Blackfield & Langley F.C.
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| Full name | Blackfield and Langley Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Watersiders | ||
| Founded | 1935 | ||
| Ground | Gang Warily Community & Recreation Centre | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Chairman | Owen Lightfoot | ||
| Manager | Glenn Howes | ||
| League | Wessex League Premier Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Wessex League Premier Division, 17th of 20 | ||
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Blackfield & Langley F.C. are a football club based in the village of Blackfield, near Southampton, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA chartered Standard club[1] They are currently members of Wessex League Premier Division. They play at the Gang Warily Ground in Blackfield. Their local rivals are Fawley and Hythe & Dibden.
The current manager of Blackfield and Langley is Glenn Howes who took over from John Robson in June 2015.[2]
History
The club was formed in 1935 and during the Second World War played in the Hythe and District League.[3][4]
After the War the club joined the Southampton Junior League, winning the Division One title in 1946. The following season they were Southampton League West Division champions, and completed the double by winning the Southampton Senior Cup.[4] After this the Club applied to join the Hampshire League and when accepted they joined Division Three West for the 1950–51 season. Although they won the title the following season, the Club did not move into Division Two until the 1956–57 season, remaining there for four seasons before being releagted again.[4] They remained in this division for the next four seasons but were relegated at the end of 1959/60.The club then faced further relegation when they were relegated to Division four of the Hampshire league, before being promoted again in the 1974–75 season. However the club was relegated five seasons later back to Division four.
In the 1980–81 season the Hampshire league re-organised and The club was placed in the restructured Division Three.[5] A season later the club achieved promotion to Division two when they finished as Runners-up in the division.[5] Three seasons later the club were promoted to the top Division in the Hampshire league when they finished as champions of Division Two at the end of the 1984–85 season.[5] The club then spent the next 15 seasons in the Division during which time they finished as Runners-up three times before finally clinching the championship at the end of the 1997–98 season.[5] However despite winning the championship in the 1997–98 season the club was denied promotion as their ground did not meet the requirements for entry to the Wessex League. The club then spent two more seasons in the Hampshire league, during which time they made their Debut in the FA Vase in the 1998–99 season, before they could be promoted to the Wessex League, when they finished third in the Hampshire League.[4][5]
The club entered the Wessex league for the 2000–01 season, and a season later made their debut in the FA Cup.[5][6] At the end of the 2003–04 season the club were relegated to the newly formed division two of the Wessex League.[5] They then spent the next five seasons in the Wessex leagues second tier until they gained promotion to the Wessex League premier Division, under the management of former Southampton player Jon Gittens at the end of the 2008–09 season.[4][7]
The 2012–13 season saw the club become champions of the Wessex Premier Division, however they weren't promoted to the Southern Football League or Isthmian League as they did not apply for promotion.[8]
Ground
Blackfield & Langley play their games at Gang Warily Community and Recreation Centre, Newlands Road, Fawley SO45 1GA.
Honours
League honours
- Wessex League Premier Division :[9]
- Champions (1): 2012–13
- Wessex League Division One :[7]
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
- Hampshire League Premier Division:[5]
- Winners (1): 1997–98
- Runners-up (3): 1988–89, 1991–92, 1993–94
- Hampshire League Division Two:[5]
- Winners (1): 1985–86
- Hampshire League Division Three:[5]
- Runners-up (1): 1981–82
- Hampshire League Division Three West:[4]
- Winners (1): 1951–52
- Southampton League West Division:[4]
- Winners (1): 1946–47
- Southampton Junior League Division One:[4]
- Winners (1): 1945–46
Cup honours
- Russell Cotes Cup:[4]
- Winners (1): 2014-15
- Runners-up (1): 1985–86
- Southampton Senior Cup:[4]
- Winners (2): 1946–47, 1997–98
- Runners-up (1): 1945–46, 1999–00, 2015-16
Records
- Highest League Position:[5] 1st in Wessex league premier Division 2012/13
- FA Cup best performance:[5][10] Fourth Qualifying Round 2012–13
- FA Vase best performance:[5] Second Round 2011–12
References
- ^ "Charter Standard Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "Glenn Burnett installed as new manager". http://bandlfc.co.uk/. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Home". Blackfieldandlangleyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "Blackfield & Langley". Pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ a b "Sydenhams Football League". Full-time.thefa.com. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
- ^ "Hayling learn relegation fate - via Facebook - Football - Portsmouth News". Portsmouth.co.uk. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ "Blackfield & Langley clinch Sydenhams Wessex Premier title (From Daily Echo)". Dailyecho.co.uk. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ Published on Tuesday 23 October 2012 08:45 (2012-10-23). "Hastings ace in running for FA Cup prize – Hastings United – Hastings and St. Leonards Observer". Hastingsobserver.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
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