2014–15 England Hockey League season

The 2014–15 English Hockey League season took place from September 2014 until April 2015. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March.^[1] The end of season playoffs were held on the 18 & 19 of April. The Men's Championship was won by Wimbledon and the Women's Championship was won by Surbiton.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading^[2] and the Women's Cup was won by Surbiton.^[3]^[4]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

^[5]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	East Grinstead	18	14	2	2	77	36	41	44
2	Surbiton	18	14	2	2	70	33	37	44
3	Wimbledon	18	11	2	5	55	35	20	35
4	Beeston	18	11	1	6	50	34	16	34
5	Cannock	18	6	3	9	34	49	-15	20*
6	Reading	18	5	4	9	35	51	-16	19
7	Hampstead and Westminster	18	4	5	9	28	35	-7	17
8	Brooklands Manchester University	18	5	1	12	35	66	-31	16
9	Canterbury	18	5	0	13	44	67	-23	15
10	Southgate	18	3	4	11	22	44	-22	13

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bee	Bro	Can	Can	EG	HW	Rea	Sou	Sub	Wim
Beeston	—	7–1	3–1	6–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–4	1–3
Brooklands MU	1–2	—	1–2	3–4	2–5	3–2	5–4	1–2	1–7	1–4
Cannock	2–4	3–3	—	1–3	3–4	5–2	0–0	2–0	1–6	2–4
Canterbury	0–2	3–1	1–2	—	4–9	1–2	9–1	1–4	2–6	4–5
East Grinstead	3–2	9–0	4–2	4–0	—	2–2	4–1	4–0	4–0	1–4
Hampstead and Westminster	0–1	0–1	2–3	5–1	3–6	—	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1
Reading	2–3	1–2	4–1	5–3	2–5	3–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–5
Southgate	0–5	2–4	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–3	2–3
Surbiton	6–2	6–3	5–0	5–4	3–3	2–0	3–1	6–1	—	1–4
Wimbledon	1–3	3–2	2–3	5–0	3–5	1–1	0–2	4–1	3–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

^[6]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Surbiton	18	15	3	0	48	11	48
2	Canterbury	18	14	2	2	41	13	44
3	Clifton	18	12	3	3	38	19	39
4	Reading	18	8	2	8	26	21	26
5	Holcombe	18	6	7	5	32	27	25
6	University of Birmingham	18	7	4	7	25	25	25
7	Leicester	18	5	4	9	27	31	19
8	Bowdon Hightown	18	3	4	11	17	39	13
9	Buckingham	18	3	1	14	17	44	10
10	Beeston	18	1	2	15	20	61	5

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Play Offs

Men's Premier

Semi-finals		Final

11 April 2015

East Grinstead	5
		12 April 2015
Beeston	1
		East Grinstead	5
11 April 2015
		Wimbledon	8
Surbiton	0

Wimbledon	2
		Third place

		12 April 2015

		Beeston	1

		Surbiton	2

Semi-finals

11 April 2015
14:15

East Grinstead

5–1

Beeston

Wilson

45'
Griffiths

46'
Pearn

48'
Faulkner

55'
Naughalty

64'

Report

Whiteman

13'

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

11 April 2015
16:30

0–2

57'
Ebbers

69'

Umpires:
Dave Bowdall (ENG)
Paul Walker (ENG)

Third and fourth place

12 April 2015
13:00

1–2

20'

18', 43'

Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Paul Walker (ENG)

Final

12 April 2015
15:15

East Grinstead

5–8

Wimbledon

Jackson

3', 64', 66'
Wilson

23'
Pearn

33'

Report

Govers

6', 17', 44', 52', 58'
Waller

20'
Brogdon

51'
Ball

54'

Umpires:
Dave Bowdall (ENG)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Teams^[7]
Wimbledon
James Bailey (gk), Tom Millington (gk), George Farrant, Ben Marsden, Tom Woods, Henry Weir, Luc Cerulus, Ian Sloan, James Osborn, Steve Ebbers, Alastair Brogdon, Ben Hawes (capt), Michael Hoare, Jack Waller, Phil Ball, Chris Gregg, Johnny Kinder, Blake Govers, Coach: David Bunyan

East Grinstead
Patrick Smith (gk), Richard Potton (gk), Mark Pearn, Glenn Kirkham, Tim Deakin, Chris Griffiths, Ashley Jackson, Andrew Piper, Wesley Jackson, David Condon, Will Arthur, Joe Naughalty, Andy Bull, Simon Faulkner, Niall Stott (capt), Ross Stott, Tony Wilson, Rhys Smith, Coach: Karl Stagno

Women's Premier

Semi-finals		Final

18 April 2015

Surbiton (p.s.o)	2 (4)
		19 April 2015
Reading	2 (2)
		Surbiton	2
18 April 2015
		Canterbury	1
Canterbury	2

Clifton	1
		Third place

		19 April 2015

		Reading	3

		Clifton	1

Semi-finals

18 April 2015
14:15

Surbiton

2–2

Reading

King

7'
Frankland

12'

Report

H. Richardson Walsh

41'
K. Richardson Walsh

61'

Tibble

King

4–2

Maguire

Gilbert

H. Richardson Walsh

Thomas

Umpires:
Hannah Sanders (ENG)
Rob Jenkins (ENG)

18 April 2015
16:30

Canterbury

2–1

Clifton

Wilson

21'
Lloyd

21'

Report

Thomas

27'

Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
David Howell (ENG)

Third and fourth place

19 April 2015
13:00

Reading

3–1

Clifton

Thomas

39'
Cockburn

59'
H. Richardson Walsh

63'

Report

Sinton

26'

Umpires:
Stephen Cox (ENG)
Helen Sargeant (ENG)

Final

19 April 2015
15:15

Surbiton

2–1

Canterbury

King

23'
Robinson

48'

Report

Clewlow

28'

Umpires:
Hannah Sanders (ENG)
Frances Block (ENG)

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Southgate	1-0
Surbiton	Beeston	2-2 (4-3 p)
Brooklands MU	Chichester	3-3 (5-4 p)
Cannock	Sheffield Hallam	3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Brooklands MU	Reading	2-2 (3-5 p)
Cannock	Surbiton	3-3 (4-5 p)

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 2 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Surbiton	5-1

Women's Cup

Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final



Bowdon Hightown	3

Brooklands Poynton	1
		Bowdon Hightown	1

		Clifton	2
Gloucester City	0
				25 April 2015
Clifton	2
				Clifton	2

				Surbiton	3
Buckingham	1 (1)

Loughborough Students (pen.)	1 (4)
		Loughborough Students	0

		Surbiton	2
Surbiton	2

Oxford Hawks	0

Final

25 April 2015
15:30

Clifton

2–3

Surbiton

Davis

24'
Pearce

58'

Report

Woolven

2'
Robinson

49'
Herbert

67'

Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Umpires:
Hannah Sanders (ENG)
Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

References

^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
^ "Rampant Reading blow Surbiton away". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ "Investec Women's Knockout Finals 2015". englandhockey.altiusrt.com. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ "Road to Lee Valley: The Invincibles vs. The Silent Assassins". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "2014–15 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
^ "2014–15 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
^ "Match Report". EnglandHockey. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[1] "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.

[englandhockey020515-2] "Rampant Reading blow Surbiton away". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[englandhockey250415-3] "Investec Women's Knockout Finals 2015". englandhockey.altiusrt.com. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[englandhockey230415-4] "Road to Lee Valley: The Invincibles vs. The Silent Assassins". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[5] "2014–15 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.

[6] "2014–15 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.

[7] "Match Report". EnglandHockey. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

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