Hamworthy United F.C.
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Full name | Hamworthy United F.C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | The Hammers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | The County Ground, Poole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capacity | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | Bruce Scammell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Phil Simkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Wessex League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-06 | Wessex League Division One, 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hamworthy United F.C. is a football club based in Poole, England. They were formed as a merger between Hamworth F.C. and Trinidad Old Boys F.C. in 1970. In the 2003-04 season, they reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Wessex League Premier Division.
[edit] Club History
A Team was formed in the 1890’s called Hamworthy St Michael’s, winning their first trophy the Whitehead Minor Cup in the 1899-1900 Season.
Hamworthy Football Club was formed in 1926, and moved to the present ground The County Ground (formally known as the Nursery) in 1950.
Hamworthy Football Club amalgamated with Trinidad Old Boys at the start of the 1971-1972 season to form Hamworthy United Football Club as it is known today.
Hamworthy United have had great success at all levels over the years in various competitions, and hold the record of having been the only team to have played in every season of the Dorset Combination League from its formation until it finished to become the Dorset Premier League at the end of the 2001-2002 season.
After winning the league two years running they were promoted in the 2004/2005 Season to Wessex League Division 1, winning the Wessex League Cup in their first season.
[edit] External links
- Hamworthy United Official Website
- Pyramid Passion
- Pitchside.net
- Football Club History Database
- Wessex League Home
- Dorset Premier League
Wessex League Premier Division 2006/07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AFC Totton | Alton Town | Bemerton Heath Harlequins | Bournemouth | Brading Town | Brockenhurst | Christchurch | Cowes Sports | Downton | Fareham Town | Gosport Borough | Hamble ASSC | Hamworthy United | Horndean | Lymington Town | Moneyfields | Poole Town | Ringwood Town | VT F.C. | Wimborne Town edit |
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