Eastleigh F.C.

Eastleigh

Full name	Eastleigh Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Spitfires
Founded	1946 as Swaythling Athletic
Ground	Ten Acres
Capacity	5,192 (2,700 seated)
Chairman	Stewart Donald
Manager	Chris Todd
League	National League
2015–16	National League, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Eastleigh Football Club is a professional association football club based in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. The club are members of the National League and play at Ten Acres.

History

Formation to Wessex league (1946–1986)

The club was formed on 22 May 1946 by Derik Brooks and a group of friends in the Fleming Arms public house in Southampton and originally known as Swaythling Athletic, which then changed to Swaythling. The club began playing home matches firstly on Southampton Common and then at ‘Westfield’ in Swaythling. In 1950 they joined Hampshire League. In keeping with their early progress, the club moved to a new ground at Ten Acres in 1957 – which remains their home to this day. In 1980 the club were renamed Eastleigh. Eastleigh were consistently one of the stronger teams in the top tier of the Hampshire League, division one, in the early 1980s and they achieved their highest final position of 4th three times: in 1982, 1984 and 1985. Their first match in the F.A.Cup was a 2–1 success against Southern League side Poole Town in 1981. They went on to beat Melksham Town in the next round before succumbing 2–4 to another Southern League side, Dorchester Town.^[1]

Wessex League (1986–2002)

In 1986 they were accepted as one of the founding members of the Wessex League and managed an 8th-place finish in their first season in 1986–1987. Eastleigh FC didn't manage a top seven finish until the 1995–96 season when a 4th-place finish was achieved, the first of six consecutive top-seven finishes. Paul Doswell joined the club in 2002 as manager and oversaw three successive promotions.

Rise up the leagues (2002–2005)

In 2002–03 they won the Wessex league and were promoted to Division One East of the Southern League. After finishing fourth in their first season, the club were promoted due to the formation of the Conference North and South taking clubs from the division above, and were transferred into the Premier Division of the Isthmian League.

The club finished third in its first season in the Premier Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Braintree Town 2–0 in the semi-final, they were promoted to the Conference South after a 2–1 victory over Leyton in the final. The club also won the Russell Cotes cup, beating Gosport Borough FC 3–1 in the final.

Conference South (2005–2014)

Eastleigh's first game in the Conference South was a 1–0 defeat to Hayes. Eastleigh finished their first season in the Conference South in a creditable eighth place. Eastleigh narrowly missed out on a playoff place in the 2007–08 season coming sixth after a final day defeat at Thurrock 4–1. In 2008–09 they finished third, but lost to Hayes & Yeading United in the play-off semi-finals despite holding 4–0 advantage at one stage during the first leg. In the 2009–10 season Eastleigh reached the first round proper of the FA cup for the first time losing narrowly to Barrow 2–1.

The ownership of the club changed in late 2011. On 26 November 2011, following a meeting of the board, it was announced that an offer for the majority shareholding of the club from Bridle Insurance Limited had been recommended for acceptance by the current shareholders, who were the primary sponsor of Oxford United.^[2] The company, based in Witney, Oxfordshire, is known for providing financial backing to Glen Hoddle's football academies. Chief executive Stewart Donald and chief operations officer Neil Fox would both come on to the Eastleigh board as directors, with Paul Murray remaining as chairman. Part of Bridle's five-year plan for the club is to get the ground up to league standard, by looking at financing a 7,500 all-seater stadium, and to get the club into the football league.^[3]

The takeover by Bridle Insurance was eventually confirmed, when the club announced the company had acquired the club's shares on 1 February 2012.^[4] Later, on 9 February, Director of Football Dave Malone, who joined the club in May 2006, stood down from his post, in order to allow the new owners to take the club forward in the manner they see fit.^[5]

On 23 March 2012, chairman Paul Murray stood down from his post. Murray had stood down as chairman when the club was sold to Bridle Insurance, but had remained at the club in the non-executive chairman role. Mick Geddes was later appointed as his successor.^[6]

On 16 May 2012, Eastleigh won their first silverware for seven years beating AFC Totton 2–0 in the final of the Hampshire Senior Cup.

