Petersfield Town F.C.

Petersfield Town Football Club are an English football club based in Petersfield, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association, and is a FA Charter Standard Community Club.^[1] They are currently members of the Wessex Football League in Division One. They play their home fixtures at The Southdowns Builders Ltd Stadium.

Petersfield Town

Full name	Petersfield Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Rams
Founded	1993
Ground	The Southdowns Builders Stadium, Love Lane, Petersfield.
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Nick Orr
League	Wessex League Premier Division
2022–23	Wessex League Division One, 5th of 20 (promoted via play-offs)
Home colours Away colours

Love Lane Stadium

Also host to local Charity Football team Fundraising FC

History

The club was founded by Peter De-Sisto in 1993 after the demise of Petersfield United (founded 1889).^[2] The previous club folded after being denied permission to switch from the Isthmian League to the Wessex League and had serious debts.^[3] The newly formed club took their place in the first Division (Now Premier Division) of the Wessex League, under the management of former England player Gary Stevens.^[2]

For the first four seasons the club stayed in the Wessex league before being relegated to division one of the Hampshire League.^[4] The club only lasted one season in division one and were relegated again to division two, where they stayed for a further season finishing as runners-up however when the league was re-organised they were effectively promoted twice, as they now found themselves in the newly formed Premier division.^[5]

The club stayed in the Premier Division of the Hampshire League until the start of the 2004–05 season, when the Wessex League expanded and the club joined the newly formed Division Two.^[6] The club remained in this division, which was now called Division One, until the 2013–14 season when Petersfield Town became Wessex League Division One Champions.^[7] The 2014–15 then saw the club finish as Wessex League Premier Division champions, becoming the first club to win back to back championships in the Wessex League and thus earned promotion to the Southern Football League.^[8][9] There are two teams that represent Petersfield Town, these being the First Team and the Reserves. They are now widely known as just " the rams ".

Ground

The club play their home games at The Southdowns Builders Stadium, Love Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4BW. The stadium at Love Lane has hosted Petersfield Town and previously Petersfield United since 1948.^[3] The stadium has a capacity of 3,000, of which 250 is seated (this was the limit set for a match with Aldershot Town in 1993), with one all-seating stand down one side of the field of play. It has floodlights. The stadium is situated opposite Churcher's College. In August 2007 the town council expressed concern at the dilapidated state of the ground, describing it as "a magnet for teenage vandals".^[10]

Management Team

• 1st Team Managers - Connor Hoare
• 1st Team Goalkeeper Coach -
• 1st Team Coach -

• Under 23 Team Manager - Kristian Stephens
• Under 23 Assistant Manager - Aaron Ramsey

• Under 18 Team Manager - Aaron Ramsey
• Under 18 Assistant Manager - Steven Matile

• Secretary - Mark Nicoll

Notable Managers of Petersfield Town and players that have joined professional clubs include:

• Maik Taylor^[11]
• Gary Stevens Manager 1993 (Brighton, Tottenham, Portsmouth and England International)
• Guy Madjo

Honours

League honours

• Wessex Football League Premier Division^[5]
  • Champions (1): 2014–15
• Wessex Football League Division One^[5]
  • Champions (1): 2013–14
• Hampshire League Division Two^[5]
  • Runners-up (1): 1998–99

 Wessex league Division 1 Play Off Winners 2022/23 

Cup honours

• Wessex League Cup^[12][13]
  • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2015
• Portsmouth Senior Cup^[14][15]
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
  • Runners-up 2017

Hampshire Youth Cup Winners 1994

Records

• FA Cup best performance:^[5] Third Qualifying Round 2015–16
• FA Trophy best performance:^[5] Preliminary Qualifying round 2015–16
• FA Vase best performance:^[5] Second round 1994–95

References

1. "Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. Ash United Football Club (29 November 2012). "Petersfield Town – Match Preview. – News – Ash United Football Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
3. "The Onion Bag: Petersfield Town". Onion-bag.blogspot.co.uk. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
4. "Petersfield Town". Pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
5. PETERSFIELD TOWN at the Football Club History Database
6. "Football Club History Database – Wessex League 2004–05". Fchd.info. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
7. "League one team short (From )". Dailyecho.co.uk. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
8. "Petersfield edge past Lymington to claim the Sydenhams Wessex crown (From )". Dailyecho.co.uk. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
9. "Petersfield Town stand and hopes up in the air". Haslemere Herald. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
10. Petersfield Post Wed Aug 15th,2007 p1
11. "Petersfield Town FC | Sydenhams Football League (Wessex)". Wessexleague.co.uk. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
12. Wendy Gee. "Alresford Town lift Sydenhams Wessex League Cup (From )". Dailyecho.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
13. "Petersfield Town hope to progress in Russell Cotes Cup". Horndean Post. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
14. . Portsmouth.co.uk. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
15. . Portsmouth.co.uk. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Petersfield Town at the Football Club History Database
• Petersfield United at the Football Club History Database

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