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| alt = Fareham Town's logo
| alt = Fareham Town's logo
| fullname = Fareham Town Football Club
| fullname = Fareham Town Football Club
| nickname = The Creeksiders, The Reds, Town
| nickname = The Creeksiders
| founded = 1947
| founded = 1947
| ground = Cams Alders Stadium, [[Fareham]]
| ground = Cams Alders Stadium, [[Fareham]]
| capacity = 4,500 (450 seated & 500 covered)
| capacity = 4,500 (450 seated & 500 covered)
| chairman = Nick Ralls
| chairman = Nick Ralls
| manager = Pete Stiles
| manager = Simon Woods
| league = {{English football updater|FarehamT}}
| league = {{English football updater|FarehamT}}
| season = {{English football updater|FarehamT2}}
| season = {{English football updater|FarehamT2}}
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Fareham Town were formed in 1947, when three local sides '''Fareham FC''', '''Fareham Brotherhood FC''' and '''Fareham Youth Centre FC''' amalgamated together after at a public meeting in the town in 1946, it was suggested to form a football club for the town.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/farehamtownfc/History |title=History &#124; Fareham Town FC |publisher=Clubwebsite.co.uk |access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref> The club joined the Portsmouth League and started playing their games at Beaconsfield Meadow, before moving to Bath Lane.<ref name="hist"/>
Fareham Town were formed in 1947, when three local sides '''Fareham FC''', '''Fareham Brotherhood FC''' and '''Fareham Youth Centre FC''' amalgamated together after at a public meeting in the town in 1946, it was suggested to form a football club for the town.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/farehamtownfc/History |title=History &#124; Fareham Town FC |publisher=Clubwebsite.co.uk |access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref> The club joined the Portsmouth League and started playing their games at Beaconsfield Meadow, before moving to Bath Lane.<ref name="hist"/>


At the end of the 1948–49 season the club gained promotion to Division 3 (East) of the [[Hampshire League]], and gained promotion to Division Two as champions at the first attempt.<ref name="nlmat">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham48.htm |title=the Hampshire League 1948–1960 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925104445/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham48.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref> The club made further progress in the 1952–53 season when they finished as Runners-up in Division Two to gain promotion to Division One.<ref name="nlmat"/> Three seasons later the club then made its debut in the [[FA Cup]], making it to the fourth qualifying round before being knocked out by [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]].<ref name="fchd">{{fchd|name=FAREHAM TOWN|id=FAREHAMT}}</ref> The club in the 1959–60 competition won Division One for the first time.<ref name="nlmat"/> Further success would follow when the club won Division One, five times in a row from the 1962–63 campaign.<ref name="nlm2">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham60.htm |title=Hampshire League 1960–1970 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105122/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham60.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club would go on to win the league twice more during the 1970s.<ref name="nlm3">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham70.htm |title=Hampshire League 1970–1980 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105735/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham70.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref> In 1975 the club then moved to its present home of the Cams Alders ground.<ref name="passion">{{cite web|url=http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/fareham_town.html |title=Fareham Town |publisher=Pyramidpassion.co.uk |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref>
At the end of the 1948–49 season the club gained promotion to Division 3 (East) of the [[Hampshire League]], and gained promotion to Division Two as champions at the first attempt.<ref name="nlmat">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham48.htm |title=the Hampshire League 1948–1960 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925104445/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham48.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref> The club made further progress in the 1952–53 season when they finished as Runners-up in Division Two to gain promotion to Division One.<ref name="nlmat"/> Three seasons later the club then made its debut in the [[FA Cup]], making it to the fourth qualifying round before being knocked out by [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]].<ref name="fchd">{{fchd|name=FAREHAM TOWN|id=FAREHAMT}}</ref> The club in the 1959–60 competition won Division One for the first time.<ref name="nlmat"/> Further success would follow when the club won Division One, five cnsecutive seasonstimes from the 1962–63 campaign.<ref name="nlm2">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham60.htm |title=Hampshire League 1960–1970 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105122/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham60.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club would go on to win the league twice more during the 1970s.<ref name="nlm3">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham70.htm |title=Hampshire League 1970–1980 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105735/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Aarg3E/Ham70.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref> In 1975 the club then moved to its present home of the Cams Alders ground.<ref name="passion">{{cite web|url=http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/fareham_town.html |title=Fareham Town |publisher=Pyramidpassion.co.uk |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref>


