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the Club surpassed the previous success Success on the field of play together with ENJOY A DRINK
of 2012/13, enjoying its most successful hard work behind the scenes in connec-
season in 2017/18, winning the Wessex tion with Ground Grading requirements
Premier Division by one point in a very has enabled another piece of Club his- IN THE BAR OR IN
tight race with Andover Town and ben- tory to be created with promotion to the
efitted from the restructuring of Step 4 Southern League South Premier Divi- THE GROUND
Leagues, gaining promotion for the first sion.
time to the Southern League. Season Ending up as winners
2017/18 also saw two appearances at St Over the years, the Club has had their fair
Marys in both the Hampshire Senior and share of Cup success. In the 1980/90s the
Southampton Senior Cup finals, unfor- Club made six appearances at the Dell in
tunately losing on both occasions to Ha- the Southampton Senior Cup to add to
vant & Waterlooville and Southampton the two in the 1940s, ending up as win-
FC respectively. The Club also made a ners in four of them. The last success in
semi-final appearance in the Sydenhams 1998, producing a league and cup dou-
League Cup and equalled the record in ble. In the 2000 final, the Club suffered
the FA Vase by reaching the last 32 but the agony of losing 2-1 in a replay to AC
eventually losing to Bracknell Town in a Delco after a power failure lead to the
midweek replay. abandonment of the first game with 15
Narrowly losing in the semi final minutes to go and with a 2-0 leadto the
Success continued in 2018/19 with the two in the 1940s, ending up as winners
Club winning Southern League South in four of them. The last success in 1998,
Division One and narrowly losing in the producing a league and cup double. In
semi final of the Southern League Cup. the 2000 final.