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          TADLEY CALLEVA





      Tadley has had a football team
      since the early 1900’s. In the
      modern era the team was re-
      formed in 1989 and played
      in the Basingstoke and North
      Hants Leagues before winning                                                        3rd positions in both seasons.        a replay and extra-time against
      promotion to the Hampshire                                                                                                Newport (IoW) from the Pre-
      League.                                                                                     Beating local rivals          mier Division. They also reached
                                                                                                                                the final of the North Hants
         Promotion to Division Two                                                        In the 2010–11 campaign they          Senior Cup last season losing
                                                                                          reached the final of the Basing-      out 3-1 to Premier Division side
      The club was formed as Tadley         vision Two in 2006, and the club              stoke Senior Cup losing to That-      Whitchurch United - again at
      F.C. in 1989. They joined the         finished runners-up in 2007. In               cham Town 4–1. The club then          The Camrose.
      Hampshire League Division             the 2007–08 season, they won                  went on to win the same cup
      Three in 1994, finishing run-         the Wessex League Division One                in 2013-14 beating local rivals
      ners-up in 1995–96, gaining           title but were denied promotion               AFC Aldermaston 3-2 (aet) in
      promotion to Division Two.            as their ground did not meet the              the final. In September 2014,
                                            requirements for the Premier                  the club recorded probably the
             Changed their name             Division. The Reserve side was                best result of its modern histo-
                                            also very successful in the same              ry, defeating Conference South
      The club changed it’s name            season by taking the Wessex                   Basingstoke Town on penalties
      to Tadley Town F.C. in 1999           Combination League title.                     in the Hampshire FA Senior Cup
      and joined Division One upon                                                        at the Soccer AM Stadium (for-
      re-organisation. In 2004, they              Narrowly missed out                     merly ‘The Camrose’) after a 2-2
      changed their name to their                                                         draw in 90 minutes.
      present name and entered the          Since then the team has re-
      Wessex Football League Division  mained in Division One and has                          Best run in the FA Vase
      Three.                                steadily been making progress
                                            on and off the field year on year.            The club had it’s best run in the
             Runners-up in 2007             They narrowly missed out on                   FA Vase last season reaching the
                                            promotion in 2014-15 and 2015-                3rd round proper before eventu-
      Division Three was re-named Di-       16 respectively by finishing in               ally being knocked out 4-2 after



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