With the club finishing runners up in the 1978–79 campaign the club successfully joined the [[Southern Football League]], starting in the Southern Division.<ref name="nlm3"/> In the 1982–83 season the club was placed in the Premier Division of the league, when the league was re-structured.<ref name="nlmsl">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/SL80.htm |title=Southern League 1980–1991 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=8 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105557/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/SL80.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club would then spend the next seven seasons in the Premier Division, during which time, they managed to get to the Semi-finals of the [[FA Trophy]] before losing to the eventual winners [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew |url=http://hoppingaroundhampshire.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/3-fareham-town.html |title=Hopping Around Hampshire: 3. Fareham Town FC |publisher=Hoppingaroundhampshire.blogspot.co.uk |date=30 January 2011 |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref> At the end of the 1988–89 campaign the club finished 19th and were relegated to the Southern Division, where they would then spend the next nine seasons.<ref name="fchd"/> During this time the club would win the [[Hampshire Senior Cup]] for the fourth time, when they beat [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]] 4–1 in the final.<ref name="hist"/>
With the club finishing runners up in the 1978–79 campaign the club successfully joined the [[Southern Football League]], starting in the Southern Division.<ref name="nlm3"/> In the 1982–83 season the club was placed in the Premier Division of the league, when the league was re-structured.<ref name="nlmsl">{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/SL80.htm |title=Southern League 1980–1991 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=8 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105557/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/SL80.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club would then spend the next seven seasons in the Premier Division, during which time, they managed to get to the Semi-finals of the [[FA Trophy]] before losing to the eventual winners [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew |url=http://hoppingaroundhampshire.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/3-fareham-town.html |title=Hopping Around Hampshire: 3. Fareham Town FC |publisher=Hoppingaroundhampshire.blogspot.co.uk |date=30 January 2011 |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref> At the end of the 1988–89 campaign the club finished 19th and were relegated to the Southern Division, where they would then spend the next nine seasons.<ref name="fchd"/> During this time the club would win the [[Hampshire Senior Cup]] for the fourth time, when they beat [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]] 4–1 in the final.<ref name="hist"/>
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*'''[[Hampshire League]] Division One'''<ref name="nlmat"/><ref name="nlm2"/><ref name="nlm3"/>
*'''[[Hampshire League]] Division One'''<ref name="nlmat"/><ref name="nlm2"/><ref name="nlm3"/>
** Winners (8): 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1974–75
** Winners (8): 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1974–75
** Runners-up (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79
** Runners-up (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79
*'''[[Hampshire League]] Division Two'''<ref name="nlmat"/>
*'''[[Hampshire League]] Division Two'''<ref name="nlmat"/>
** Runners-up (1): 1952–53
** Runners-up (1): 1952–53
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*'''[[FA Amateur Cup]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Second round 1973–74
*'''[[FA Amateur Cup]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Second round 1973–74
*'''[[FA Trophy]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Semi-final 1986–87
*'''[[FA Trophy]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Semi-final 1986–87
*'''[[FA Vase]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Third round 2003–04, 2004–05, 2020-21
*'''[[FA Vase]] best performance''':<ref name="fchd"/> Fourth round 2024–25


==Staff==
==Staff==
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|-
|align="left"|Manager
|align="left"|Manager
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Rix
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Woods
|-
|-
|align="left"|Assistant manager
|align="left"|Assistants
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}}Matt Powell
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Barton, Cal Britton, Stu Long
|-
|-
|align="left"|First team coach
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Dixon
|-Sam Dixon

|align="left"|Goalkeeper coach
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|Youth Development Coach
|align="left"|}
|-
|align="left"|Medical Staff
|align="left"|
|}
|}



==Former players==
==Former players==
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{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Kevin Bartlett (English footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Bartlett (English footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Neal Bartlett]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Neal Bartlett]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Robbie Carroll]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robbie Carroll]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Mark Chamberlain]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Chamberlain]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Steve Claridge]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Claridge]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Kevin Dillon (English footballer)|Kevin Dillon]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Dillon (English footballer)|Kevin Dillon]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Darren Foreman (footballer)|Darren Foreman]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darren Foreman (footballer)|Darren Foreman]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[John Hold]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Hold]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Warren Hunt (footballer)|Warren Hunt]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Warren Hunt (footballer)|Warren Hunt]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}}[[Ross Irwin (soccer)|Ross Irwin]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ross Irwin (soccer)|Ross Irwin]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Ian Juryeff]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Juryeff]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Dave Leworthy]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Leworthy]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Thomas McGhee]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Thomas McGhee]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[John McLaughlin (footballer born 1954)|John McLaughlin]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John McLaughlin (footballer born 1954)|John McLaughlin]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Paul Moody (footballer)|Paul Moody]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Moody (footballer)|Paul Moody]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Richie Moran (footballer)|Richie Moran]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Richie Moran (footballer)|Richie Moran]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Ken Todd]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ken Todd]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[Eric Webber]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eric Webber]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[David West (footballer)|David West]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David West (footballer)|David West]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[John Smeulders]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Smeulders]]
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{{div col end}}


