The Stars first joined the National League in 1980, having been formed the year before by a merger of the Portsmouth Pirates and Southampton Sharks from the Southern League. Success initially came easily to the fledgling club, winning the Division Two title and the National Trophy in their first season, and claiming immediate promotion to Division One. A first Division One title followed in the 1983/1984 season, and at the end of the 1986/1987 season the club were among those who broke away from the National Basketball League to form the British Basketball League.[2]
After three years of solid if unspectacular mid-table finishes, the club struggled to find the financial backing to continue in the professional league, and after a lengthy search for more sponsors the club were forced to drop out of the top flight and return to the bottom of the English basketball structure, entering a team in Division Three (South) to keep the Stars' name alive. Despite the setback, the club were able to claim two subsequent promotions, as they took the Division Three and Division Two titles back-to-back to return to the top flight of the English game in the quickest time possible, only one step away from a return to the British league.[3]
The club finished bottom of Division One in 1996/1997 with a 0-26 record, and was relegated back to Division Two, but this only served as a springboard for further success, as they won Division Two at the first attempt and then followed this up with the Division One title in 1998/1999. For the next several years, the club continued to compete in Division One, continuing through the league's reformatting into the English Basketball League. However, on 31 August 2007, the club announced that they would no longer be fielding a senior men's team in the National League due to a dispute with their home venue, Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh. Although owner Bob Paulley was keen to stress this was not the end for the club, they never returned to active competition.[4]
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The Solent Stars were a basketball club from Southampton who were one of the founder members of the British Basketball League where they competed from 1987 to 1990 For the rest of their existence the club competed in the English Basketball League and its forerunner the National Basketball League and the club were members of Division 1 at the time of the club s demise 1 Solent StarsLeagueEBL Division 1 a Founded1980Folded2007ArenaFleming Park Leisure CentreLocationSouthampton EnglandHead coachKerry Kirby a OwnershipBob PaulleyHomeAway Contents 1 Club history 2 Season by Season Records 3 Notelist 4 ReferencesClub history EditThe Stars first joined the National League in 1980 having been formed the year before by a merger of the Portsmouth Pirates and Southampton Sharks from the Southern League Success initially came easily to the fledgling club winning the Division Two title and the National Trophy in their first season and claiming immediate promotion to Division One A first Division One title followed in the 1983 1984 season and at the end of the 1986 1987 season the club were among those who broke away from the National Basketball League to form the British Basketball League 2 After three years of solid if unspectacular mid table finishes the club struggled to find the financial backing to continue in the professional league and after a lengthy search for more sponsors the club were forced to drop out of the top flight and return to the bottom of the English basketball structure entering a team in Division Three South to keep the Stars name alive Despite the setback the club were able to claim two subsequent promotions as they took the Division Three and Division Two titles back to back to return to the top flight of the English game in the quickest time possible only one step away from a return to the British league 3 The club finished bottom of Division One in 1996 1997 with a 0 26 record and was relegated back to Division Two but this only served as a springboard for further success as they won Division Two at the first attempt and then followed this up with the Division One title in 1998 1999 For the next several years the club continued to compete in Division One continuing through the league s reformatting into the English Basketball League However on 31 August 2007 the club announced that they would no longer be fielding a senior men s team in the National League due to a dispute with their home venue Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh Although owner Bob Paulley was keen to stress this was not the end for the club they never returned to active competition 4 Season by Season Records EditSeason 5 Division Played Won Lost Points League Playoffs National Cup National TrophySolent Stars1980 81 NBL Division 2 16 15 1 30 1st N A Quarter final Winners1981 82 NBL Division 1 22 19 3 38 2nd Winners1982 83 NBL Division 1 24 16 8 32 5th Winners1983 84 NBL Division 1 36 32 4 64 1st Winners Winners1984 85 NBL Division 1 26 17 9 34 4th1985 86 NBL Division 1 28 12 16 24 10th1986 87 NBL Division 1 24 7 17 14 11th1987 88 BBL 28 14 14 28 8th1988 89 BBL 20 4 16 8 9th1989 90 BBL 28 7 21 14 7th1990 91 NBL Division 4 South 12 11 1 22 1st1991 92 NBL Division 3 22 20 2 40 1st1992 93 NBL Division 2 22 5 17 10 10th1993 94 NBL Division 1 18 7 11 14 8th1994 95 NBL Division 1 22 7 15 14 10th1995 96 NBL Division 1 22 3 19 6 1st1996 97 NBL Division 1 26 0 26 26 14th1997 98 NBL Division 2 24 23 1 46 1st Winners1998 99 NBL Division 1 26 21 5 42 1st1999 2000 NBL Division 1 24 18 6 36 3rd2000 01 NBL Conference 21 5 16 10 7th2001 02 NBL Conference 18 11 7 22 3rd2002 03 NBL Conference 22 7 15 14 9th2003 04 EBL Division 1 22 4 18 8 10th2004 05 EBL Division 1 22 5 17 10 10th2005 06 EBL Division 1 26 4 22 8 12th2006 07 EBL Division 1 22 7 15 14 8thNotes In 1996 1997 teams were awarded one point for a defeat From 2000 2003 the NBL Conference operated as the second tier league ahead of Division One In 2003 the NBL was replaced by the EBL which reinstated Division One as the second tier Notelist Edit a b At time of closing References Edit Solent Stars Club Information pawprint75 co uk Archived from the original on 26 April 2005 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Solent Stars 1980 1981 Season solentstars blogspot co uk Solent Stars League Tables solentstars blogspot co uk The End of an Era Solent Stars Club Statement Archived from the original on 25 February 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Solent Stars League Tables solentstars blogspot co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solent Stars amp oldid 933188436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
