COLDEN COMMON - HISTORY
The club was founded in 1898 and re-formed in 1956 as a Saturday side in the Eastleigh League. However, Common had cause to thank their Sunday ‘wing’ for developing the foundations laid by Cliff & Jack Banford and instigating a staggering rise through the Saturday leagues during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Originally competing within the Eastleigh and Southampton Football Leagues, honours were sparse with just the Eastleigh Benevolent Cup and Southampton Junior Division 4 title jostling for space in the ‘trophy cabinet’. However, the decision to field a Sunday League side ~ 1973 to 1983 ~ preceded an incredible haul of 24 league and cup honours (under the managerial guidance of Ron Shaw, Steve Clarke, Mick Geddes and Clive Jenvey) and the impetus for our Saturday sides to also make rapid strides forward.
Our journey from Southampton Junior Division 2 to Hampshire League Division 1 took just six years and included nurturing the likes of England internationals Graham Roberts and Steve Guppy as we further progressed to the Wessex League before settling in the Hampshire Premier Football League.
The HPFL Senior Division title was twice won back-to-back in 2008/09 and 2009/10, and again in 2021/22 and 2022/23 - the latter under the stewardship of Nathan Morgan and Connor Doswell who also claimed the league and cup double, alongside the Hampshire Trophy in a memorable treble-winning campaign.
An exciting ground share agreement at Winchester City FC was struck as a means to enable the club to progress back to the Wessex League - and in 2024/25 under the new management of Steve King, Step 6 football was achieved, as Common won the Hampshire Premier League title for a fifth time.