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.farehamtown.co.uk/}}
*{{Official website|http://www.farehamtown.co.uk/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917004744/http://upthecreek.myfreeforum.org/ Up The Creek Forum]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917004744/http://upthecreek.myfreeforum.org/ Up The Creek Forum]}}


{{Wessex League}}
{{Wessex League}}
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[[Category:Football clubs in Hampshire]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Hampshire]]

Latest revision as of 00:28, 21 December 2024

Fareham Town
Fareham Town's logo
Full nameFareham Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Creeksiders
Founded1947
GroundCams Alders Stadium, Fareham
Capacity4,500 (450 seated & 500 covered)
ChairmanNick Ralls
ManagerSimon Woods
LeagueWessex League Premier Division
2023–24Wessex League Premier Division, 10th of 20

Fareham Town F.C. is a football club based in Fareham, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association, and is an FA Charter Standard club.[1] They play in the Wessex League Premier Division.

History

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Fareham Town were formed in 1947, when three local sides Fareham FC, Fareham Brotherhood FC and Fareham Youth Centre FC amalgamated together after at a public meeting in the town in 1946, it was suggested to form a football club for the town.[2] The club joined the Portsmouth League and started playing their games at Beaconsfield Meadow, before moving to Bath Lane.[2]

At the end of the 1948–49 season the club gained promotion to Division 3 (East) of the Hampshire League, and gained promotion to Division Two as champions at the first attempt.[3] The club made further progress in the 1952–53 season when they finished as Runners-up in Division Two to gain promotion to Division One.[3] Three seasons later the club then made its debut in the FA Cup, making it to the fourth qualifying round before being knocked out by Wycombe Wanderers.[4] The club in the 1959–60 competition won Division One for the first time.[3] Further success would follow when the club won Division One, five cnsecutive seasonstimes from the 1962–63 campaign.[5] The club would go on to win the league twice more during the 1970s.[6] In 1975 the club then moved to its present home of the Cams Alders ground.[7]

With the club finishing runners up in the 1978–79 campaign the club successfully joined the Southern Football League, starting in the Southern Division.[6] In the 1982–83 season the club was placed in the Premier Division of the league, when the league was re-structured.[8] The club would then spend the next seven seasons in the Premier Division, during which time, they managed to get to the Semi-finals of the FA Trophy before losing to the eventual winners Kidderminster Harriers.[9] At the end of the 1988–89 campaign the club finished 19th and were relegated to the Southern Division, where they would then spend the next nine seasons.[4] During this time the club would win the Hampshire Senior Cup for the fourth time, when they beat Farnborough Town 4–1 in the final.[2]

At the end of the 1997–98 season the club, decided to move down to the Wessex League, due to the finances involved in staying in the Southern League.[2] Since then the club has remained in the top division of the Wessex League.[4]

Stadium

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Fareham Town play their home games at Cams Alders Football Stadium, Cams Alders, Palmerston Drive, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1BJ.

Cams Alders has a covered stand seating 450 people, whilst the rest of the ground is reserved for standing. The ground has floodlights, allowing evening games to be played.

Honours

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League honours

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  • Hampshire League Division One[3][5][6]
    • Winners (8): 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1974–75
    • Runners-up (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79
  • Hampshire League Division Two[3]
    • Runners-up (1): 1952–53
  • Hampshire League Division Three (East)[3]
    • Winners (1): 1949–50

Cup honours

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  • Hampshire Senior Cup:[2]
    • Winners (4): 1956–57, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1992–93
    • Runners-up (3): 1959–60, 1997–98, 2003–04

Records

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  • Highest League Position:[4] 8th in Southern League Premier Division 1982–83
  • FA Cup best performance:[4] First round 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89
  • FA Amateur Cup best performance:[4] Second round 1973–74
  • FA Trophy best performance:[4] Semi-final 1986–87
  • FA Vase best performance:[4] Fourth round 2024–25

Staff

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Name Role
Manager England Simon Woods
Assistants England Paul Barton, Cal Britton, Stu Long

Former players

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  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

Former coaches

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  1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.

References

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  1. ^ "Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "History | Fareham Town FC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "the Hampshire League 1948–1960". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h FAREHAM TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ a b "Hampshire League 1960–1970". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Hampshire League 1970–1980". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Fareham Town". Pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Southern League 1980–1991". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  9. ^ Andrew (30 January 2011). "Hopping Around Hampshire: 3. Fareham Town FC". Hoppingaroundhampshire.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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