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VT FC
VTFC logo
Full nameVosper Thornycroft Football Club
Nickname(s)The Boatmen
Founded1960
GroundVT Group Sports Ground
Sholing
Southampton
ChairmanWilliam Boyle MBE
ManagerDave Diaper
LeagueWessex League Premier Division
2005-06Wessex League Division One, 13th

VT F.C. is a football club based in Sholing in Southampton, Hampshire, England. In 2003, they changed their name from Vosper Thornycroft F.C. to their present name. They won the Hampshire League twice in their history. In the 2005-06 season, they reached the 1st round of the FA Vase. For the 2006/07 season, they are members of the Wessex League Premier Division.

History

Vospers Thronycroft FC were formed in 1960 as a successor to Thornycrofts Woolston FC, which had folded eight years earlier, although teams from the Woolston Works had competed as early as 1884 under various names. In this incarnation they initially played in the Southampton Junior League. After a number of successful years, they were promoted to the Hampshire League Third Division in 1991, rising to the Second Division the following season, followed by the First Division in 1998. Unfortunately a year later they were relegated when the league was re-organised, but at their first attempt they won promotion to the new Premier Division.

In 2003 Vospers were re-named as VT FC, after their parent company, and in their first season under their new name they were Hampshire League champions and won promotion to the Wessex League.

Club records

  • Best League performance: Wessex League Division One, 12th, 2004/05
  • Best FA Cup performance: none
  • Best FA Vase performance: 1st round, 2005/06