FIXTURES - JANUARY 8th/14th

Roger Allen • January 7, 2022

Saturday January 8th

Premier Division

Hamworthy United  1-0  AFC Stoneham

Shaftesbury  3-1  Hamble Club

Division One

Millbrook  A-A  Petersfield Town (abandoned at half time)

All other games postponed


Tuesday January 11th

Dorset Senior Cup Semi Final

Poole Town  3-0  Portland United

Russell Cotes Cup Quarter Finals

Moneyfields  5-3  Lymington Town

Premier Division

Baffins Milton Rovers  5-1  Bournemouth

Southampton Senior Cup 1st Round

Romsey Town  2-0  New Milton Town

Winchester City  5-0  Downton


Wednesday January 12th

Southampton Senior Cup 1st Round

Fawley AFC  5-2  BTC Southampton


A number of games over a number of competitions but again the weather played a part wit the loss of the Division One fixture between Andover New Street and Ash United, the Russell Cores Cup tie at Follands, the Portsmouth Senior Cup tie at Horndean and the Southampton Senior Cup ties at Alresford, Ringwood and Hythe and Dibden.  AFC Stoneham’s visit to Fratton Park was also postponed due to Portsmouth’s involvement in the EFL Cup, which took precedence on the evening,


The most significant of the completed fixtures was in the Premier Division where Baffins Milton Rovers defeated Bournemouth five one and joined Horndean and Brockenhurst on 54 points at the top of the table, Bournemouth actually took the lead through an own goal but goals from Oscar Johnstone, Craig McAllister, Jason Parish, Ed Sanders and James Cowan gave the home side an ultimately comfortable victory. Moneyfields moved into the last four of the Russell Cotes Cup with an impressive five three victory over Southern League Lymington Town with the goals coming from Steve Hutchings (2), Joe Briggs, Josh Bailey and Elliot Turnbull.


In the two games completed in the Southampton Senior Cup Romsey defeated New Milton two nil courtesy of goals from Ollie Jenkins and Pearce Farren and Downton went down five nil at Winchester City. Finally, Portland’s attempt to reach the Final of the Dorset Senior Cup ended at the semi final stage with a three nil defeat at Poole Town.


Lastly, one game on Wednesday with Fawley defeating Southampton Senior League side BTC Southampton five two on the Waterside. We were only supplied with the surnames of the goal scorers and Full Time is not up to date, so if the Christian names are wrong in any respect then apologies to all. The five goals came from Alec Sawyer (2),Keiron Roche, Jake Smith and Steven Green – three in the first half and two after the break.`

VASE GLORY FOR STONEHAM

May 17, 2026
AFC Stoneham capped a historic campaign by beating Cockfosters in the Isuzu FA Vase final at Wembley Stadium. The Velocity Wessex League Premier Division champions triumphed 4-2 on penalties, after a ninety minutes of deadlock to conclude a quite remarkable season for James Phillips' side that yielded a total of four trophies.

CONSTITUTION - 2026/27

May 14, 2026
The FA have released NLS club allocations for Steps 1-6 (subject to appeal) for the 2026/27 season. It sees a return to the Wessex League Premier Division for Bashley, Fareham Town and Horndean - all rejoining us following their respective Step 4 relegations. Fleetlands make the step-up as champions of Division One, while Sturminster Newton United also feature following a lateral move from the Western League. Last season's champions, AFC Stoneham (Isthmian South Central) and runners-up, Portland United (Southern League South) have their promotions rubber-stamped. Wincanton Town are reprieved from relegation and take their place once more in the 22-team Premier Division.

PURPS ADD CUP DOUBLE

May 12, 2026
AFC Stoneham completed a quick-fire cup double to add to their Premier Division title, with victories in the Russell Cotes Cup and Southampton Senior Cups.

RAMS UPSET ROYALS IN PSC FINAL

May 9, 2026
Petersfield Town clinched the Portsmouth Senior Cup following a tense penalty shoot-out victory over AFC Portchester, on Friday night. Gav Spurway's Royals may wonder how this one got away, with the Isthmian South Central play-off side having the lions share of possession, while the Petersfield goal increasingly lived a charmed life as the game progressed.

MONKS LEAGUE CUP TRIUMPH

May 4, 2026
Hamble Club celebrated their second Velocity Wessex League Cup in three years after defeating Premier Division champions, AFC Stoneham by the odd goal in five at Downton on Bank Holiday Monday. Tyrrell Sampson put the Purps in the ascendency after fifteen, but it was short-lived as Matt Casey drilled home from the edge of the box shortly after to draw level. CUP FINAL - PROGRAMME DOWNLOAD Duarte Martins made no mistake from a loose ball to restore Stoneham's advantage going into the interval, before substitute, Chase Michel restored parity for a second time just before the hour mark with his first touch of the game.

YATELEY MARCH TO STEP 5

May 3, 2026
Yateley United's rise continued on Saturday, as they reached Step 5 for the first time in the club's short history in emphatic fashion, with 6-1 victory over Whitchurch United. A Wessex League season best crowd of 908 witnessed the Division One play-off final at Yateley's Sean Devereux Park - a venue hosting Step 7 football as recently as 2022/23 in the Thames Valley Premier. Read more in our latest Wessex Post Newsletter Both sides came through their respective midweek play-off semi-finals against Colden Common (2-1) and Folland Sports (0-1) respectively, but Yateley prevailed in the final courtesy of Lynford Sackey (2), Harvey Seeman, Tyler Robinson - and two in the closing moments from Josh Blackwood and Callum Scott to add gloss. James Batchelor's netted Whitchurch's reply with fifteen to go, to reduce the arrears to 3-1, but almost immediately after, Robinson restored the host's three-goal advantage. Our congratulations to Yateley United on your achievement, and commiserations to Whitchurch United. Photo: Greg Dickson
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