U14 Wolves - Tyro Cup winners!

U14 Wolves - Cup winners !!

Tyro Challenge Cup

AFC Stoneham 2

Southside 2

AFC Stoneham win on pens

"Not another one ?"

Our U14 Wolves added another trophy to our clubs haul for the season this afternoon with a dramatic penalty shootout victory having drawn 2-2 with Southside after 90 minutes.

Floyd Mitchell gave the young Purps the lead before Southside raced into a 2-1 lead early in the 2nd half.

As the cup looked destined to go to Southside captain marvel George Bufton leapt like a salmon with 3 minutes to go sending the game to penalties which the boys eventually won 6-5.

An emotional winning manager , Aiden Bevan, said " What a fantastic victory . The boys never stopped and were so resilient allowing them to get their just reward in the end. I could not be prouder".

Whilst it was a shame that the game had to be decided on penalties and one team had to lose both teams were a credit to their clubs in a game that was very competitive but played in a very sporting manner throughout.

Well done boys !!

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End of season awards dinner

Senior teams - End of Season awards

Thank you to all of those who attended our clubs End of Season Awards Dinner and for making the event a great success ! To have all five senior teams under one roof to celebrate an outstanding season was brilliant!

A great night which yet again illustrated how lucky we are to have so many fantastic people at our club both on and off the pitch .

The main awards winners were:

First team player of the season - Jim Orvis

Players Player - Jim Orvis

Ladies player of the season - Alisha Buckingham

Players player - Alisha Buckingham

Development squad player of the season - Ben Godwin

Players player - Cian Cleary

Veterans player of the season - Ashley Holland

Special recognition awards - Harry Fryer and Alex Walker for achievements of our Development squad.

250 appearances - Ben Clarke

100 appearances - Abbie Awdas and Tom Parker-Trott

Club young player of the year - Ben Godwin

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Development squad win 4th trophy!!

John Stimpson Memorial Shield Final

Dorchester Town 0 AFC Stoneham 1

Goalscorer: Evans 86

Our young development squad won their 4th trophy of the season in a very good game with a pulsating finish. Both teams played good football throughout the night with our boys just possibly shading the chances created.

As the game was heading for penalties young Isaac Evans headed home a corner with only four minutes of normal time remaining.. Within two minutes Dorchester were awarded a penalty to the dismay of everyone in purple however keeper Ben Godwin pulled off a superb save going to his right and then claimed the rebound setting off delirious celebrations.

The boys saw out the last few minutes to record a huge triumph.

The way the game and season finished was "written in the stars" as the boys lifted a record breaking 4th trophy.

Words can never do justice to either the boys fantastic achievements this season or this final game. Just wonderful !!!!

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Ladies pre-season friendlies

AFC Stoneham Ladies are delighted to announce our First Team Pre season dates for next season. Although the season only finished a few weeks ago the planning for next season is well underway.

To date we have arranged the following:

3/7/22 Littlehampton Tournament

17/7/22 Keynsham Town

24/7/22 AFC Portchester

31/7/22 Poole Town

7/8/22 Portsmouth FC

The Ladies are looking for new players to add to their squad as they prepare for their second season in the Womens Southern Regional League. Interested players can contact chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk

U16 Girls - County Cup Winners

Hampshire U16 Girls County Cup final

AFC Stoneham 3 AFC Bournemouth 0

Sometimes there are no words that will do justice to a performance however we will try.

Our predominately U15 Girls won the U16 Hampshire Cup beating Premier League AFC Bournemouth 3-0.

Having already won the Junior Premier League regional title the girls comprehensively beat higher league opposition to add the Hampshire Cup to the trophy cabinet.

This is the first time in our clubs 103 year history that our name will be engraved on the trophy.

The whole squad were outstanding both on and off the pitch . Their performance was awesome and at this level would have beaten almost anyone!

Paul and the girls bring huge credit to our club in so many ways and we are proud to have them on board whilst hoping that they are our future first team stars as we progress through the ladies football pyramid.

The girls now travel to Cambridge for the Junior Premier League finals where they will play West Ham United in the semi final before hopefully playing either Bridgewater or Harringay in the final on the same day.

Well done Paul and all of the girls on a truly memorable and historic victory !

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U18 Girls - Div 1 Winners !

U18 Girls - Div 1 Champions!

Our U18 Girls won the Hampshire County Division One league title defeating Southampton Women 2-1 in their play off final .

The league title is now added to their Hampshire Cup victory this season

More fantastic news for female football at AFC Stoneham. Well done to Ben and all of the girls on another fantastic season.

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U7 Baby Purps - New teams season 22/23

New U7’s 22/23 season

Our new U7 teams have been training for a couple of months now and we will have at least 6 new teams in the age group for next season.

Our new U7 Panthers played their first ever game recently against Locks Heath and had a great time !!

We are still looking for new players and anyone interested can contact Brian on 07786 245225 or via chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk

Thank you

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U16 Athletic - League Cup winners

U16 Athletic - Cup Winners!

City of Southampton U16 Cup Final

AFC Stoneham 5 Winchester City 0

Scorers: Ayling(2), Hawes, Glasspool, Podolanski.

In a tremendously trophy laden season for the club our excellent U16 Athletic team added to the trophy cabinet with a comprehensive 5-0 win against Winchester City.

Man of the match went to the Winchester keeper, Leo Webster, who almost single handedly kept the score to a respectable number and fully deserved the award.

Having won the league the boys hope to now complete the treble when they play Hamble in the County Cup Final at Havant.

Well done boys on another excellent team performance !

