HAMBLE ASSC FC - CLUB HISTORY

Hamble ASSC Football Club started its inaugural season in 1938 as Folland Aircraft FC and ahd a flurry of successes during the war years when players from Pompey and Saints worked in the factory, winning the Hampshire Senior Cup in 1941. 1942 proved to be an exceptional year, winning the Hampshire League, Hampshire Senior Cup and the Russell Cotes Cup.

Subsequently, and up to the seventies, the Club were known as Follands Sports FC and experienced mixed fortunes, drifting between County and local football, collecting along the way minor trophies on the odd occasion.

In 1978-79 fortunes again began to smile on the Club as the Hampshire League Division Four title and Hampshire Intermediate Cup double was achieved. The following season the Club won the Hampshire League Division Three title and the years that followed consolidation in the second Division was the Club's main priority. With steady progress more honours were achieved in 1984-85 when the Southampton Senior Cup was won in a thrilling final, defeating Awbridge, and played at The Dell. The same season saw the Reserves winning the Southampton Premier Division title, which meant that the first team played the Reserves in The Reg Mathieson Cup, won narrowly by its Senior side. In 1986-87 the Southampton Senior Cup win was repeated, also played at The Dell, defeating Sholing Sports FC. The Reg Mathieson Cup win was also repeated and promotion to Hampshire League Division One with a creditable third place finish that season was the icing on the cake. The Club, however, leap-frogged Division One by successfully applying to join the Wessex League. During the summer of 1987, with a generous donation by the Sports and Social Club and a lot of hard work by the Club Committee and players alike, floodlights and a pitch barrier were installed. This enabled the Club to meet the higher standards required by the Wessex League.

In 1991-92 the Club went through andother metamorphosis re-naming itself Aerostructures S&SC and the team reached the semi-final of the Wessex League Cup, finishing in 9th place in the League, which remains the highest finish to date.

The Reserves too were credited with sucess with a win over Braishfield in the final of the Southampton Senior Cup, once again played at The Dell.

In the 1997-98 season the first and last major honour as Aerostructures S&SC was the win over Bemerton Heath Harlequins in the Jewson Wessex League Cup by 2 goals to 1.

The Club were re-named again as Hamble ASSC FC for the 1998-99 season, The Club under this name has not won any honours and has flitted between mid table (13th) in 2004), lower mid table (16th in 2000) dicing with relegation in 2002 and 2005.

In 2002 relegation was avoided by a last minute win in stoppage time in the final match of the season which sent down Swanage Town & Herston, then last season the drop was avioded due to the promotion of Lymington & New Milton with just one point separating Hamble ASSC and Downton.

Danny Bowers steadied the ship when he arrived in December 2004 and managed a creditable 15th place fininsh in is first full season in charge, 2005-06. With the new look Sydenhams Premier Division for the 2006-07 season, Danny was unable to cope and failed to attract a quality coach to help him and he depated at the end of the season leaving the Club languishing seven points adrift at the bottom.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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