On Tuesday 11 September 2012, following three successive league defeats, the last 4–0 away to newly promoted side Billericay Town, the club announced following a meeting between manager Ian Baird and Stewart Donald, it was agreed that Ian Baird would leave the club with immediate effect.^[7] Baird's replacement was announced the following day as ex-Stevenage Borough manager Richard Hill. Hill has also had spells assisting John Gregory at both Wycombe Wanderers and QPR, and Brian Little at Aston Villa. He has also been employed as assistant manager at Gillingham, Tranmere Rovers and Northampton Town.^[8]

Eastleigh came close to achieving promotion to the Conference Premier for the first time during the 2012–13 season, by making the Conference South Play-Offs through finishing 4th in the league. After initially losing the first leg of the semi finals against Dover Athletic at home 3–1, Eastleigh overturned this with a 2–0 away win in the second leg. Due to the absence of away goals advantage for either team, the match eventually went to penalties, with Eastleigh losing 4–2.^[9] Eastleigh won the Conference South in 2013–2014, sealing the title in front of a crowd of over 1,500 on 18 April 2014 when they beat Basingstoke Town FC 2–1^[10] and achieved promotion to the Conference Premier for the first time in the club's history for the 2014–2015 season.

Conference Premier/National League (2014–)

Eastleighs first game in the Conference Premier was a 3–0 victory at Nuneaton Town. Their second game was their first ever televised game live on BT Sport, beating Aldershot Town 1–0 with an injury time winning goal. The 2014–15 season also saw Eastleigh's second appearance in the FA Cup 1st round proper, where they reached the second round for the first time, beating Lincoln City in the first round with a last minute goal.^[11] Eastleigh lost 2–1 at Southport in their first ever FA cup second round fixture.

Eastleigh spent their entire first season in the top half of the league and enjoyed an unbeaten run at home until into the new year. As home form dipped their away form soared picking up some impressive victories at Braintree, Chester and most notably Bristol Rovers whom they beat 2–1. Eastleigh sealed a 4th-place finish after 5 consecutive wins culminating in a 2–1 win at home to Kidderminster in front of over 4,000 people. The playoffs proved a bridge too far for Eastleigh who were beaten 2–1 at the Silverlake and 3–0 at Blundell Park by Grimsby Town to lose 5–1 on aggregate. The first leg was not without controversy as Jai Reason was struck by the Grimsby goalkeeper James McKeown who avoided punishment.

On 23 September 2015, Richard Hill resigned as manager for Eastleigh. On 15 October 2015, Chris Todd was confirmed as Hill's replacement as manager.

Stadium

Eastleigh moved to Ten Acres in 1957 from their previous ground Walnut Avenue. The club's record attendance is 5,250 for an FA Cup third round match against Bolton Wanderers on 9 January 2016.^[12]

In 1976 floodlights were added to Ten Acres.

In 2004, following promotion to the Ryman premier league, the old wooden stand was knocked down, and a new 352-seat grandstand was built on the halfway line stretching for just under a third of the pitch. Behind the motorway end hard standing was hard pitchside standing with a cover: this was named the Silverlake Stand. In 2006, the roof was widened across the Silverlake Stand to cover the whole width of the pitch.

Until 2006, the area opposite the grandstand was just hard standing backing into tall fir trees. During the summer of 2006, a metal back and roof were added, along with an electronic scoreboard on the roof of the Premier Telecom stand.

In 2009 150 seats were added to the middle of the Silverlake Stand to give Eastleigh the necessary ground grading to compete in the Conference South playoffs.

The ground was, again, extensively redeveloped during 2014. New pitch-side fencing was installed following damage to the previous fencing during Eastleigh's championship winning game against Basingstoke. The former East Stand at Sandy Park (home of Exeter Chiefs RFC) was rebuilt along the Premier Telecom side of the ground as well as behind the clubhouse goal, providing a covered terraced accommodation for 2,000 spectators. On 2 December 2014, the newly completed 2,290-seater South Stand was opened for the first time in a Conference Premier game against Dartford F.C., with the club allowing spectators in for free to celebrate the occasion.^[13]

The clubhouse goal has been affectionately named the "shed end" and is where most vocal home fans congregate.

Club colours, nickname & mascot

Eastleigh's colours are blue and white. They play in predominantly blue shirts with a white trim. They have white shorts and blue socks.

The club were without an official nickname until 2005 when a competition was run amongst the fans and "Spitfires" was chosen by supporter Mike Wimbridge. The Spitfire aeroplane was built in Southampton and first flown from Eastleigh Aerodrome, now Southampton Airport.

After Eastleigh FC gained its official nickname the club had an irregular mascot, Sammy the Spitfire, who was a Dog. However, in 2015 a new mascot was selected, Brooksy the Bear, in honour of Mr Derik Brooks, who founded the club in 1946.

Rivalries

In Eastleigh's earlier Wessex league days they had rivalries with Sholing Sports, Hamble as well as a continued rivalry with AFC Totton, who beat them 2–1 in the Wessex league cup final in the 2002–2003 season. As Eastleigh rose through the leagues their main rivals become Salisbury City FC whom they enjoyed a 4–0 victory in the 2003–2004 season. They have also had a rivalry with Havant and Waterlooville in recent years, largely sparked by the appointment of Ian Baird as Eastleigh manager in 2007.

