About Us

AFC Stoneham was formed in 1919 and we will have 113 teams for season 2023/24 ranging from our minnows team to our first team who will compete in the Wessex Premier League. We also run our own Player Development Centre, FA Wildcats Centre for girls and a Saturday Morning Fun Club for children aged 4-10 along with various community projects under our new AFC Stoneham in the Community banner.

We offer a structured player pathway into both our male and female senior teams whilst also offering football to all ages and abilities with a big focus and commitment to our ever-growing youth structure where we have grown the number of female teams from 2 to 25 in four years.

We believe that the game is a vehicle to teach our young players both life lessons and disciplines through team sport which hopefully they will utilise throughout their lives as they progress and develop.

The club has a rich history including recently winning and retaining the Southampton Senior Cup in 2012 and 2013 whilst winning the Hampshire League Cup final in 2015 prior to being promoted to the Sydenhams Wessex League. The club finished 8th during our first two seasons in the Wessex League and 5th during the 17/18 season.

Our 100th year during the 18/19 season proved to be historic as we won the Wessex League Division One title. We also had a great FA Cup run, our first season in the competition, which helped raise the profile of the club whilst also reaching the Final of the Southampton Senior Cup at St Mary's Stadium.​

Although 2019/20 was our first season in the Premier Division during our 100 year history the season was sadly curtailed due to the Covid Pandemic as was the 2020/21 season.

Over the two covid effected seasons we were 3rd in the points per game table over 43 games which allowed us to apply to the FA for promotion to Step 4 football (Southern league) which we just missed out on. Our Ladies completed the 2020/21 season only losing one league game and progressed to the national womens pyramid via the Southern Combination league.

The club won 32 trophies during the 21/22 season including four for our Development Squad who had a tremendous season winning all of the competitions they entered bar one. Our U18 Athletic completed the treble and our U18 Girls did the double and only lost in the final of the JPL National Cup to Harringay having beaten West Ham United in the semi final.

Our first team finished 5th in the Wessex Premier league during season 21/22 which was our first full season at Step 5 level whilst our Ladies first team finished 4th in their first season in the Womens Southern Regional league.

Last season was a case of “so close but so far” for both of our senior teams. Our men amassed an outstanding 95 points only to miss out on promotion to the southern league by goal difference on the last day finishing third. We did have the consolation of winning the Hampshire FA Russell Cotes Cup.

Whilst our ladies first team had a tremendous FA Cup run however having led the league almost all season they also missed out on the last day by one point in their final game.

We all look forward to the new season during 2023/24 which promises to be another great season full of further progress for our club.