U16 Girls - JPL Champions

May 1st

U16 Girls JPL - Champions !

Well done to our U16 JPL Girls who sealed the Junior Premier League title with a 3-1 home win over Andover.

The season was both the girls and the clubs first ever in this league with many of the girls still able to play in the age group again next season.

A superb achievement and well done to Paul and all of the girls !

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U16 League winners and runners-up

More Trophies !

U16 Athletic and U16 United

On top of our three other triumphs on Saturday our U16 Athletic clinched the U16 City of Southampton Premier league title on Sunday with a 7-0 win over Hamble .

Our United team came runners up whilst both teams play each other on Sunday in their final league game.

For both teams to finish in the top two places in the top U16 league is,again, a great achievement for the club.

Our U16 Athletic still have two cup finals to compete in for both the League cup and Hampshire County Cup.

Well done to both teams on a great achievement !


U18 Girls - League Cup winners

April 23

U18 Girls

Hampshire Girls League Cup Winners

On a wonderful weekend of trophies for our club a huge well done to our U18 Girls who completed the hat trick of successes beating Southampton Women 4-0 in a great advert for female football at AFC Stoneham.

Our goalscorers were Florence Yearsley ,Sienna Pack ,Olivia Eaton and Jess Treweek in a great team performance.

Well done to Ben, Alisha and all of the girls on a great cup victory !

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Super Vets-County Cup winners

Super Vets !!

Well done to our super vets team for winning the Hampshire County Cup beating Hythe and Dibden 9-0 following on from recently winning the Veterans league cup trophy.

Goalscorers were club legend David Reading with four goals with a brace from both Henry Smith and Lee "chewy" Hewitt our U9 Falcons manager.

Well done gents on another superb cup success !!

April 23rd - What a day.3 Cup Winners !

What a fantastic day for our club with 3 cup finals and 3 winners !

Wow...what a historic and fantastic day!

Development squad

Won the Hampshire Cup at Havant and Waterlooville beating Shanklin on pens

U18 Girls

Won the Hampshire Girls League cup at Basingstoke beating Southampton women 4-0

Veterans

Won the Veterans Hampshire Cup at Stoneham Lane beating Hythe 9-0. Well done to all three teams on three great victories and for creating a historic day for the club !

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Development squad - Hampshire Cup winners

Development squad - Hampshire Cup Winners!!

AFC Stoneham 1 Shanklin IOW 1

Scorer: Cleary

AFC Stoneham won on penalties

Our development squad starting with eight U18s and another four on the bench won the clubs first ever Hampshire Saturday Trophy in 103 years.

The boys were always the better side however could not turn that superiority into goals and had to face the agony of penalties having equalised through the mercurial Cian Cleary.

Keeper Ben Godwin was the hero with two penalty saves whilst Will Hammerton scored the decisive winning penalty .

The victory sealed the boys third trophy in a record breaking season.

The whole club is immensely proud of their achievements !!

Well done boys!!

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Development squad - League winners!

Development squad - Champions !!

Our development squad were crowned champions of the Hants Combination Premier league with 3 games remaining after beating Fareham Town 4-2.

Goalscorers were Cleary, Bruce, Ngombi and Godfrey.

This is an outstanding achievement from a very young squad of players in what is proving to be a wonderful season for them.

They now have two trophies with three still to play for starting with the Hampshire Cup final on Saturday v Shanklin at Havant and Waterlooville.

The group has been a massive credit to our club both on and off the pitch all season.

Huge congratulations to Alex, Harry and all of the boys !!

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Looking for a team season 22/23 ????

AFC Stoneham are currently recruiting new players for season 2022 / 23.

We are keen to hear from any players interested in joining our club and some good examples are highlighted below :

Girls football - 22/23 age groups

We are creating new girls teams at all age groups from U8 - U12 plus U15 based on next seasons age groups to add to our existing teams.

Boys football - 22/23 age groups

We are particularly interested in the following:

U7 brand new players taking their first step on their football journey and wishing to join a team.

U10 and U12 - We are looking for players to add to our existing squads who wish to play both JPL league and Red 1 or Red 2 on a Sunday in the Southampton Tyro league.

U14 Tornadoes team who play in Div 5 of the City of Southampton Tyro league .

U16 players wishing to play at Division 1 in the City of Southampton Youth league.

Anyone interested in joining our club across all age groups for both boys and girls please contact:

07841696579 or chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk or through our social media channels.

Thank you

Veterans - Cup winners !!

SDFA Veterans Cup Final

AFC Stoneham 1 Hamble 0

Scorer: Ashley Holland

A well deserved victory tonight in the SDFA Cup final for our Vets with the winning goal from our U8 Hurricanes manager Ashley Holland who also won the man of the match award.

The Vets won the clubs first piece of silverware this season with a controlled and professional performance against a feisty Hamble team.

Oliver Forbes missed two great chances late in the game to widen the winning margin after great work from David Redding.

Well done boys on a superb victory !!

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Development squad-Cup winners !!

Hampshire Combination League Cup final

AFC Stoneham 3 v Fareham Town 1

Scorers: James, Gilpin, Ngombi

Our development squad, with nine under 18s starting the game and another three coming on, lifted their first piece of silverware tonight with a convincing 3-1 win over Fareham Town.

Fareham took the lead but two quick goals by James and Gilpin just before half time allowed the boys to control the game until Ngombi broke away on 88 minutes and sealed a great victory.

The boys still have potentially three other trophies to win as the superlatives continue to roll in around this superb team of very young and talented players.

They are all a massive credit to our football club in both the way they play and conduct themselves.

We are all very proud of them.

Well done boys !!

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