Former players

Amongst the players who have played for Eastleigh and went on to play in The Football League are:

• Will Aimson
• Mark Marshall
• Aaron Martin
• Damian Scannell
• Brett Williams
• Anton Robinson

Current squad

As of 11 March 2016.^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ross Flitney 2 DF Joe Partington 3 DF Mike Green 4 MF Will Evans 5 DF Jamie Turley 6 DF Paul Reid 7 FW Yemi Odubade 8 MF Josh Payne 9 FW James Constable 10 MF Jai Reason 12 FW Jack Midson 14 MF Ben Strevens 15 DF Jack Alexander

No. Position Player 17 FW Lee Cook 18 MF Andy Drury 19 GK Michael Poke 20 DF Dan Harding 24 MF Ollie Griggs 25 MF Matthias Fanimo 28 FW Kaid Mohamed 31 DF Luke Coulson

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 11 FW Ross Lafayette (on loan at Aldershot Town) 13 GK Lewis Noice (on loan at Larkhall Athletic) 16 FW Tony Lee (on loan at Poole Town) 21 DF Jack Smith (on loan at Farnborough) 22 DF Jack Masterton (on loan at Larkhall Athletic)

Non-playing staff

According to Club website^[15]

• Chairman Stewart Donald
• Chief Executive/Finance Director Mark Jewell
• Directors Stewart Donald, Mick Geddes, Pete Vickery, Mark Jewell, Mick Budny, Alan Harding, Allen Prebble
• Vice-Chairmen Mick Budny, Alan Harding, Allen Prebble
• Life President Derik Brooks
• 1st Team Manager Chris Todd
• Assistant Manager Ben Strevens
• First Team Coach Ben Strevens
• Head of Youth Lee Peacock
• Academy Manager Luke Hardy
• Treatment of Injuries Andy Cook

Notable managers

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%[16]	Honours
Jenner Brown[17]	England	1982/83	1983/84	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Dick Donohoe[17]	England	1984/85	1986/87	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Tony Noble[17]	England	1987/88	1989/90	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Dave Saunders[18]	England	unknown	June 1990	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Don Gowans[18]	England	June 1990	Mid way through 1994/95 season	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Roger Sherwood[17]	England	Mid way through 1994/95 season	1996/97	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Ray Light[17]	England	1997/98	1998/99	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Derek Holloway[17]	England	1999/2000	2000/01	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Trevor Parker	England	TBC	November 2001[19]	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
John Diaper (Caretaker Manager)	England	November 2001[19]	1 May 2002	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
Paul Doswell	England	1 May 2002[19]	4 December 2006[20]	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	2003 Wessex league title, 2004 Dr Martins Eastern League 4th (promotion), 2005 Isthmian league playoff winners, Russell Cotes cup winners
Jason Dodd	England	4 December 2006[20]	9 July 2007	27	9	11	7	35	24	+11	33.3%
David Hughes	England	9 July 2007	3 October 2007	11	6	0	5	16	15	+1	54.5%
Ian Baird	England	3 October 2007	11 September 2012	255	118	50	87	452	370	+82	46.3%	2012 Hampshire Senior Cup
Richard Hill	England	12 September 2012	23 September 2015	160	88	27	45	290	200	+90	55%	2014 Conference South champions
Chris Todd	Wales	23 September 2015	Present	42	20	10	12	57	46	+11	47.6%

As of 20:57, 03 May 2016

(Up to and including match vs Woking on 30 April 2016)
(Above stats include matches in the League, Play-Offs and all rounds in the FA Cup, FA Trophy, Hampshire Senior Cup and Conference League Cup)

