3 October 2007 Present 236 TBC TBC TBC TBC
As of 15:09, 04 March 2012

[edit] League and Cup History

Season
 League Contested Level
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 League Position
 Avg. Home
Attendance1
 FA Cup
 FA Trophy
 Leading scorer
2003–04 Southern Football League Eastern Division 8 42 27 4 11 88 40 +48 82 4th of 22
Promoted [15]		 252[16] PR[17] R2[18] TBC
2004–05 Isthmian League Premier Division 7 42 22 13 7 84 49 +35 79 3rd of 22
Promoted [19]		 338[20] 3Q[21] R1[22] TBC
2005–06 Conference South 6 42 21 3 18 65 58 +7 66 8th of 22[23] 416[24] 2Q[25] 3Q[26] TBC
2006–07 Conference South 6 42 11 15 16 48 53 -5 48 15th of 22[27] 710[28] 3Q 3Q[29] Andy Forbes 24 (League)[30]
2007–08 Conference South 6 42 19 10 13 76 62 +14 67 6th of 22[31] 710[32] 4Q R2 Andy Forbes 26 (League)[30]
2008–09 Conference South 6 42 25 8 9 69 49 +20 83 3rd of 22
Playoffs Semi final		 723[33] 3Q 3Q Tony Taggart 15 (League)[30]
2009–10 Conference South 6 42 17 9 16 71 66 +5 60 11th of 22 543[33] R1 3Q Richard Gillespie 18 (League)[30]
2010–11 Conference South 6 42 22 6 14 74 53 +21 72 8th of 22 537[34] 4Q R3 Jamie Slabber 25 (League)[30]
2011–12 Conference South 6 32 13 6 13 46 45 +1 45 9th of 22 557[35] 3Q 3Q Jamie Slabber 10

Last Updated: 15:11, 04 March 2012

Q = Qualifying Round; R = Round Proper; P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;

[edit] Club Records

  • Top Goalscorer - Andy Forbes - 145[36]

[edit] Honours

  • Wessex League
    • Premier Division champions 2002–03
  • Hampshire League
    • Division Two champions 1967–70
    • Division Three champions 1950–51, 1953–54
  • Southampton Senior League (West)
    • Champions 1949–50
  • Russell Cotes Cup
    • Winners 2005
  • Hampshire Intermediate Cup
    • Winners 1951
  • Hampshire Midweek Floodlit Cup
    • Winners 1979

[edit] References

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  2. ^ "Eastleigh Set For Investment From Bridle Insurance". Eastleigh FC. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2011/11/eastleigh-set-for-investment-from.html. Retrieved 30 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Spitfires Take The Bridle Path". Eastleigh FC. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/02/spitfires-take-bridle-path.html. Retrieved 1 February 2012. 
  4. ^ "Thank You EDOF". Eastleigh FC. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/02/thank-you-edof.html. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
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  6. ^ "Bubb In On Loan". Eastleigh FC. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/01/bubb-in-on-loan.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
  7. ^ "Baird is Hampshire's Mancini". Eastleigh FC. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/01/baird-is-hampshires-mancini.html. Retrieved 28 January 2012. 
  8. ^ "Directors & Officers". Eastleigh F.C.. http://www.eastleigh-fc.co.uk/directors-officers. Retrieved 19 June 2010. 
  9. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
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  18. ^ "Eastleigh FA Trophy History". FCHD. 2004. http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/EASTLEIG.HTM. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
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  21. ^ "FA Cup 2004–05 Qualifying Round Results". The FA. 2011. http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
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  34. ^ "Conference South Attendances 2009–10 and 2010–11". Mike Avery. 2011. http://www.mikeavery.co.uk/AllTeamAttendance2011Average.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
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  36. ^ "Salisbury City v Eastleigh - Match preview". Eastleigh FC. 26 February 2012. http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/02/salisbury-city-v-eastleigh-match.html. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 

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