Fleet Spurs F.C.

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Fleet Spurs
Fleet Spurs F.C. logo.png
Full name Fleet Spurs Football Club
Nickname(s) Spurs
Founded 1951
Ground Kennels Lane, Southwood
Ground Capacity 1,000
Chairman Bryan Shepherd
Manager Sam Knowles
League Wessex League Division One
2014–15 Wessex League Division One, 9th

Fleet Spurs F.C. are a football club based in Fleet, England. They play in the Wessex League Division One. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA Charter Standard Development club.[1]

History

Fleet Spurs were established in 1948, originally playing friendlies.[2] In 1951 the club then joined the Aldershot & District Football League, where they remained until the end of the 1964–65 season.[2] For the 1965–66 season the club joined the Surrey Premier League and became League A champions in the 1968–69 season.[2] The club, though, returned to the Aldershot & District League from the 1971–72 season.[2]

They joined Division Three of the Hampshire League in 1991 after becoming dual Aldershot Senior League champions and Peter Benyon Cup winners the season before.[2][3] In their first season in the Hampshire League they immediately gained promotion to Division Two.[3] Six seasons later in the 1997–98 they gained further promotion as they climbed to Division One as Division Two champions.[3] The club stayed in the top flight of the Hampshire League though for just two seasons as when the league was re-organised they were placed in the newly formed Division One, just below the Premier Division.[3] The club then stayed in Division One until the end of the 2003–04 season, when the Wessex League merged with the Hampshire League and Fleet Spurs were placed in the newly formed Division Three of the Wessex league.[4][5]

At the end of the 2006–07 season Division Three was renamed Division Two and the club was promoted to Division One as Division Two was disbanded.[6] Since then the club has remained as a member of the Wessex League Division One.[3]

In the 2010–11 season the club made its debut in its first FA national competition when they entered the FA Vase for the first time.[3] A season later the club made their debut in the FA Cup getting knocked out by fellow debutants Shrewton United.[3]

In November 2013, they was obliged to change their badge, which included a stylised cockerel, because its similarity to Tottenham Hotspur's logo infringed that club's copyright.[7]

Ground

Fleet Spurs play their games at Kennels Lane, Southwood, Farnborough, GU14 0ST.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player Nation
Goalkeeper Jordan Westbrook      England
Defender Doug Clark      England
Defender Josh Taylor      England
Midfielder Ed Morris      England
Defender Toby Goddard      England
Forward Sam Knowles      England
Midfielder James Chillery      England
Midfielder Tom Slane      England
Forward Jamil Olweny      England
Forward Lloyd Jones      England
Midfielder James Powell      England
Midfielder Shaun Miles      England
Midfielder Robert Glassborow      England
Midfielder Adam Nash      England
Defender David Hayden      England
Defender Rory Spence      England
Defender Sam Tittler      England
Defender Billy Page      England
Midfielder Scott Eaton      England
Defender Victor Mudonhi      England

Honours

League honours

  • Hampshire League Division Two[3]
    • Champions (1): 1997–89
  • Surrey Premier League A Division[2]
    • Champions (1): 1968–69
  • Aldershot Senior League[2]
    • Champions (1): 1990–91

Cup honours

  • Surrey Premier League Cup[2]
    • Runners-up (1): 1970–71
  • Peter Benyon Cup:[2]
    • Winners (1): 1990–91
  • Hampshire Junior Cup B Winners:[2]
    • Winners (1): 1952–53
  • Aldershot Junior Cup Winners:[2]
    • Winners (1): 1952–53

Records

  • Highest League Position:[3] 3rd in Wessex League Division One 2009–10
  • FA Cup best performance:[3][8] Extra Preliminary Round 2011–12, 2012–13
  • FA Vase best performance:[3][9] Second Qualifying Round 2010–11,

References

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External links

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