League and cup history

Earlier records can be found at http://www.fchd.info/EASTLEIG.HTM

Season	League Contested	Level	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	League Position	Avg. Home Attendance^1	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Leading scorer
1994–95	Wessex League	8	42	14	9	19	66	73	−7	51	14th of 22[21]		PR[21]	–
1995–96	Wessex League	8	40	21	13	6	83	50	+33	76	4th of 21[21]		PR[21]	–
1996–97	Wessex League	8	40	19	8	13	71	56	+15	65	7th of 21[21]		PR[21]	–
1997–98	Wessex League	8	38	20	11	7	74	31	+43	71	4th of 20[21]		PR[21]	–
1998–99	Wessex League	8	38	22	8	8	69	43	+26	74	4th of 20[21]		PR[21]	–
1999–2000	Wessex League	8	40	20	8	12	67	46	+21	68	7th of 21[21]		1Q[21]	–
2000–01	Wessex League	8	44	23	10	11	87	48	+39	79	7th of 23[21]		PR[21]	–
2001–02	Wessex League	8	44	18	9	17	91	71	+20	63	13th of 23[21]		2Q[21]	–
2002–03	Wessex League	8	42	32	7	3	115	32	+83	103	1st of 22 Promoted[21]		2Q[21]	–
2003–04	Southern Football League Eastern Division	7	42	27	4	11	88	40	+48	82	4th of 22[22]	252[23]	PR[24]	R2[25]	TBC
2004–05	Isthmian League Premier Division^a	7	42	22	13	7	84	49	+35	79	3rd of 22 Promoted[26]	338[27]	3Q[28]	R1[29]	TBC
2005–06	Conference South	6	42	21	3	18	65	58	+7	66	8th of 22[30]	416[31]	2Q[32]	3Q[33]	TBC
2006–07	Conference South	6	42	11	15	16	48	53	−5	48	15th of 22[34]	710[35]	3Q	3Q[36]	Andy Forbes 24 (League)[37]
2007–08	Conference South	6	42	19	10	13	76	62	+14	67	6th of 22[38]	710[39]	4Q	R2	Andy Forbes 26 (League)[37]
2008–09	Conference South	6	42	25	8	9	69	49	+20	83	3rd of 22 Playoffs Semi final	723[40]	3Q	3Q	Tony Taggart 15 (League)[37]
2009–10	Conference South	6	42	17	9	16	71	66	+5	60	11th of 22	543[40]	R1	3Q	Richard Gillespie 18 (League)[37]
2010–11	Conference South	6	42	22	6	14	74	53	+21	72	8th of 22	537[41]	4Q	R3	Jamie Slabber 25 (League)[37]
2011–12	Conference South	6	42	15	9	18	57	63	−6	54	12th of 22	548[42]	3Q	3Q	Jamie Slabber 11
2012–13	Conference South	6	42	22	6	14	79	61	+18	72	4th of 22 Playoffs Semi final	593[42]	3Q	3Q	Jai Reason 19
2013–14	Conference South	6	42	26	8	8	71	40	+31	86	1st of 22 Promoted	707[42]	3Q	QF	Craig McAllister 15
2014–15	Conference Premier	5	46	24	10	12	87	61	+26	82	4th of 24 Playoffs Semi final	1,752[43]	R2[21]	R1	Constable 19
2015–16	Conference Premier	5	46	21	12	13	64	53	+11	75	7th of 24	2,014[43]	R3	R2	Constable 17
2016–17	Conference Premier	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBCth of 24	TBC[43]	TBC	TBC	TBC

Last Updated: 21:01, 03 May 2015

^a: Moved to Isthmian Premier League after Non-League System restructuring

PR = Preliminary Round; Q = Qualifying Round; R = Round Proper; P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Previous seasons

• 2012–13 Eastleigh F.C. season
• 2015–16 Eastleigh F.C. season

Club records

• Top Goalscorer – Andy Forbes – 146^[44]

(as at 15.00, 28 April 2012)

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. As of 16 October 2012^[45]

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Eastleigh career	Appearances	Goals
1	Ian Knight	England	Unknown	Unknown	599	12
2	Keith Cooper	England	Unknown	Unknown	574	5
3	Johnny Williams	England	Unknown	Unknown	449	3
4	Bill Ragan	England	Unknown	Unknown	428	10
5	Terry Rawlins	England	Unknown	Unknown	374	27
6	Mel Davolls	England	Unknown	Unknown	372	6
7	Frank Mew	England	Unknown	Unknown	370	0
8	Malcolm Harris	England	Unknown	Unknown	351	0
9	Barry Joslin	England	Unknown	Unknown	343	4
10	Ray Light	England	Unknown	Unknown	325	17

Player of the Season award winners

Year	Winner
2005–06	Danny Smith[46]
2006–07	Andy Forbes[47]
2007–08	Andy Forbes
2008–09	Warren Goodhind
2009–10	Richard Gillespie[48]
2010–11	Jamie Slabber[49]
2011–12	Jamie Slabber
2012–13	Glen Southam[50]
2013–14	Ben Strevens[51]
2014–15	Ross Flitney[52]
2015–16	Joe Partington[53]

Honours

• Conference South
  • Conference South champions: 2013–14
• Wessex League
  • Premier Division champions: 2002–03
• Hampshire League
  • Division Two champions: 1967–70
  • Division Three champions: 1950–51, 1953–54
• Southampton Senior League (West)
  • Champions: 1949–50
• Russell Cotes Cup
  • Winners: 2005
  • Runner up: 2006
• Hampshire Intermediate Cup
  • Winners: 1951
• Hampshire Midweek Floodlit Cup
  • Winners: 1979
• Hampshire Senior Cup
  • Winners: 2012^[54]
• Wessex League Cup^[55]
  • Runners up: 2002–03

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External links

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• Match Commentary
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